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- Indonesia (807)
- Japan (1,436)
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- Kyrgyzstan (667)
- Laos (3)
- Malaysia (6,377)
- Myanmar (25)
- Nepal (712)
- Pakistan (3,592)
- Philippines (1,081)
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- South Korea (305)
- Taiwan (190)
- Tajikistan (42)
- Thailand (1,124)
- Uzbekistan (33)
- Vietnam (614)
Putin, Abe signal no resolution on island dispute
TOKYO: Russia and Japan yesterday signalled there was no resolution after a two-day summit to a decades-long territorial dispute that has blocked them from achieving a peace treaty to formally end World War II hostilities. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held talks in Abe’s ancestral hometown and in...
Warning of Russia, Dutch PM confident on Ukraine deal
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said he was confident parliament would approve a European Union compromise designed to rescue a cooperation accord between Ukraine and the bloc after Dutch voters rejected it in a referendum. …read more Source: Channel...
Warning of Russia, Dutch PM confident on Ukraine deal
KIEV/THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said he was confident parliament would approve a European Union compromise designed to rescue a cooperation accord between Ukraine and the bloc after Dutch voters rejected it in a referendum. …read more Source: The...
Dutch PM: unsure if Ukraine compromise will be ratified before March 15 poll
THE HAGUE – Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Friday he was confident parliament would approve a compromise he secured from other European Union leaders on an EU-Ukraine pact, but said he was unsure it would be ratified before a March 15 election. … …read more Source:...
Armenian Olympic medalist Faina Melnik dies at 71
Faina Melnik, a famous discus thrower, a 1972 Summer Olympics champion, the 5th Olympic champion of Armenia, died in an accident in Moscow on Friday at the age of 71, Sport-Express, a Russian daily sports newspaper. Melnik was born in Bakota, Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine in 1945. She became interested in discus throwing at 25.she achieved success when...
EU Parliament approves cancellation of visa regime for Ukraine and Georgia
The proposal for the visa waiver for Georgia was issued by the European Commission on March 9 since the country met the conditions for the visa requirement exemption …read more Source:...
EU presses Russia on Syria and Ukraine
BRUSSELS: European Union leaders piled pressure on Russia on Thursday, urging the Kremlin to protect civilians in Syria while taking steps to save a historic cooperation pact with Ukraine and extending sanctions against Moscow. At the final summit of one of the most turbulent years in the EU’s six-decade history, the bloc’s 28 leaders...
Ukraine commends EU step to secure association deal
KIEV – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Friday praised a European Union decision which paves the way for final agreement on a cooperation accord between Ukraine and the bloc. The accord still needs to overcome reservations on the part of… …read more Source:...
Putin, Abe signal no resolution on island dispute
TOKYO (AFP) – Russia and Japan on Friday signalled there was no resolution after a two-day summit to a decades-long territorial dispute that has blocked them from achieving a peace treaty to formally end World War II hostilities.Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held talks in Abe’s ancestral...
EU countries prolong sanctions against Russia over Ukraine
European Union leaders agreed on extension of anti-Russian sanctions over the turmoil in Ukraine for another half-a-year at the Belgium summit on December 15. …read more Source:...
