Section: Malaysia
Border patrol boat blows up, sinks off Ukraine's Mariupol – border guards
KIEV (Reuters) – A search and rescue operation was underway on Sunday after a border patrol boat with a crew of seven sank off Ukraine’s port city of Mariupol following an explosion, border guard authorities said. …read more Source: The...
Obama jokes, swigs beer with Bavarians at start of G7 trip
Joking that he wanted to buy a pair of lederhosen leather shorts, US President Barack Obama drank beer and mixed with Bavarians in a light-hearted start to his trip to Germany, before turning to more serious talks on the conflict in Ukraine. Introduced by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Obama spoke warmly to a crowd of men in...
Obama jokes, swigs beer with Bavarians at start of G7 trip
KRUEN, Germany (Reuters) – Joking that he wanted to buy a pair of lederhosen leather shorts, U.S. President Barack Obama drank beer and mixed with Bavarians in a light-hearted start to his trip to Germany, before turning to more serious talks on the conflict in Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Cameron – Europe must stay united on Russia sanctions over Ukraine
KRUEN, Germany (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron said Europe had to stay united to keep sanctions on Russia in place despite any pain they caused the 28-nation bloc, urging the Group of Seven industrial nations to send Moscow a tough message on Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
EU's Tusk says will only discuss tougher sanctions on Russia
KRUEN, Germany (Reuters) – The only possible discussion about sanctions towards Russia over Ukraine can be about strengthening them, European Council President Donald Tusk said ahead of a summit of Group of Seven (G7) leaders on Sunday. …read more Source: The...
Obama says G7 to discuss Russian aggression in Ukraine
KRUEN, Germany (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said before the start of a Group of Seven (G7) summit in the Bavarian Alps that leaders would discuss how to stand up to Russia’s “aggression” in Ukraine as well as threats from extremism and climate change. …read more Source: The...
Obama heads for G7 summit focused on Ukraine
President Barack Obama left Washington late Saturday headed for a G7 summit in southern Germany focused on violence in eastern Ukraine. Due in the Bavarian mountains Sunday, the US president is set to meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel ahead of the start of the gathering of leaders from the world’s seven most industrialized...
Greece and Ukraine crises drown out G7 summit agenda
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters) – Leaders from the Group of Seven (G7) industrial nations meet on Sunday in the Bavarian Alps for a summit overshadowed by Greece’s debt crisis and ongoing violence in Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Russian, Dutch ministers discuss prosecuting MH17 culprits
MOSCOW: Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met his Dutch counterpart Bert Koenders on Friday to discuss catching and prosecuting those who shot down the Malaysia Airlines flight over Ukraine last year, Moscow said. In Moscow, they also discussed “current issues of international importance, including the situation in the Middle East and...
One Ukrainian serviceman killed, ten wounded in past 24 hours – Ukraine military
KIEV (Reuters) – One Ukrainian serviceman has been killed and ten others have been wounded as a result of fighting in separatist eastern territories in the past 24 hours, Kiev military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said in a briefing on Saturday. …read more Source: The...
