Section: Malaysia
Russia's Putin says Ukraine peace process moving forward despite problems
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday that a peace deal agreed in Minsk over the separatist conflict in east Ukraine was moving forward despite problems and that it had been quieter in Ukraine recently. …read more Source: The...
Two friends to hang for drug trafficking
KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysia Airlines flight to Colombo had to turn back to Kuala Lumpur International Airport due to a drunk passenger, the national carrier said today. Flight MH179 had taken off from Kuala Lumpur late last night. “The intoxicated passenger started harassing Malaysia Airlines’ crew shortly after the flight was...
No respite for candy factory caught up in Russia-Ukraine crisis
LIPETSK, Russia (Reuters) – The fortunes of the Russian outpost of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s candy empire have ebbed and flowed with the Russian-backed separatist conflict in the east of his country. …read more Source: The...
China paper slams Japan for lack of WW2 contrition
BEIJING: German contrition over World War Two stands in contrast to Japan’s failure to reflect on its past, the official newspaper of China’s ruling Communist Party said on Sunday, following war commemorations in Moscow. Sino-Japan relations are plagued by China’s bitter memories of Japan’s occupation of parts of the...
500,000 Muscovites march in memory of WWII victory
MOSCOW: Brimming with pride and clutching portraits of relatives, more than 500,000 Russians flooded central Moscow on Saturday to commemorate 70 years since Soviet victory over Nazi Germany, in the biggest march of Vladimir Putin’s rule. In a rare show of unity, the commemorative rally brought together Russians regardless of their...
Russia stages WW2 victory parade as Ukraine bristles
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Tanks and troops paraded across Moscow’s Red Square on Saturday to mark the 70th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany, an event boycotted by Western leaders over Russia’s role in the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The...
Russia stages WW2 victory parade, draws rebuke from Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Thousands of troops marched across Moscow’s Red Square on Saturday and tanks rumbled through streets to mark the 70th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany, an event boycotted by Western leaders over Russia’s role in the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The...
Putin hosts huge WWII victory parade amid Western snub
Russia today staged a huge military parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany in a conspicuous show of military might amid a standoff with the West over Ukraine. In what is seen as punishment for the Kremlin’s meddling in Ukraine, Western countries led by Russia’s World War II allies are boycotting the...
Russia to show off new weapons at WWII victory parade
MOSCOW: Russia will use the grandiose Red Square parade on May 9, marking 70 years since victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, to show off a range of new weaponry. According to IHS Jane’s Defence Weekly, some of the armoured vehicles on show “represent the biggest change in Russia’s armoured fighting vehicle families since...
Ukraine remembers WW2 with Europe rather than Russia
KIEV (Reuters) – For the first time in 70 years, Ukraine on Friday joined most of of Europe in marking the end of the World War Two a day ahead of Russia, which it accused of exploiting the anniversary to display its military might. …read more Source: The...
