Section: Malaysia
Gorbachev warns of risk of armed conflict in new Cold War
MOSCOW: The last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev last week accused the US of drawing Russia into a new Cold War and said he feared hostilities could escalate into armed conflict. The US “has already drawn us into a new Cold War, trying openly to achieve its main idea of triumphalism,” Gorbachev said in an interview with the Interfax news agency....
Russia warns West support for Kiev could lead to "catastrophe"
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s envoy to the European security watchdog OSCE urged the United States and Europe on Thursday to stop supporting the “party of war” in Ukraine and warned “catastrophe” could result, Interfax news agency reported. …read more Source: The...
Belarus says next round of Ukraine talks on Jan 30 in Minsk – TASS
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Belarus said on Thursday the next round of talks between Ukraine, Russia and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe on the crisis in eastern Ukraine would take place in Minsk on Jan. 30, TASS reported on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
Greek foreign minister repeats criticism of EU over Ukraine
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias stoked a brewing row with European partners over sanctions against Russia on Thursday, saying Athens would not be pushed into agreement because of its impending debt negotiations. …read more Source: The...
Fresh rebel offensive would warrant more Russia sanctions – Germany
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Thursday that a fresh offensive by pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine would warrant more sanctions on Russia, while acknowledging that the new Greek government had not made discussions with EU peers easier. …read more Source: The...
Unicef seeks US$3.1 billion aid for ‘new generation’ of crises
The UN children’s agency launched a record US$3.1 billion (RM11.3 billion) aid appeal today to help 62 million children at risk from a “new generation” of humanitarian crises. The threats ranged from the brutal war in Syria that shows no sign of ending after nearly four years to the Ebola outbreak in west Africa and the Ukraine...
Tighter sanctions on Russia cannot replace Ukraine peace plan – Austria's Faymann
SLAVKOV, Czech Republic (Reuters) – Stricter sanctions on Russia cannot replace a peace plan for the Ukraine crisis and are an emergency solution at best, Austria’s Chancellor Werner Faymann said on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
Rights abuses fuelled rise of Islamic militants: HRW
BEIRUT: Governments increasingly view human rights as “a luxury” they can ill afford, Human Rights Watch said Thursday, warning that abuses fuel crises in world trouble spots like Syria and Ukraine. Western powers, including the United States, are far from blameless and in some cases their wrongdoing has fed the very climate in which serial...
HRW: Rights abuses fuelled rise of Islamic militants
WASHINGTON: Governments increasingly view human rights as “a luxury” they can ill afford, Human Rights Watch said Thursday, warning that abuses fuel crises in world trouble spots like Syria and Ukraine. Western powers, including the United States, are far from blameless and in some cases their wrongdoing has fed the very climate in...
Ukraine says five serviceman killed, 29 wounded in past 24 hours
KIEV (Reuters) – Five Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and 29 wounded in fighting with pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine’s eastern regions in the past 24 hours, Kiev military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
