Section: The Star (Malaysia)
U.S. senators seek Russia sanctions over hacking, Ukraine, Syria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senior U.S. Republican and Democratic senators will introduce legislation on Tuesday seeking to impose a wide range of sanctions on Russia over its cyber activities and actions in Syria and Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Dutch police seize MH17 crash debris from reporter
AMSTERDAM: Dutch police have taken items from a journalist here, including possible human remains, which he found at the crash site of flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine, prosecutors said Sunday. …read more Source: The...
Trump aide says U.S. sanctions on Russia may be disproportionate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A top aide to President-elect Donald Trump said in an interview aired on Sunday that the White House may have disproportionately punished Russia by ordering the expulsion of 35 suspected Russian spies. …read more Source: The...
Senator McCain says U.S. stands with Ukraine against Russia
KIEV (Reuters) – Republican U.S. Senator John McCain promised on Saturday continued support for Kiev in the face of aggression from Moscow, as he spent New Year’s Eve on the front line in Ukraine’s eastern conflict zone. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine police arrest man suspected of planning Berlin copycat attack
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian police arrested a 31-year-old man on Friday accused of killing a woman and her daughter, and who they also suspect was planning to mow down citizens with a truck, like the attacks on the Berlin Christmas market and in Nice. …read more Source: The...
USAID ends funding for troubled Ukraine customs reform
ODESSA, Ukraine (Reuters) – The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has ended funding for a flagship customs reform project in Ukraine’s Odessa region, as the government’s ambitious plans to tackle bribe-taking at its Black Sea ports stalled. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine hit by 6,500 hack attacks, sees Russian 'cyberwar'
KIEV (Reuters) – Hackers have targeted Ukrainian state institutions about 6,500 times in the past two months, including incidents that showed Russian security services were waging a cyberwar against the country, President Petro Poroshenko said on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
Moscow says new U.S. sanctions would be attempt to hamper Russia-U.S. cooperation – RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that if the United States imposed new sanctions on Russia over hacking allegations it would be an attempt to disrupt possible cooperation between the two countries, the RIA news agency reported. …read more Source: The...
Exclusive: Ukrainian activist faces corruption probe as reforms row festers
KIEV/ODESSA, Ukraine (Reuters) – A young activist who became prominent in Ukraine’s 2014 uprising and was later appointed to work on a major project to reform the corruption-plagued customs of Odessa is herself being investigated for corruption. …read more Source: The...
Putin says relations with Ukraine will improve 'sooner or later'
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday he was confident that Moscow’s relations with Ukraine would normalise “sooner or later”. …read more Source: The...
