Section: The Star (Malaysia)
Ukraine says first debt proposal does not meet targets
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The first proposal by a committee that represents nearly half of Ukraine’s creditors does not help the government achieve all its targets for debt restructuring, Ukraine’s finance minister Natalia Yaresko said on Friday. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine wants global court to investigate crimes in Crimea, east
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Ukraine wants the International Criminal Court to investigate all alleged war crimes in Crimea and eastern Ukraine, where it has been fighting pro-Russian rebels, foreign minister Pavlo Klimkin said in an interview, broadening an existing probe. …read more Source: The...
U.S. military trainers in Ukraine may 'destabilise' situation – Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Friday the arrival U.S. paratroopers in Ukraine to train Kiev’s National Guard could destabilise the situation in the east of the country, where separatists are fighting government forces. …read more Source: The...
Schaeuble says economic strength will decide Russia conflict
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Thursday that economic strength, rather than military might, would ultimately determine the outcome of the West’s standoff with Russia over Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Russia blames U.S. for security crises and turmoil in Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Top Russian officials accused the United States on Thursday of seeking political and military dominance and sought to put blame on the West for international security crises, including the conflict in east Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
NATO chief concerned at increase in Ukraine violence
REYKJAVIK (Reuters) – NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg voiced concern on Thursday over an increase in violence and movements of heavy military equipment in eastern Ukraine, saying they were undermining the Minsk peace agreement. …read more Source: The...
Putin defiant over economy, Ukraine in annual phone-in
MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin tried to reassure Russians over the ailing economy and said Washington wanted “vassals” rather than allies in his annual phone-in on Thursday, but offered no new financial remedies and gave no ground over Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Dutch shift focus in MH17 crash to investigating culprits
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – The Dutch government said on Thursday that, with nearly all of the victims of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 identified, efforts had shifted to finding those responsible for shooting the plane down as it crossed Ukraine last July. …read more Source: The...
Russia cannot divide Europe over Ukraine, says German minister
VILNIUS (Reuters) – German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Thursday Russia could not succeed in breaking European Union unity on sanctions over Ukraine by using strategies such as offering to remove trade embargoes against individual EU member states. …read more Source: The...
Russia-Japan relations over disputed islands unchanged after Crimea – Putin
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s relations with Japan over disputed Pacific Islands have not changed following Moscow’s annexation of Crimea from Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
