Section: Malaysia
NATO commander concerned by armoured convoys entering Ukraine from Russia
NAPLES Italy (Reuters) – NATO is concerned about convoys of trucks taking artillery and supplies into east Ukraine from Russia, and wants to see international borders respected, the supreme allied commander said on Tuesday. …read more Source: The...
Heavy shelling in east Ukraine increases fears over ceasefire
DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – Heavy shelling resumed around the pro-Russian separatist stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday, a Reuters witness said, increasing concerns a ceasefire between the rebels and government forces could crumble. …read more Source: The...
Further economic sanctions on Russia not planned, Merkel says
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s Angela Merkel said on Tuesday there were no plans at present for further economic sanctions on Russia over Ukraine but she was unhappy that a ceasefire agreement was being broken and that pro-Russian rebels had gone ahead with their elections. …read more Source: The...
Heavy shelling in east Ukraine increases fears over ceasefire
DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – Heavy shelling resumed around the pro-Russian separatist stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday, a Reuters witness said. …read more Source: The...
Abbott Opts Against Aussie Rule Diplomacy for Putin Meeting
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott opted not to “shirtfront” Russian President Vladimir Putin during a short meeting today in China aimed at clearing the air before he hosts the Group of 20 summit this weekend. Having pledged in October to challenge Putin when they met, and then saying on Nov. 8 he’d have a “robust” talk with the Russian...
No ‘shirtfronting’ as Putin, Abbott urge quicker MH17 probe
BEIJING: President Vladimir Putin and Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Tuesday urged a quicker probe into the MH17 crash but the two leaders appeared to avoid diplomatic butting of heads, the Kremlin said. Abbott had famously vowed to “shirtfront” Putin — an Australian Rules football term in which a player charges an opponent — over the...
EU to discuss Russia sanctions, Ukraine support next week: Mogherini
BERLIN (Reuters) – The European Union’s new foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini said in Berlin on Tuesday that foreign ministers from the bloc would discuss whether to increase sanctions on Russia, and how to help Ukraine, when they meet in Brussels next week. …read more Source: The...
Abbott, Putin urge speeding up of probe into Flight MH17 crash, Kremlin says
BEIJING: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Russian President Vladimir Putin urged investigators to speed up the probe into a July plane crash in eastern Ukraine, a spokesman for the Kremlin said on Tuesday. …read more Source: New Straits...
U.S. says Russia sanctions have impact but not changing stance on Ukraine
BEIJING (Reuters) – Economic sanctions against Russia over its actions around Ukraine are clearly having an impact on its economy but are not yet changing Russia’s calculus on Ukraine, the White House said on Tuesday. …read more Source: The...
MH17: Russia promises all out effort to facilitate probe, says Najib
BEIJING: Russia has pledged that it would do everything in its power to facilitate the investigation into the Malaysia Airlines’ flight MH17 crash over eastern Ukraine in July, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said. …read more Source: New Straits...
