Section: Malaysia
Ukraine allows state firm to import power from Russia
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s government has allowed state energy company Ukrinterenergo to import electricity from Russia to cover current power shortages caused by a lack of coal, the Ukrainian energy ministry said. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine expects Russian gas supplies to resume Monday – minister
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine expects Russia to resume supplies of gas from Monday after Kiev transferred a pre-payment of $378 million to Gazprom, its energy minister said on Sunday. …read more Source: The...
Five civilians killed in fresh east Ukraine violence
KIEV: Five civilians have been killed in fresh violence in eastern Ukraine, where more explosions and gunfire rang out today, two days before the start of a planned truce, officials said. …read more Source: New Straits...
EU to seek more Turkish help in Islamic State fight
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union will press Turkey to cooperate more closely in the fight against Islamic State and urge it not to undermine EU sanctions on Russia on a visit this week intended to give new impetus to often fraught EU-Turkish relations. …read more Source: The...
Putin, Hollande attempt to defuse Ukraine tensions
French President Francois Hollande on Saturday became the first European leader to travel to Russia in an attempt to defuse the standoff with Vladimir Putin over Ukraine, as Kiev announced a fresh round of peace talks next week. Hollande’s meeting with Putin in the diplomatic terminal of an airport outside the capital came as the conflict...
France's Hollande meets Putin on Ukraine crisis
MOSCOW (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande met Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the Ukraine crisis during a brief stopover at a Moscow airport on Saturday. …read more Source: The...
All Australian victims of downed MH17 plane identified
MELBOURNE: All of the 38 Australians who died when Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was downed in eastern Ukraine have now been formally identified, the Australian government said citing Dutch authorities. A joint statement from Australia’s Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop said the government’s...
Russia's Putin hopes for new deal on ceasefire in east Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said after talks with French President Francois Hollande on Saturday that he hoped a new agreement on implementing a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine would be reached soon. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine ceasefire deal talks may be held on December 9 – Poroshenko
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Saturday a preliminary agreement had been reached to hold talks in Minsk on Dec. 9 on implementing the steps of a September ceasefire deal with eastern separatists, Interfax reported. …read more Source: The...
France's Hollande tells Putin he wants to discuss Ukraine crisis
MOSCOW (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande told Russian President Vladimir Putin at the start of a brief stopover at a Moscow airport that he wanted to discuss the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The...
