Section: Malaysia
Ukraine's Russian-speaking president gives glimmer of hope to war-torn east
DONETSK/SLOVYANSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – In one of his first acts as Ukrainian president, comedian-turned-politician Volodymyr Zelenskiy held out a symbolic olive branch to people in Ukraine’s mostly Russian-speaking Donbass region, by switching from Ukrainian to Russian. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine says driver of missile that shot down plane has been held for two years
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine said on Wednesday that it has been holding the driver of the trailer carrying the missile that shot down a Malaysian airliner in 2014, saying he had captured two years ago and was now serving a sentence in Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Russian court extends arrest of a group of Ukrainian sailors
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A court in Moscow on Wednesday ordered the first six of 24 Ukrainian sailors seized by Russia off the coast of Crimea last year to be held in pre-trial detention for another three months. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine president submits law criminalising illicit enrichment
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s president has submitted a draft law to parliament criminalising illicit enrichment by officials, a condition for receiving support from the International Monetary Fund, the parliament website showed on Wednesday. …read more Source: The...
Italy seizes air-to-air missile, guns in raids on neo-Nazis
Turin police displayed this haul of Nazi memorabilia and weapons. (AFP pic)ROME: Italian police have seized a large arsenal of weapons, including an air-to-air missile, in raids on neo-Nazi sympathisers, they said on Monday. Elite police forces searched properties across northern Italy following an investigation into Italians who had fought in...
Italy’s Salvini says threats to him led to neo-nazi arms haul
ROME: Italy’s Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said Tuesday a death threat against him had launched the investigation that led to the seizure of a massive neo-nazi arms cache.Salvini was referring to the massive weapons haul, including an air-to-air missile, which Italian police displayed to the press on Monday.“It’s not my missile...
Russia and West spar at UN over minority rights in Ukraine
UNITED STATES: Russia on Tuesday slammed new legislation declaring Ukrainian to be the national language of Ukraine, during a meeting of the UN Security Council which western powers used as a forum to denounce Russia’s annexation of Crimea.The Russian denunciation came as a new Ukrainian law, passed in April, came into effect and which...
Missile seized in Italy sold to third country in 1994: Qatar
DOHA: A missile once owned by the Qatari army and seized by police in Italy among other weapons was sold to a third country in 1994, Doha said Tuesday.“Qatar is working very closely now with the pertinent parties, including Italy, to unveil the facts and it is very concerned as to how a missile sold 25 years ago ended up in the hands of a third...
Ukraine says it has agreed exchange of prisoners with Russia
KIEV (Reuters) – A senior Ukrainian official said on Tuesday his country and Russia had agreed to exchange prisoners from the conflict in eastern Ukraine over the next month. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine mixed-race wrestler tackles prejudice in run for parliament
BOYARKA: Zhan Beleniuk, an Olympic wrestler with Rwandan roots, is seeking to enter Ukraine’s parliament as the first mixed-race MP in a bid to overcome racist attitudes and support the country’s young new leader.The Greco-Roman style wrestler, who won silver for Ukraine at the Rio Olympics, is standing for the party of the new...
