Section: The Star (Malaysia)
A year after MH17 downed, families want justice
AMSTERDAM/HRABOVE, Ukraine (Reuters) – One by one, the names of the 298 passengers and crew who died aboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 will be read aloud by relatives on Friday, a year after the passenger jet was shot out of the sky over rebel-held eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Russia, U.S. agree fishing ban in Arctic as sea ice melts
OSLO (Reuters) – The United States, Russia and other Arctic nations signed an agreement deal on Thursday to bar their fishing fleets from fast-thawing seas around the North Pole, an agreement delayed more than a year by tensions over Ukraine.The accord, also signed in Oslo by the ambassadors of Canada, Norway and Denmark, is a response to...
Ukraine passes draft bill to grant east regions more autonomy
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s parliament approved a draft law on Thursday to grant two separatist regions greater autonomy, a first step towards meeting the demands of a ceasefire agreement on the status of the pro-Russian self-styled “people’s republics”. …read more Source: The...
Putin criticises calls for U.N. tribunal on downing of airliner
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin told the Dutch prime minister on Thursday that calls for setting up an international tribunal to prosecute those suspected of bringing down a Malaysian passenger airliner over Ukraine were counterproductive. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine, rebels report deadliest fighting in over a month
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine on Wednesday reported some of the strongest attacks by pro-Russian rebels since the signing of a peace deal in February, with eight government soldiers killed in the past 24 hours. …read more Source: The...
Explosions in Lviv aimed at destabilising Ukraine – Interior Ministry
KIEV (Reuters) – Two policemen were wounded in explosions at two district police stations in the west Ukrainian city of Lviv on Tuesday, the Interior Ministry said, linking the cases to a deadly standoff between a far-right group and police over the weekend. …read more Source: The...
U.S. considers training Ukrainian army troops – general
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. officials are considering expanding the American military training mission in Ukraine to include army and special operations troops, likely focusing on issues like tactics and combat medicine, a top U.S. Army general said on Monday. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine's Poroshenko says 'illegal groups' must disarm after standoff
KIEV (Reuters) – President Petro Poroshenko ordered Ukraine’s security services and police on Monday to disarm “illegal groups”, saying they threatened to further destabilise a country fighting separatists in its east. …read more Source: The...
Far right group challenges Ukraine government after shootout
KIEV (Reuters) – A Ukrainian far right group demanded the resignation of the interior minister and said it would block roads around Kiev on Sunday in a standoff over a fatal gun battle that challenges the authority of the government. …read more Source: The...
Poroshenko says terrorist threat in Ukraine has 'significantly risen'
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Friday that the threat of terrorism had “significantly risen” in Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
