Section: Malaysia
Exclusive: U.S. to increase non-lethal military aid to Ukraine – officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States plans to increase non-lethal military assistance to Ukraine, including the first planned deliveries of Humvee vehicles, having decided for now not to provide weapons, U.S. officials said on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
Russia warns U.S. against arms to Ukraine as Biden due in Kiev
MOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) – Russia warned the United States on Thursday against supplying arms to Ukrainian forces fighting pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine, hours before U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden was due to arrive in Kiev. …read more Source: The...
Ukrainian PM accuses Putin of using Ukraine as a 'playing field'
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on Thursday Europe and the United States should join Ukraine in forcing Russia to stick to a peace deal to end the separatist conflict, accusing the Kremlin of using Ukraine as a “playing-field”. …read more Source: The...
Russia says U.S. arms supplies to Ukraine would destabilise situation
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia said on Thursday the United States would violate international agreements and destabilise the situation if it supplies weapons to Ukrainian government forces fighting separatists. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine peace outlook is bleak – OSCE official
VIENNA (Reuters) – Prospects for peace in eastern Ukraine are “bleak”, underscoring the need to uphold a shaky ceasefire between government forces and pro-Russian separatist rebels, a senior official from the OSCE security watchdog said on Thursday …read more Source: The...
Eastern Ukraine fighting kills 13 per day despite ceasefire – U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) – Fighting in Eastern Ukraine has killed an average of 13 people each day in the eight weeks since a Sept. 5 ceasefire agreement, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said in a statement on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
Britain’s Prince Charles to speak out as king
LONDON: Britain’s Prince Charles plans to make “heartfelt interventions” in national life when he becomes king, the Guardian newspaper reported Thursday, citing sources close to the outspoken heir to the throne. The prince, who has long courted controversy with what some see as political meddling, will remain “true to his...
Special Report – Crimean savers ask: Where's our money?
SIMFEROPOL Crimea (Reuters) – Outside a high-rise building on the outskirts of this disputed region’s capital, a steady stream of frustrated residents exited a government office, clutching folders of bank records and shaking their heads in disgust. …read more Source: The...
No regrets for protestors who sparked Ukraine revolution
When Igor Romanenko’s friend suggested heading to a gathering on Kiev’s Independence Square a year ago Friday, he had no idea he was about to witness the birth of a movement that would change his country forever. The sandy-haired film director was angry and disappointed at the announcement that then-president Viktor Yanukovych had...
Malaysians must lead the probe team
AMATTER that needs answering is why has the United States not been forthcoming with information it has, including its satellite images allegedly showing that the plane was shot down by a Ukrainian MiG29 air force fighter? Instead, the US and its media cohorts went on and on about MH17 being shot down by a Buk missile fired from the ground...
