Section: Malaysia
Merkel hopes for progress in Ukraine peace talks
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel hopes that four-way talks in Berlin on Wednesday evening aimed at defusing a new spiral of violence in eastern Ukraine can make progress but warned that an agreed ceasefire is crumbling. …read more Source: The...
Russia to seek immediate ceasefire at Ukraine talks
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said he would seek an immediate ceasefire in east Ukraine at talks in Berlin on Wednesday with the foreign ministers of Ukraine, Germany and France. …read more Source: The...
Russia is boosting its military presence in east Ukraine, says Kiev military
KIEV (Reuters) – Russia is boosting its military presence in eastern Ukraine and attacks from separatist rebels have intensified as they seek to gain more territory, Ukrainian military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said on Wednesday. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine plans to boost armed forces by 68,000 personnel – PM Yatseniuk
KIEV (Reuters) – A law is being prepared to increase the size of the Ukrainian armed forces by 68,000 personnel to a total of 250,000, Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on Wednesday. …read more Source: The...
Russia denies its troops are in Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia denied new accusations by Kiev that it had sent soldiers and weapons to east Ukraine and held out hope of progress at talks on the conflict in Berlin on Wednesday despite renewed fighting. …read more Source: The...
EU court upholds sanctions on Assad uncle
LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) – Judges in the European Union upheld EU sanctions against a wealthy uncle of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in a judgement released by the General Court on Wednesday. …read more Source: The...
Putin not flinching on Ukraine despite economic crisis
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A surge in violence in east Ukraine is undermining international hopes that Russia’s financial crisis and Western sanctions will force President Vladimir Putin to change policy on the conflict. …read more Source: The...
Russia says it has seen no proof its troops, arms entered Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Moscow has been presented with no evidence of Russian soldiers and weapons entering east Ukraine despite Western accusations that Russia is reinforcing rebels there, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine says forces under attack from Russian troops
Ukrainian army units came under attack from Russian regular forces in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday and heavy fighting was taking place, a Ukrainian military spokesman said. The announcement at a specially called news briefing was one of the boldest assertions yet by Ukraine of direct Russian military involvement in the nine-month conflict…...
China ‘never paid businessman’ who bought aircraft carrier
BEIJING: The Chinese businessman who bought an unfinished Soviet-era vessel that became his country’s first aircraft carrier was quoted yesterday as saying that Beijing never repaid the US$120 million it cost him. Entrepreneur Xu Zengping paid Ukraine a US$20 million fee for the Varyag, which was eventually commissioned into the...
