Section: Malaysia
Italy's Berlusconi says Crimea split from Ukraine was democratic
ROME (Reuters) – Four-time Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said on Sunday the Crimean people had made a democratic choice to split from Ukraine and hailed Russian President Vladimir Putin as the world’s greatest political leader. …read more Source: The...
WHO takes Nigeria off global list of polio-endemic countries
LAGOS: The World Health Organisation on Friday took Nigeria off the list of polio-endemic countries, hailing a “historic achievement” more than a year after the last recorded case of the disease in Africa’s most populous nation. The announcement, made in a statement and at a meeting of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative in...
MH17: Countries may form own tribunal, says Australian Foreign Minister
NEW YORK: Some countries whose nationals were killed in the MH17 air disaster, may create their own prosecution tribunal to seek criminal accountability, according to Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop currently in New York for the United Nations General Assembly session. This view, which was expressed by Bishop in an interview with the New...
Russia says will retaliate after Ukraine bans its airlines – Interfax
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov said on Friday that Russia would be forced to take retaliatory measures after Ukraine banned Russian airlines, the Interfax news agency reported. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine bans Russian airlines as part of war sanctions
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine is banning flights by Russian airlines from Oct. 25 as part of a wave of sanctions against Russia over its support for separatists in the east of the country, the government said on Friday. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine and West condemn rebel ban on foreign aid groups
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine and some of its Western allies condemned on Friday a decision by pro-Russian separatists to ban most foreign aid organisations from parts of rebel-held territory, saying the move violated the Minsk peace agreement. …read more Source: The...
Obama and Putin to meet, Syria and Ukraine vie for attention
US President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet in New York next week at a time of high tension in Europe and the Middle East, but the Kremlin and the White House disagreed yesterday over the top priority for the talks. The White House insisted the meeting would focus on eastern Ukraine, where Russian-backed forces...
U.N. alarmed after ordered out of Luhansk in eastern Ukraine
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations humanitarian aid chief Stephen O’Brien voiced serious concern on Thursday that authorities in Luhansk in eastern Ukraine are demanding that all U.N. agencies immediately vacate the city. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine's new military doctrine names Russia as main aggressor
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko signed a new military doctrine on Thursday naming Russia as the main military threat to Ukraine, according to a statement on the presidential website. …read more Source: The...
Obama and Putin to meet, but differ over whether Ukraine or Syria tops agenda
WASHINGTON/MOSCOW (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet in New York next week at a time of high tension in Europe and the Middle East, but the Kremlin and the White House differed on Thursday over the top priority for the talks. …read more Source: The...
