Section: Malaysia
AirAsia plane with 162 on board missing en route to Singapore
JAKARTA: Rescuers scoured the Java Sea on Sunday for an AirAsia plane carrying 162 people which went missing in bad weather en route from Indonesia to Singapore, in the third crisis for a Malaysian carrier this year. Around 11 hours after it disappeared, Indonesian air force jets had yet to find any signs of the Airbus A320-200, with dusk fast...
Ukraine secures cheap Russian coal and power supplies
KIEV: Moscow promised on Saturday (Dec 27) to resume shipping coal and provide electricity to Ukraine for the first time in three years despite Kiev’s failure to guarantee energy supplies to Russian-occupied Crimea. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s unexpected decision was announced just a day after Ukraine upped pressure on the...
Kiev, rebels swap hundreds of prisoners
Prisoners from the self-proclaimed ‘People’s Republic of Donetsk’ stand next to a Ukrainain soldier during a prisoner exchange between Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels in the eastern Ukrainian city of Yasinovataya, near Donetsk. — AFP photo Exchange of 222 guerrillas and 145 Ukrainian troops part of new push for peace KOSTYANTYNIVKA ,...
After turbulent 2014, next year may be no calmer
From financial crisis in Russia to cyber warfare with North Korea, 2014 has generated new flashpoints right into its final days, setting 2015 up to be just as turbulent. Almost all of the major confrontations, such as the battle with Islamic State militants, the West’s stand-off with Russia over Ukraine and the fight against Ebola, will...
Russia says to supply coal, electricity to Ukraine
MOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) – Russia has agreed on a new deal to supply coal and electricity to Ukraine, which is struggling with a lack of raw fuel for power plants due to a separatist conflict in the industrial east, Russian officials said on Saturday. …read more Source: The...
Kiev and rebels swap hundreds of captives in peace push
KOSTYANTYNIVKA, Ukraine: Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels were on Saturday set to complete a swap of hundreds of prisoners as part of a new push for peace that came despite Kiev’s decision to cut off key transport links to breakaway Crimea. The exchange began Friday on a dark and isolated stretch of a road north of the devastated eastern...
Femen activist who grabbed Nativity Jesus at Vatican still jailed
VATICAN CITY: The bare-breasted activist from feminist group Femen who snatched the baby Jesus figurine from St Peter’s Square Nativity scene on Christmas day remained under arrest in the Vatican on Friday. The woman, Iana Aleksandrovna Azhdanova from Ukraine, remained under arrest in a Vatican cell awaiting possible trial for...
Kiev and rebels swap hundreds of captives in peace push
Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels were on Saturday set to complete a swap of hundreds of prisoners as part of a new push for peace that came despite Kiev’s decision to cut off key transport links to breakaway Crimea. The exchange began Friday on a dark and isolated stretch of a road north of the devastated eastern rebel stronghold of Donetsk,...
Ukraine and pro-Russia rebels swap hundreds of prisoners
KIEV: Ukrainian authorities and separatists exchanged hundreds of prisoners of war on Friday, a spokesman for President Petro Poroshenko said, part of a 12-point plan aimed at ending the pro-Russian uprising in the east of the country. …read more Source: New Straits...
Kiev and rebels begin mass prisoner exchange
KIEV (Reuters) – Kiev and pro-Russian separatists began an exchange of hundreds of prisoners of war on Friday, a state security service source said, part of a 12-point peace plan. …read more Source: The...
