Section: Asia
- Afghanistan (54)
- Armenia (2,395)
- Azerbaijan (1,400)
- Bangladesh (459)
- China (1,817)
- India (3,608)
- Indonesia (807)
- Japan (1,436)
- Kazakhstan (682)
- 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)
Aviation leaders seek new safety mandate after deadly 2014
MONTREAL: Aviation leaders will try to secure a mandate to implement new safety standards when they meet next week after a string of high-profile accidents around the world made 2014 the deadliest year for commercial airlines in almost a decade. Efforts to adopt new standards for global plane tracking and co-operation on the risks of flying over...
World › Ukraine to ask U.N. members to call Russia a terrorism sponsor
Ukraine’s ambassador to the United Nations says his country soon will ask the world body’s member states to formally recognize Russia as a sponsor of terrorism. Yuriy Sergeyev told reporters on Friday that Ukraine will submit a draft resolution to the U.N. General Assembly that echoes the declaration by the… …read more Source:...
Russian central bank cuts interest rate by 2 points
RUSSIA’S central bank unexpectedly cut its main interest rate on Friday as fears of recession mount in the country following the fall in global oil prices and Western sanctions over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The Business...
Deep malaise
Different maladies afflict the Muslims and the secular West Hidden in the West’s cloak of democratic lover of freedoms lie the many skeletons of its crimes against humanity. So too the rest of the world, though not to that extent, depending on who held superior power at the time. The entire tally of the West’s killings of Muslims and...
Ukraine rebels vow to push offensive if talks fail
Pro-Russian separatists vowed to push their latest offensive in eastern Ukraine further if truce talks with Kiev’s pro-Western leaders fail as the bitter conflict killed another 19 civilians. …read more Source: Channel...
Kerry in Kiev next week to show US support for Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AFP) – US Secretary of State John Kerry is to head to Ukraine next week to underline Washingtons support of the country in the face of attacks by pro-Russian rebels.The State Department said Friday that Kerry would arrive in Kiev on February 5 and meet Ukraines President Petro Poroshenko, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk and...
Kerry in Kiev next week to show US support for Ukraine
US Secretary of State John Kerry is to head to Ukraine next week to underline Washington’s support of the country in the face of attacks by pro-Russian rebels. …read more Source: Channel...
Interest rate cut in Russia evidence of economic chaos: White House spokesman
January 31, 2015 2:23 AMWASHINGTON (REUTERS) – An unexpected move by Russia’s central bank to cut its main interest rate shows continued chaos in the country’s economy, some of it due to Western sanctions related to the Ukraine crisis, a White House spokesman said Friday. …read more Source: The Straits...
Russia wants U.N. Security Council help on conflict zone flight risk
TORONTO (Reuters) – Russia is calling on the United Nations Security Council to help protect civilian jets from anti-aircraft weapons after the downing of a Malaysian airliner in Ukraine last year. …read more Source: The...
France, Poland Tell Russia to End ‘All Support to Separatists’
French President Francois Hollande and Polish Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz today called for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine, and for Russia to stop supporting separatists fighting in the country’s east… …read more Source:...
