Section: Asia
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- Armenia (2,395)
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- Bangladesh (459)
- China (1,817)
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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)
- Singapore (4,460)
- South Korea (305)
- Taiwan (190)
- Tajikistan (42)
- Thailand (1,124)
- Uzbekistan (33)
- Vietnam (614)
EU extends trade and investment ban on Crimea
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU governments extended for a year a ban on trade and investment with Crimea on Friday, meaning European help for Russian Black Sea oil and gas exploration and visits by European cruise ships will remain outlawed. …read more Source: The...
Russia’s Putin says cooperation with West to continue
ST PETERSBURG, Russia – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday he was confident Moscow’s cooperation with the West would continue.Putin, addressing the St Petersburg International Economic Forum, also said Russia was committed to ensuring a transparent and predictable economy for investors.Ties between Russia and the West...
Putin says Russia is tackling crisis successfully
ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said on Friday Russia was doing well in tackling its economic crisis, aggravated by Western sanctions over the Ukraine crisis and a fall in global oil prices. …read more Source: The...
Not a single Syrian asked for asylum in Kyrgyzstan, whereas 17 Ukrainians applied in 2015
…read more Source: AKIpress News Agency
EU to extend Russia sanctions to January 2016
BRUSSELS, Belgium –EU member states agreedWednesdayto extend damaging economic sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine crisis by another six months to the end of January 2016, officials said. The agreement by ambassadors from the 28 European Union nations meeting in Brussels will be formalized by foreign ministers from the bloc when they...
100 Indian students refuse to leave Ukraine
The lives of over eight dozen Indian students, most of them training to be doctors in eastern Ukraine, are in serious danger as heavy fighting continues between the country’s armed forces and Russian backed separatists in the regions of Donetsk and Luhansk. …read more Source: The Times of...
Senate-OK’d $612 billion defense bill aims to arm Ukraine, keep Guantanamo open
Over White House objections, the U.S. Senate on Thursday passed a $612 billion defense policy bill that calls for arming Ukraine forces, prevents another round of base closures and makes it harder for President Barack Obama to close the prison for terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The Senate voted 71-25 to approve the bill, […] The post...
Ukraine parliament fires security chief
KIEV: Ukraine s parliament on Thursday fired the powerful head of the SBU state security service after he fell foul of President Petro Poroshenko and …read more Source: The News...
EU calls Greek crisis summit as talks end without deal
LUXEMBOURG (AFP) – The EU called an emergency eurozone summit next week after Greek debt talks ended Thursday without a deal, sparking warnings of an accident that could push Athens out of the euro if there is no breakthrough by the end of the month.Finance ministers meeting in Luxembourg failed to break the five-month-old standoff between...
EU to extend Russia sanctions to January 2016
BRUSSELS (AFP) – EU member states agreed Wednesday to extend damaging economic sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine crisis by another six months to the end of January 2016, officials said.The agreement by ambassadors from the 28 European Union nations meeting in Brussels will be formalised by foreign ministers from the bloc when they...
