Section: theSun (Malaysia)
Feisty Trump sets tone as stormy G20 looms
OSAKA: US President Donald Trump set the tone Thursday for what promises to be a stormy G20 summit by lashing out at friends and foes alike over trade tariffs and foreign policy.The long-running US-China trade war looked set to dominate the two-day meeting of world leaders in Osaka from Friday but clashes also loomed over climate and a series of...
Ukraine walks out of Europe rights body as Russia returns
KIEV: The Ukrainian delegation at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on Tuesday walked out in protest after Russian MPs were allowed to return to the human rights body five years after the annexation of Crimea.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he was “disappointed” by the decision of the assembly (PACE) to readmit...
Council of Europe assembly allows Russia’s return
STRASBOURG, FRANCE: The Council of Europe’s parliamentary assembly agreed early Tuesday to allow Russian representatives to return to the body, five years after it was stripped of its voting rights over the annexation of Crimea.Despite strong opposition from Ukraine, 118 parliamentarians from Council of Europe member states agreed that...
Pompeo ups pressure on Russia over four MH17 accused
WASHINGTON: Moscow must ensure that those charged with murder over the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 face justice, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said, after international investigators accused three Russians and a Ukrainian over the disaster.The trial of the four men with military and intelligence links will start in the...
Four charged with murder over MH17 crash (Updated)
NIEUWEGEIN, NETHERLANDS: International investigators on Wednesday charged four people with murder over the 2014 shooting down of flight MH17 above rebel-held eastern Ukraine in which 298 people were killed.The Dutch-led team said it was going to prosecute Russian nationals Igor Girkin, Sergey Dubinskiy and Oleg Pulatov, and Ukrainian Leonid...
MH17 investigators name three Russian suspects, one Ukrainian
NIEUWEGEIN, NETHERLANDS: International investigators said Wednesday they were issuing arrest warrants for three Russians and one Ukrainian suspect over the downing of flight MH17 in July 2014.The Dutch-led probe said it was going to prosecute Russian nationals Igor Girkin, Sergey Dubinskiy and Oleg Pulatov as well as Ukrainian Leonid Kharchenko...
US announces US$250m in military aid to Ukraine
WASHINGTON: The United States announced Tuesday a US$250 million military aid package for war-torn Ukraine to strengthen the former Soviet republic’s naval and land capabilities.The amount is part of a series of Pentagon payments now totalling US$1.5 billion to the country since 2014, when Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula and a conflict...
Macron urges Iran to be ‘patient and responsible’ in nuclear deal
PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron (pix) on Monday urged Iran to be “patient and responsible” after Tehran said it would surpass the uranium stockpile limit set under the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers that the US has abandoned.“I regret Iran’s announcements today… We strongly encourage Iran to behave in a way that is...
US will deploy 1,000 troops to Poland; Warsaw may call them ‘Fort Trump’
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump pledged to Polish President Andrzej Duda on Wednesday that he will deploy 1,000 US troops to Poland, a step sought by Warsaw to deter potential aggression from Russia.Despite their strong show of unity, Trump disagreed with Duda’s attempt to force the retirement of some Polish Supreme Court judges, a...
Six dead in fire at Ukraine psychiatric hospital
ODESSA, UKRAINE: Six people died when fire swept through a psychiatric hospital for war veterans in the Ukrainian city of Odessa, authorities said Tuesday.The fire erupted late Monday evening in the one-storey building, Ukraine’s emergency services said in a statement.“Six people died and four have been hospitalised,“ the statement said....
