Section: Malaysia
U.N. vote Wednesday on MH17 tribunal, Russia likely to block – diplomats
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council is due to vote on Wednesday on a bid for an international tribunal to prosecute those suspected of downing a passenger airliner last year in Ukraine, but Russia is likely to block the move, diplomats said. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine, rebels urged to sign deal extending arms withdrawal
PARIS (Reuters) – The leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine agreed in a telephone call on Thursday that preliminary accords to extend a pull-back of weapons in east Ukraine should be signed quickly, French President Francois Hollande’s office said. …read more Source: The...
High-level Ukraine debt talks postponed, technical discussions continue – source
KIEV (Reuters) – Debt restructuring talks between Ukraine’s Finance Minister and a group of its largest creditors did not take place as planned on July 22 as technical aspects needed to be discussed, a source with knowledge of the negotiations said on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine separatists protest against OSCE mission in east
DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Around 300 people held a protest against the OSCE in eastern Ukraine on Thursday, picketing a hotel in rebel-held Donetsk in what the security watchdog said was an orchestrated move to restrict its work. …read more Source: The...
Soyuz rocket with three astronauts launches towards ISS after delay
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan: Three astronauts aboard a Soyuz spacecraft successfully launched towards the International Space Station on Thursday after a two-month delay caused by a Russian rocket failure. The spacecraft blasted off on schedule from Russia’s Baikonur cosmodrome in the barren Kazakh steppe at 2102 GMT, carrying cosmonaut Oleg...
Remembering lives lost
SIMPLE, though highly poignant, memorial events in the Netherlands, Australia and Ukraine were held on July 17, when a year ago the precious lives of all 298 passengers and crew aboard Flight MH17 were tragically lost when it was blown out of the skies above rebel-held Eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: New Straits...
Russia considers limits on palm oil use in food production
MOSCOW: Russia is considering imposing limits on the use of palm oil in food production, Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich was quoted as saying by Russian news agencies on Wednesday. TASS news agency quoted Dvorkovich, who oversees the agriculture sector, as saying the government was yet to decide on what action to take. Proposals include...
Ukraine expects IMF decision on disbursal of $1.7 billion on July 31 – PM Yatseniuk
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on Wednesday he expected the International Monetary Fund to make a decision on the disbursal of a second tranche of financial aid worth $1.7 billion (1.1 billion pounds) on July 31. …read more Source: The...
U.S. could send tanks to Hungary for military exercises – report
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – The United States Army could send Bradley fighting vehicles and M1 tanks to Hungary next year for military exercises as part of NATO’s response to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the Napi Gazdasag newspaper reported on Wednesday. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine, rebels reach preliminary deal to broaden weapons withdrawal
MINSK (Reuters) – Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists have reached a preliminary agreement to extend a pull-back of weapons in east Ukraine to include tanks and smaller weapons systems, the chairman of the OSCE security watchdog, Ivica Dacic, said on Tuesday. …read more Source: The...
