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- Indonesia (807)
- Japan (1,436)
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- 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)
NATO ministers to plot course on Ukraine, Afghanistan
BRUSSELS (AFP) – NATO foreign ministers meet in Brussels on Tuesday to chart a course forward after a year of aggression from Ukraine to the Middle East and the end of the alliances combat mission in Afghanistan.New chief Jens Stoltenberg said on the eve of the meeting that it was a decisive time marked by Russias intervention in Ukraine...
Russia announces war games; UK worried by 'extremely aggressive' probing of air space
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia accused NATO on Monday of destabilising northern Europe and the Baltics by carrying out drills there and announced new military exercises of its own, increasing tension over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The...
Russia Lashes Out at NATO Over Ukraine Crisis
Russia lashed out at NATO on Monday, saying the alliance risked “destabilising” Europe with military drills linked to a spike in tensions over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source:...
Putin says Russia will scrap South Stream pipeline
Amid spiraling tensions with the West, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Monday that Moscow is spiking a multibillion dollar gas pipeline project for southern Europe and will focus instead on boosting its energy ties with Turkey.Moscow will increase gas supplies to Turkey across the existing pipeline and later could build a new link and...
Russian Ruble Falls as Oil Prices Tumble Further
The ruble looked set for its steepest one-day fall since the Russian financial crisis of 1998, plunging about 4 percent on Monday as oil prices slid below $70 a barrel. Battered by low oil prices and the conflict in eastern Ukraine, the ruble has been declining throughout the year, losing … …read more Source: The Chosun...
Russian jets pose threat to civilian planes, U.S. envoy says
Russian military aircraft are posing a threat to civilian planes by turning off communications devices and failing to file flight plans, the U.S. ambassador to NATO said on Monday. Russia has stepped up flights near NATO’s borders, the alliance says, coinciding with increased East-West tension over Russia’s role in the Ukraine crisis....
Russia lashes out at NATO over Ukraine crisis
Russia’s deputy foreign minister Alexei Meshkov said the US-led military alliance was “trying to destabilise the world’s most stable region”. …read more Source: Channel...
Ceasefire at Ukraine Airport After Deadly Clash
Ukraine’s military said Monday that its forces and Russian representatives had agreed a temporary ceasefire around the airport in rebel-held Donetsk that has been the focus of fighting for months. …read more Source:...
World › Putin drops gas pipeline to EU; courts Turkey instead
Russia on Monday scrapped the South Stream pipeline project to supply gas to southern Europe without crossing Ukraine, citing EU objections, and instead named Turkey as its preferred partner for an alternative pipeline, with a promise of hefty discounts. The EU, at loggerheads with Moscow over Ukraine, and keen to… …read more Source: Japan...
EU, U.S. leaders urge Russia to pull out of eastern Ukraine
…read more Source: Kyodo...
