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Four people killed in east Ukraine fighting
DONETSK, Ukraine: Two Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in combat with pro-Russian rebels in east Ukraine, Kiev’s military said Saturday, as violence rocked a truce after talks between Kiev and Moscow ended without a breakthrough. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Putin gives assurance to Aussie foreign minister
MELBOURNE: Australia’s Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Asia-Europe economic summit in Italy about the downing of Malaysia Airlines’ Flight MH17 in July in eastern Ukraine, the Australian Associated Press reports. …read more Source: New Straits...
Australian FM: MH17 discussion with Putin ‘constructive’
SYDNEY: Russian President Vladimir Putin (pix) was cooperative and constructive when asked for his help in allowing investigators access to the MH17 crash site in Ukraine, Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said Saturday. Bishop met the Russian leader on the sidelines of the Asia-Europe Meeting, just days after Australian Prime Minister...
MH17 discussion with Putin ‘constructive’, says Aussie FM
Russian President Vladimir Putin was cooperative and constructive when asked for his help in allowing investigators access to the MH17 crash site in Ukraine, Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said Saturday. Bishop met the Russian leader on the sidelines of the Asia-Europe Meeting, just days after Australian Prime Minister Tony...
Russia and Ukraine reach tentative gas deal in tough Milan talks
MILAN (Reuters) – Russia and Ukraine made progress on Friday towards resolving a dispute over gas supplies in time for winter, but European leaders said Moscow still had to do much more to prop up a fragile ceasefire and end fighting in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Putin says he and Poroshenko agreed on gas supplies 'at least for winter'
MILAN (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday he and his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko had agreed on the terms of Russian natural gas supplies “at least for the winter period”. …read more Source: The...
Poland arrests two men on suspicion of spying for Russia
WARSAW (Reuters) – Authorities in Poland have arrested two men on suspicion of spying for Russia, a Polish lawmaker briefed on the issue said on Friday, a case likely to aggravate tensions between two countries already at odds over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The...
Poroshenko says progress made on Russia gas dispute, issues remain
MILAN (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Friday that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin had made some progress on resolving their dispute over natural gas but there had been no decisive breakthrough and details remained to be resolved. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine says progress made on gas deal with Russia
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said progress had been made during talks Friday aimed at resolving a dispute over gas supplies from Russia that also threatened deliveries to Europe.“We have some progress on the gas issue,” Poroshenko said, adding that the “basic parameters” of a new contract with Russia had been agreed while further...
Malaysia, Venezuela, N. Zealand win UN seats but Turkey rebuffed
UNITED NATIONS, United States: Angola, Malaysia, New Zealand, Spain and Venezuela won coveted seats on the UN Security Council Thursday, but Turkey suffered a humbling defeat in its bid to join the world’s “top table.”The five countries garnered the required two-thirds support from the 193-country UN General Assembly during three rounds of...
