Section: Malaysia
No easy ‘plan B’ for Iran if nuclear talks with major powers collapse
VIENNA: Iranian officials say they can turn to Beijing and Moscow if talks in Vienna fail to end Western sanctions, but with oil prices falling, China’s economy slowing and Russia in its own sanctions-induced slump, Tehran’s “plan B” hardly looks ideal. Talks between Iran and six powers, which include China and Russia as well as the...
Dutch complete recovery of MH17 wreckage – government
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A week long operation to clear the wreckage from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in Ukraine has been completed, the Dutch government said on Sunday. …read more Source: The...
Dutch complete MH17 wreckage recovery in Ukraine
THE HAGUE: Dutch experts on Sunday completed the recovery of wreckage from the crash site of downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine and have sent it to a government-controlled city en route for the Netherlands “(Transport of) the recovered wreckage from flight MH17 is under way towards Kharkiv,” by train, the Dutch...
Putin says Russia not isolated over Ukraine, blames West for frosty ties
President Vladimir Putin blamed the West for worsening relations with Russia since the Ukraine crisis and said Moscow would not allow itself to become internationally isolated behind another ‘Iron Curtain’. In an interview published by state news agency TASS today, Putin also said Western sanctions against Moscow, combined with the...
MH17: Dutch complete wreckage recovery in Ukraine
THE HAGUE: Dutch experts on Sunday completed the recovery of wreckage from the crash site of downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine and have sent it to a government-controlled city en route for the Netherlands …read more Source: New Straits...
Moldova, eyeing Ukraine, divided on Europe integration as election nears
CHISINAU (Reuters) – An election in ex-Soviet Moldova next weekend will decide how closely it sticks to its path of European integration in defiance of Russia, as neighbouring Ukraine struggles to handle a war triggered by following a similar pro-Europe line. …read more Source: The...
Putin says Russia is not isolated over Ukraine crisis – TASS
MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin denied Moscow would be isolated internationally over the Ukraine crisis and said Russia’s economy would not be the only one to suffer from Western sanctions and falls in oil prices and the rouble. …read more Source: The...
Merkel ally warns SPD against own diplomacy towards Russia
BERLIN (Reuters) – A senior ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned the foreign minister and his fellow Social Democrats (SPD) against pursuing a more friendly approach towards Russia in the Ukraine crisis, according to Spiegel magazine. …read more Source: The...
Lavrov accuses West of seeking 'regime change' in Russia
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused the West on Saturday of trying to use sanctions imposed on Moscow in the Ukraine crisis to seek “regime change” in Russia. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine declares Nato ambition on protests anniversary
Ukraine’s new coalition government declared joining Nato a priority Friday in a move likely to provoke fresh Russian anger as thousands gathered in Kiev to mark the first anniversary of protests which unleashed a year of turmoil. A crowd of several thousand gathered in Kiev’s Independence Square, known as Maidan, late Friday to...
