Section: Malaysia
Ukraine cuts off rebel east as fighting rumbles on
KIEV: Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko issued a decree Saturday ordering the withdrawal of all state services from rebel-held eastern regions, a further acknowledgement that the Kremlin-backed statelets are effectively breaking away. The latest move towards splintering the war-torn ex-Soviet country came after fresh clashes between...
Removal of MH17 wreckage starts in rebel-held east Ukraine
Members of the Dutch investigation team watch as parts of the wreckage of the MH17 are removed and loaded onto a truck at the crash site near the village of Grabove in eastern Ukraine. — AFP photo GRABOVE, Ukraine: Work began yesterday to remove the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 from rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine, four...
Putin yawns off Western baiting at testy G20
A weary Russian President Vladimir Putin today shrugged off a new barrage of Western fire over Ukraine at a G20 summit where the world’s most powerful leaders vowed to heat up the cooling global economy. Host Tony Abbott insisted that everyone including Putin – who left the Brisbane summit early – was on board the G20 campaign to enact...
MH17: Work starts in Ukraine to collect wreckage
HRABOVE: Workers in rebel-controlled eastern Ukraine began to collect debris from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 today, four months after the plane was brought down. …read more Source: New Straits...
Local emergency services start collecting MH17 wreckage: Dutch air inspectors
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Local emergency services in eastern Ukraine have begun collecting parts of the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 from its crash site in the middle of the conflict zone, Dutch air accident investigators said on Sunday. …read more Source: The...
G20 commits to higher growth, fight climate change; Russia isolated over Ukraine
Leaders from the G20 group of nations agreed today to boost flagging global growth, tackle climate change and crack down on tax avoidance but ties between the West and Russia plummeted to a new low over the crisis in Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin left the G20 summit in Brisbane early as US President Barack Obama accused Russia...
Obama says Russia will remain isolated if it continues to destabilize Ukraine
BRISBANE Australia (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said on Sunday that Russia would remain isolated by the international community if President Vladimir Putin continued to violate international law and treaties aimed at ending the conflict in Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Russia will remain isolated if it destabilises Ukraine
BRISBANE: US President Barack Obama said today that Russia would remain isolated by the international community if President Vladimir Putin continued to violate international law and treaties aimed at ending the conflict in Ukraine. …read more Source: New Straits...
Russia plans alternative version of ‘Wikipedia’
MOSCOW: Russia plans to create its own “Wikipedia” to ensure its citizens have access to more “detailed and reliable” information about their country, the presidential library said on Friday. Citing Western threats, the Kremlin has asserted more control over the Internet this year in what critics call moves to censor the web, and has introduced...
Weary Putin Leaves G-20 Early for Sleep on Long Flight Home
Russian President Vladimir Putin left the Group of 20 summit in Australia early so he can sleep on the long flight home, after a week of international meetings where he faced pressure over Ukraine. Putin, who was told by European leaders during the two-day summit in Brisbane to stop arming rebels in Ukraine, said before jetting off that...
