Section: Malaysia
Advancing Ukraine rebels appear to capture frontline town
VUHLEHIRSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Pro-Russian rebels appeared to be in full control on Wednesday of one of the towns that has been a principal target of their advance, as they attempt to surround a nearby garrison of Ukrainian forces. …read more Source: The...
U.S. Vice President Biden to discuss aid to Ukraine in Brussels, Munich – senior U.S. official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will meet top European leaders this week in Brussels and Munich this week to discuss options for boosting security and financial aid to Ukraine and steeper economic sanctions on Russia, senior U.S. administration officials told reporters on Wednesday. …read more Source: The...
At least 23 feared dead as passenger flight crashes in Taiwan
TAIPEI: At least 23 people were killed and up to 19 were missing after a Taiwanese TransAsia Airways plane with 58 passengers and crew on board crashed into a river shortly after taking off from a downtown Taipei airport on Wednesday, officials said. As many as 28 people however appeared to have escaped miraculously from the crash after the plane...
EU urges Greece's Tsipras to back common line on Russia
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Council President Donald Tusk urged Greece’s new Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Wednesday to support common EU foreign policy approaches, a week after Athens questioned a call for new sanctions on Russia. …read more Source: The...
France not planning to deliver lethal weapons to Ukraine – defence minister
PARIS (Reuters) – France will not deliver weapons to Ukraine for the moment to fight pro-Russian separatists, Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Wednesday. …read more Source: The...
Merkel says negotiations in Ukraine must continue
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday that despite a clear deterioration in the conflict between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country, negotiations to implement a ceasefire had to continue. …read more Source: The...
Shell lands near hospital in Ukraine's Donetsk, at least three dead
DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – At least two shells landed near a hospital in the separatist-controlled eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on Wednesday, killing at least three people nearby, a Reuters eyewitness said. …read more Source: The...
Shell hits hospital in Ukraine's Donetsk, dead feared – city mayor
KIEV (Reuters) – A shell hit a hospital in the east Ukrainian rebel-controlled city of Donetsk on Tuesday and dead and injured were feared, the city administration said. …read more Source: The...
Two more Ukrainian soldiers killed in east – military
KIEV (Reuters) – Two Ukrainian soldiers were killed and 18 were wounded in fighting against pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine in the past 24 hours, a Ukraine military spokesman said on Wednesday. …read more Source: The...
TransAsia plane crashes into Taiwan river
TAIPEI: At least nine people were killed and dozens were unaccounted for after a Taiwanese TransAsia Airways plane with 58 passengers and crew on board crash-landed in a Taipei river on Wednesday, officials and domestic media said. Dramatic pictures taken by a motorist and posted on Twitter showed the plane cartwheeling over a motorway close to...
