Section: Malaysia
MH17: Ongoing clashes forces investigation team to postpone mission
KUALA LUMPUR: Ongoing clashes at the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash sites has forced the joint investigation team to postpone their mission and leave only a small team in Kiev, Ukraine in case there is an opportunity to enter the area. …read more Source: New Straits...
Ukrainian leader calls for further financial aid from IMF, the West
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Thursday called for further help from the International Monetary Fund and the West to help stabilise the national currency, the hyrvnia. …read more Source: The...
Russia says Ukraine should settle problems with Moscow before joining EU
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday Ukraine should resolve all its problems with Moscow before it can join the European Union, Itar-Tass news agency reported. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine's Poroshenko says won't recognise November's separatist election
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine and the rest of the world will not recognise local elections planned by pro-Russian separatists next month, President Petro Poroshenko said on Thursday, adding that he hoped Russia would follow the same course. …read more Source: The...
Ukrainian leader hopes October election will bring mandate for reforms
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Thursday he hoped a reformist parliamentary majority would emerge from an election next month to push through an ambitious reform programme to make the country more attractive as a European partner. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine leader sees country applying for EU membership 'in six years time'
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko said he would present a broad plan of social and economic reforms later on Thursday which would allow the former Soviet republic to apply for membership of the European Union in six years. …read more Source: The...
MH17: Najib reveals negotiations with separatists to CNN’s Amanpour
KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Razak has spoken for the first time on the “unconventional” and “unprecedented” backdoor negotiations that led to the secure recovery of the black boxes and the remains of victims aboard the ill-fated MH17 aircraft, which crashed last July in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: New Straits...
Obama offers sanctions lift if Russia ‘changes course’
US President Barack Obama on Wednesday slammed Russia’s “aggression” in Ukraine but offered to lift sanctions against Moscow if it threw its weight behind an unraveling peace deal with Kiev. The outstretched hand to Moscow came a day after pro-Russian guerrillas brushed off Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s limited...
Najib meets Ukraine PM on MH17 timeline
NEW YORK: Ukraine’s prime minister met Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak on Wednesday but gave no clear commitment when investigators of the crashed flight MH17 could re-enter eastern Ukraine before winter to continue their probe. …read more Source: New Straits...
NATO sees significant pullback of Russian troops from Ukraine
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO has observed a significant withdrawal of Russian forces from inside Ukraine, but many Russian troops remain stationed near the border, an alliance military spokesman said on Wednesday. …read more Source: The...
