Section: theSun (Malaysia)
Macron chides Netanyahu on settlements, urges new Mideast talks
PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron told Israel’s visiting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday that Paris opposes Israel’s expansion of settlements in occupied Palestinian territory as he urged fresh Middle East peace talks. Stressing that international law should be “respected by all”, Macron said: “I am...
Egypt police probe motives of Red Sea beach attacker
HURGHADA, Egypt: Police on Saturday questioned the suspected jihadist who stabbed to death two German women and wounded four others at a Red Sea beach resort, adding to the woes of Egypt’s hobbled tourism industry. Judicial sources said the man who had swum ashore from a public beach in Hurghada to carry out Friday’s attack confessed...
Germany confirms two nationals killed in Egypt attack
BERLIN: Berlin on Saturday said two women who were killed after being stabbed in an Egyptian beach resort were German nationals, confirming earlier reports. “We can now sadly confirm that two German tourists died in the attack at Hurghada,” a foreign ministry statement said. Friday’s attack in the Red Sea resort left four others...
Teary-eyed Malaysian MH17 families demand justice
KUALA LUMPUR: Teary-eyed families of Malaysians killed when a Malaysia Airlines jet was shot down over Ukraine on Thursday demanded those responsible be brought to justice, ahead of the third anniversary of the disaster. All 298 people on board were killed when the jet was downed in conflict-torn eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014 on a flight from...
Russian aid centre in Serbia rebuffs spy fears
NIS, Serbia: Showing off tents, lifeboats and other rescue equipment at the Russian-Serbian Humanitarian Centre, co-director Viacheslav Vlasenko laughs at Western suspicions that his workplace is a front for a spy operation. “We are very open here,” the cordial 70-year-old Russian told AFP at the base in the strategically-located town...
Nato says it supports Ukraine against Russia’s ‘aggressive actions’
KIEV: Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg on Monday pledged the alliance’s support for Ukraine as it faces a bloody insurgency by pro-Russian separatists in its eastern regions. More than 10,000 people have been killed since a Russian-backed rebellion against the pro-EU government in Kiev erupted in April 2014. Ukraine and the West accuse Moscow of...
Trump says time to work ‘constructively’ with Russia
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said Sunday he wanted to work “constructively” with Russia, including on cyber security, despite confronting Vladimir Putin over alleged meddling in last year’s American elections. While ruling out easing sanctions so long as the two countries remain at odds over Syria and Ukraine, Trump...
Stormy G20 ends with opt-outs for Trump on climate, trade
HAMBURG: World leaders made concessions on trade and climate language to Donald Trump Saturday at the end of the most fractious and riot-hit G20 summit ever, in exchange for preserving a fragile unity of the club of major industrialised and emerging economies. But the gesture opened the door for others, with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan...
Russian media cheer over Trump and Putin handshake
MOSCOW: Russia’s pro-Kremlin media reacted triumphantly on Saturday to the first handshake and lengthy talks between President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump at the G20 meeting in Hamburg. The popular tabloid Komsomolskaya Pravda headlined its front page Putin and Trump found a way to peace in Syria and Ukraine and...
Trump versus the rest as violent G20 wraps up
HAMBURG: US President Donald Trump heads Saturday into the final day of a fractious and violent G20 summit in Germany at odds even with America’s traditional Western allies. Negotiators from the world’s 20 top economies were expected to have worked all night trying to hammer out a final summit statement that at least gives the...
