Section: Malaysia
Russia denies blame over Ukraine, says Kiev must talk to rebels – RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called on Kiev on Tuesday to talk directly to separatists in eastern Ukraine and not to point the finger of blame at Moscow over the conflict, RIA news agency reported. …read more Source: The...
Thousands petition Putin to free mother of seven accused of treason
Tens of thousands of people petitioned President Vladimir Putin Tuesday to release a mother of seven accused of treason for having called the Ukrainian embassy about Russian troop movements. Svetlana Davydova, who faces between 12 and 20 years in prison, is being held in the high-security Lefortovo jail in Moscow. She was still...
Merkel says won't arm Ukraine, prefers threat of sanctions
BERLIN (Reuters) – Chancellor Angela Merkel reiterated on Tuesday her government’s position that Germany would not arm Ukraine to fight pro-Russian separatists but favoured diplomatic solutions such as the threat of tougher economic sanctions if the situation gets worse. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine loses five more soldiers in the east in past 24 hours
KIEV (Reuters) – Five Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and 27 wounded in fighting with pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine’s eastern regions in the past 24 hours, Kiev military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said on Tuesday. …read more Source: The...
Search team recovers remains, MH17 wreckage in Ukraine
AMSTERDAM: A Dutch search team recovered human remains and wreckage from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine on Monday, the Dutch government said. The plane was shot down on July 17, killing 298 passengers and crew, two-thirds of them Dutch. Forensics teams in the Netherlands have so far identified 295 victims with...
MH17: Dutch team recovers remains, wreckage in Ukraine
AMSTERDAM: A Dutch search team recovered human remains and wreckage from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine yesterday, the Dutch government said. …read more Source: New Straits...
UN must make conflict zone air risk reporting mandatory
MONTREAL: Malaysia, which suffered two commercial air disasters last year after one jet disappeared and another was shot down over Ukraine, said on Monday the United Nations must make reporting of risks to airlines over conflict zones mandatory. The International Civil Aviation Organization, the UN’s aviation agency, been under pressure to...
White House adviser – More weapons not the answer to Ukraine crisis
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States believes economic sanctions remain the best way to influence Russia on the Ukraine crisis and that injecting more weapons would not necessarily solve the problem, Deputy White House national security adviser Ben Rhodes said on Monday. …read more Source: The...
As US faces new threats, Pentagon seeks bigger defence budget
Facing new security challenges in the Middle East and Ukraine, the Obama administration on Monday proposed a US$534 billion (RM1.9 trillion) Pentagon base budget plus US$51 billion in war funds as it urged Congress to end spending cuts it says erode US military power. The proposed base budget exceeded the US$499 billion federal spending...
Exclusive – Russia, Ukraine in indirect talks over key Black Sea air corridor: sources
MONTREAL (Reuters) – Russia and Ukraine are holding indirect talks to reopen a key international air corridor over the Black Sea to commercial flights in a plan that could give Ukraine much-needed overflight fees and ease congestion on other crowded air routes, according to five sources familiar with the matter. …read more Source: The...
