Section: The Star (Malaysia)
Leading Merkel ally urges sanctions against Russia over Syria
BERLIN (Reuters) – The head of Germany’s foreign affairs committee, an ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel, called on Monday for Berlin to impose sanctions on Russia because of its supporting role in the war in Syria. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine's Yanukovich blames radicals for bloodshed at Maidan protests
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s former president Viktor Yanukovich on Monday blamed armed nationalist radicals for fomenting violence in the 2014 Maidan protests that led to scores of protesters being killed and ultimately prompted him to flee into exile. …read more Source: The...
Norway resumes high-level trade talks with Russia after two-year break
OSLO (Reuters) – Norway has resumed high-level talks with Russia on trade and economic cooperation that were broken off after Moscow annexed Crimea in 2014, the Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries said in a statement on Monday. …read more Source: The...
Czech aid group says evicted from eastern Ukraine's Doneck by separatists
PRAGUE (Reuters) – Czech humanitarian organisation Clovek v Tisni (People in Need, PIN) has been banned from the Doneck area in eastern Ukraine by separatist authorities, the aid group said in a statement. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine's missile test plans near Crimea heat up row with Russia
MOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) – Moscow protested against Ukraine’s plans to carry out missile tests near Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014 following the toppling of a pro-Russian Ukrainian president, raising the temperature in the dispute between the two countries. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine's ex-president to testify from Russia on killing of protesters
KIEV/ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia (Reuters) – Protests prompted a Ukrainian court to postpone its questioning of exiled former president Viktor Yanukovich as a witness at a trial on Friday over the killing of demonstrators, a delay that Yanukovich said was a bid to obstruct justice. …read more Source: The...
European foreign ministers to discuss Ukraine next week in Minsk
PARIS (Reuters) – The foreign ministers of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine are to meet in Minsk next week to discuss plans for implementing a ceasefire agreement for eastern Ukraine, said a spokesman for the French Foreign Ministry. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine's ex-president to testify from Russia on killing of protesters
KIEV/ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia (Reuters) – Ex-president Viktor Yanukovich will be questioned as a witness on Friday by a Ukrainian court trying police officers accused of killing demonstrators during the protests in Kiev that forced him to flee in 2014. …read more Source: The...
Germany, 15 other countries press for arms control deal with Russia
BERLIN (Reuters) – Fifteen European countries have joined Germany in its push for a new arms control agreement with Moscow, saying more dialogue is needed to prevent an arms race in Europe after Russia’s actions in Crimea and eastern Ukraine, a German newspaper said. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine's Poroshenko to hear some praise, calls to do more at summit with EU
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders reaffirmed support for carrying out a 2014 pact on closer ties with Ukraine but cited “limitations” amid divisions over how far to go with a country mired in intractable corruption and conflict. …read more Source: The...
