Section: The Star (Malaysia)
Explosive device thrown into U.S. embassy compound in Kiev – police
KIEV (Reuters) – A device exploded in the U.S. embassy compound in Ukraine’s capital Kiev in the early hours of Thursday, injuring no one, police said. …read more Source: The...
Head of Russia's only Ukrainian library gets suspended jail term
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A court in Moscow on Monday handed a four-year suspended prison sentence to Natalya Sharina, the head of Russia’s only state-run Ukrainian language library, after finding her guilty of inciting ethnic hatred and embezzlement, a Reuters reporter in the courtroom said. …read more Source: The...
Washington softens stance on U.S. investors mingling with Putin and allies
ST PETERSBURG, Russia/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – For three years after Russia annexed Crimea, Washington officials quietly cautioned major U.S. firms about attending the annual St Petersburg forum, where investors mingle with President Vladimir Putin and his lieutenants. …read more Source: The...
Montenegro's PM says Russia has secret entry ban for its officials
PODGORICA (Reuters) – The Kremlin has a secret list of Montenegrin officials that are banned from entering Russia, due to the small Adriatic republic’s participation in Western sanctions over Ukraine, the country’s Prime Minister Dusko Markovic said on Wednesday. …read more Source: The...
France says worried by Ukraine crisis, demands guarantees for observers
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday it was “extremely concerned” by the situation on the ground in eastern Ukraine and demanded guarantees that international observers be allowed to carry out their mission fully. …read more Source: The...
Watch incredible moment water pipe explodes after inflating carpark surface like a balloon
KYIV: Surveillance video has captured the incredible moment that a water main burst in Kiev, Ukraine, with such force that it inflated the asphalt surface of a carpark like a balloon, before erupting on a fountain of mud and debris. …read more Source: The...
After a year's delay, Dutch approve Ukraine treaty
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Dutch senate on Tuesday approved a European Union “association agreement” with Ukraine, a final hurdle to the treaty, which strengthens the former Soviet republic’s ties with Western Europe and moves it further from Moscow’s orbit. …read more Source: The...
Macron says France, Russia agree on need for Ukraine peace talks soon
VERSAILLES, France (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that he and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin were agreed the time was right for a new round of peace talks on Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Germany says to host Tuesday meeting on Ukraine crisis
BERLIN (Reuters) – Deputy foreign ministers from Germany, France, Ukraine and Russia will meet in Berlin on Tuesday to discuss the Ukraine crisis in the Normandy group format, a German Foreign Ministry spokesman said. …read more Source: The...
Fighting corruption, Ukraine starts to judge its judges
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian judge Artur Yemelianov has acknowledged in an online declaration that he owns a Breguet watch worth nearly a third of his annual salary and keeps piles of cash. …read more Source: The...
