Section: Malaysia
Russia says gas talks with Ukraine to continue in April
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Friday that Moscow will continue talks on gas supplies to Ukraine in April after he met Ukrainian and the European Union officials in Brussels. …read more Source: The...
Ukrainian oligarch under fire after night raid on state oil firm
KIEV (Reuters) – A raid by a group of armed men in combat fatigues on a state-owned oil company in the Ukrainian capital Kiev caused uproar in parliament on Friday and thrust banking billionaire Ihor Kolomoisky into the spotlight. …read more Source: The...
Eyeing Russia nervously, Poles enrol in volunteer militias
WARSAW (Reuters) – Spurred by the war in Ukraine, growing numbers of Poles are joining volunteer paramilitary groups to get basic military training and prepare to defend their homeland from what some see as a looming Russian invasion. …read more Source: The...
EU's Tusk: increasingly hard to keep unity on Russia sanctions
WARSAW (Reuters) – European Council President Donald Tusk said on Friday it was increasingly difficult to maintain a united European Union position on sanctions imposed on Russia over its involvement in the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The...
Dutch visit previously inaccessible MH17 Ukraine crash site
The wreckage of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 which was shot down over Ukraine in July 2014 is laid out in a hangar on Gilze-Rijen airbase, southern Netherlands -© ANP/AFP/File THE HAGUE: Dutch experts returned to war-ravaged Ukraine on Friday to probe the MH17 crash site, including visiting a location previously considered unsafe because of...
Turkey offers Ukraine $50 million loan – Ukraine's Poroshenko
KIEV (Reuters) – Turkey has offered a $50 million loan to Ukraine to help cover its budget deficit, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said in a joint press conference with Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan. …read more Source: The...
One civilian killed in rebel attack in east Ukrainian town – regional police
KIEV (Reuters) – One civilian was killed on Friday in an attack by pro-Russian separatist rebels in the government-controlled town of Avdiyivka in east Ukraine despite a ceasefire deal, Ukrainian regional police said. …read more Source: The...
Iran nuclear talks intensify after Obama appeal
LAUSSANE: Marathon talks towards an Iran nuclear deal picked up pace Friday as US President Barack Obama appealed to Tehran to seize an “historic” opportunity and begin a “brighter future”. In Switzerland, US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Iranian counterpart began their fifth day of talks, while in Brussels the leaders of Germany, France...
Russia says sanctions 'destructive', will act in own interests
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia described “sanctions rhetoric” as destructive on Friday and said it would do what is in its national interests after European Union leaders kept economic sanctions in place over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The...
EU agrees Russia sanctions to stay until Ukraine peace terms met
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders agreed on Thursday that economic sanctions imposed on Russia will stay in place until a Ukraine peace deal is fully implemented, effectively extending them to the end of the year if need be. …read more Source: The...
