Section: Malaysia
Germany says it’s too early to reward Iran after nuclear talks
LEUBECK: German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier spoke out on Tuesday against Russia’s decision to prepare to deliver missile systems to Iran, and his Italian counterpart suggested it was too soon to reestablish economic ties with Iran. The foreign ministers were speaking in the northern German city of Luebeck. About 3,500 police,...
Three Russian vessels in English Channel
LONDON: Three Russian ships including a destroyer have entered the English Channel and are being monitored by Britain’s Royal Navy as they pass through, the Ministry of Defence said Tuesday. It is the latest in a string of similar incidents and comes at a time of tense relations between London and Moscow over the crisis in Ukraine and the...
Russia will go to court if Ukraine does not repay debt on time – Finance Minister
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia will turn to arbitration courts should Ukraine fail to repay a $3 billion (2.02 billion pounds) debt on time, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on Tuesday. …read more Source: The...
Canada to send around 200 military trainers to Ukraine
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada, following in the steps of the United States and Britain, will send around 200 troops to Ukraine to help train soldiers who are battling Russian-back separatists, Ottawa said on Tuesday. …read more Source: The...
Don't underestimate NATO, German minister says on Baltic visit
TALLINN (Reuters) – Germany’s defence minister said on Tuesday that nobody should underestimate NATO’s rapid response capacity, which has been ratcheted up in response to worries about Russia’s military ambitions after its actions in Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Six Ukrainian servicemen killed despite ceasefire
KIEV: Six Ukrainian servicemen were killed and 12 wounded in eastern Ukraine in the past 24 hours despite a ceasefire deal, the Kiev military said on Tuesday, as Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine called for an end to renewed heavy fighting. Ukraine’s military and pro-Russian rebels have accused each other of intensifying attacks over the...
Nobel-winning author warned of another world war
Germany’s Nobel Prize-winning author Gunther Grass said he feared humanity was “sleepwalking” into a world war in the last interview he gave before his death on Monday. “We have on the one side Ukraine, whose situation is not improving; in Israel and Palestine things are getting worse; the disaster the Americans left in...
Six Ukrainian servicemen killed in past 24 hours in east – military
KIEV (Reuters) – Six Ukrainian servicemen were killed and 12 wounded in separatist eastern territories in the past 24 hours, Kiev’s military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said in a televised briefing on Tuesday. …read more Source: The...
Ministers agree to extend heavy weapons withdrawal in Ukraine
BERLIN (Reuters) – Foreign ministers from Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine agreed to push ahead with the withdrawal of heavy weapons from eastern Ukraine where violence has escalated after tough talks in Berlin on Monday. …read more Source: The...
Russia lifts ban on supplying S-300 missiles to Iran
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin on Monday lifted a ban on supplying Iran with sophisticated S-300 air defence missile systems after Tehran struck a landmark framework deal with the West over its nuclear programme. A decree signed by Putin gave the go-ahead for “the shipment from Russia to Iran”, ending Moscow’s self-imposed ban on...
