Section: Malaysia
Russia to react if new EU sanctions imposed
MOSCOW: Russia warned that it would react if the European Union imposed tougher economic sanctions against it over the situation in Ukraine. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Malaysia will send search team to crash site
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia aims to send a search team to the crash site in Ukraine of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 before winter sets in to gather physical evidence to prove that it was shot down, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said today. …read more Source: New Straits...
EU could delay sanctions on Russia
BRUSSELS: The European Union was set to agree on new economic sanctions against Russia today but could suspend them if Moscow withdraws its troops from Ukraine and observes a ceasefire, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said. …read more Source: New Straits...
Rebels reaffirm plan to split from Ukraine
MINSK: Pro-Russia rebels today said they had agreed a ceasefire with the Ukrainian government but stressed they still wanted to split from the ex-Soviet country. …read more Source: New Straits...
Ukraine's president confirms signing of ceasefire deal
KIEV: Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko confirmed on his Twitter account that envoys meeting in Minsk to end fighting between Kiev’s forces and pro-Russian separatists had signed a ceasefire agreement that would come into effect later today. …read more Source: New Straits...
Ukraine ceasefire talks start in Minsk: official
MINSK: Ukraine, Russia and pro-Russian insurgents opened ceasefire talks in Minsk today in an attempt to stop nearly five months of war that have plunged Russian-Western relations into crisis. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Hishammuddin to visit Kiev to get M’sian probe team into crash site
SUBANG: Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said today he would go to Kiev at the end of this week to secure the agreement of the relevant parties for a Malaysian probe team to return to the MH17 crash site in Ukraine. …read more Source: New Straits...
Impossible to resolve Ukraine crisis by military means
MOSCOW: Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) parliamentary assembly president Ilkka Kanerva said it is impossible to settle the Ukrainian crisis by military means, Russia’s Itar-Tass news agency reported. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Ukraine crash report due Tuesday: investigators
THE HAGUE: Dutch air crash investigators today announced that the preliminary report into what brought down flight MH17 over east Ukraine, killing 298 passengers, will be released on Tuesday. …read more Source: New Straits...
Putin calls on Ukraine rebels, Kiev to halt fire
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin today called on both Ukrainian rebels and government forces to cease fire and agree to the broad terms of a truce ending their four-month war. …read more Source: New Straits...
