Section: Malaysia
HRW slams Russia for spiralling homophobic attacks
MOSCOW: Human Rights Watch sounded the alarm Monday over the rising number of homophobic attacks in Russia, slamming Vladimir Putin’s government for “inaction” and urging a crackdown on hate crimes. The US-based rights group said homophobic attacks increased in Russia after Putin signed a hugely controversial law banning...
UN accuses Ukraine forces, pro-Russia rebels of ‘torture’
KIEV: The United Nations on Monday released a damning report accusing Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed rebels of torturing and indiscriminately shelling civilians in the bloody conflict in the separatist east. Its global governing body believes the eight-month conflict has killed at least 4,634 and wounded 10,234 people — although...
Russia says it wants east Ukraine to stay with Kiev under reformed constitution
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Moscow wants Ukraine to carry out a constitutional reform to allow more autonomy to Russian-speaking eastern regions that would then stay with Kiev, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in comments published on Monday. …read more Source: The...
Around 1,300 killed in Ukraine since ceasefire – U.N.
KIEV (Reuters) – Around 1,300 people have been killed in Ukraine’s separatist conflict since a September ceasefire, according to a U.N. report that said many living in the country’s rebel-held east were struggling to survive. …read more Source: The...
Moscow shifts to tougher economic relationship with Ukraine – PM
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Moving closer to the European Union offers no panacea for Ukraine’s financial problems and will mean big losses in economic ties with Moscow, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said in an article published on Monday. …read more Source: The...
Paris, Berlin urge Poroshenko to press ahead with reforms
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande urged Ukrainian leader Petro Poroshenko on Sunday to press ahead with reforms to facilitate an economic recovery and access to foreign aid. …read more Source: The...
Sweden says Russian military jet in near-crash with passenger plane
STOCKHOLM: A Russian military jet nearly collided with a commercial passenger airplane in international airspace near southern Sweden on Friday, the Swedish authorities said, but Russia insisted on Sunday that its jet had kept at a safe distance. Relations between Russia and the West have soured over Moscow’s role in the conflict in Ukraine...
Britain to treat wounded Ukrainian soldiers in English hospital
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said on Sunday it would provide medical treatment to a group of Ukrainian servicemen who had been seriously wounded fighting pro-Russian militants in eastern Ukraine, the latest example of its support for the struggling government in Kiev. …read more Source: The...
IMF deputy ‘impressed’ by Ukraine’s move toward reform
WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund’s number two said Saturday he was “impressed” by Kiev’s plans for economic reform, following a visit to the country. …read more Source: New Straits...
Ballet school rejects charity from pro-Putin dancer
KIEV: The Kiev State Ballet School has refused to accept money raised by Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre after it emerged the star dancer at a charity gala had supported the annexation of Crimea. At the Bolshoi last Sunday, some of the world’s leading dancers from Russia, Ukraine and France put on a dazzling performance to raise money for...
