Section: Malaysia
Ukraine lawmakers have signatures for no confidence vote – two lawmakers
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian lawmakers have gathered the 150 signatures needed to hold a no confidence vote on Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk’s government, two lawmakers told Reuters on Tuesday, as parliament prepared to debate a report on the government’s performance. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine president's party to condemn government's performance – leader
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s party will vote to criticise the performance of Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk’s government as “unsatisfactory” in a parliament vote, its leader Yuriy Lutsenko told parliament on Tuesday. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine bans Russian lorries in tit-for-tat move
Ukraine has banned Russian lorries from crossing its territory in response to a similar move by Moscow, Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said today. Diplomatic and trade ties between Russia and Ukraine have broken down over Russia’s annexation of the Crimean Peninsula and a pro-Russian separatist conflict, a dispute that has now hit...
Ukraine bans Russian cargo trucks in tit-for-tat move
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine has banned Russian trucks from crossing its territory in response to a similar move by Moscow, Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on Monday. …read more Source: The...
Obama urges Putin to end air strikes against Syrian opposition
Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) spoke over the phone with US President Barack Obama about the situation in Syria (AFP Photo/Mikhail Klimentyev ) RANCHO MIRAGE (United States): US President Barack Obama has urged his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to end air strikes against Syrian opposition forces, the White House said Sunday. In a phone...
Libyans intercept suspected fuel-smuggling ship
TRIPOLI: The Libyan coastguard on Saturday intercepted a ship with a 12-man foreign crew that it said was smuggling diesel and escorted it to the marine base in Tripoli. “The coastguard was conducting a reconnaissance mission when it intercepted the tanker carrying about 1.66 million litres of diesel,” coastguard official Abu Ajila...
Russia warns of new Cold War as east Ukraine violence surges
MUNICH (Reuters) – Violence in eastern Ukraine is intensifying and Russian-backed rebels have moved heavy weaponry back to the front line, international monitors warned on Saturday as Moscow responded by accusing Kiev of violating a peace deal. …read more Source: The...
Russia decries ‘new Cold War’ as East-West strains cloud talks
The world has plunged into a “new Cold War”, the Russian premier said on Saturday, as East-West tensions over Ukraine and Syria took centre-stage at a gathering of world leaders in Germany. “We have slid into a new period of Cold War,” Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev told the audience at the Munich Security Conference....
Christianity reunited in Cuba
Pope Francis (left) and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill hug each other after signing agreements in Havana, Feb 12, 2016. Photo credit: Reuters HAVANA: Pope Francis and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill embraced and kissed on Friday in a historic meeting, uniting to issue a global appeal for the protection of Christians under assault in the...
Pope in Mexico after historic talks with Russian patriarch
MEXICO CITY: Mexico greeted Pope Francis on Friday with mariachi music and thousands of Catholic faithful lining the streets after the pontiff held historic talks with the head of the Russian Orthodox Church in Cuba. President Enrique Pena Nieto welcomed Francis at the airport while a mariachi band played before he climbed the popemobile to wave...
