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Malaysia to join MH17 crash investigation team
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia will be made a member of the Dutch-led team which is investigating the MH17 crash in eastern Ukraine, the Prime Ministers of Malaysia and the Netherlands announced Wednesday.Najib Tun Razak and his Dutch counterpart Mark Rutte, who is here for a one-day o.. …read more Source: India...
McCain could shake up US defence in powerful new Senate role
WASHINGTON – Senator John McCain’s voice just got a whole lot louder.One of President Barack Obama’s noisiest detractors, McCain is expected to take the helm of the powerful Armed Services Committee in the new Republican-controlled US Senate when the US Congress convenes in January.The Arizona senator, a critic of the $399...
Ukraine PM says rebel-led regions will never receive funds from Kiev
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on Wednesday Kiev would never provide any funding to rebel-controlled areas in the east because the government refused “to finance terrorists.” …read more Source: The...
Malaysia to join MH17 crash investigation team
Malaysia will be made a member of the Dutch-led team which is investigating the MH17 crash in eastern Ukraine, the prime ministers of Malaysia and the Netherlands announced on Wednesday. …read more Source: The Times of...
No Obama-Putin meetings on sidelines of APEC and G20: Kremlin
MOSCOW – No bilateral meetings between Presidents Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin are scheduled during the APEC and G20 summits next week, a Kremlin spokesman said Wednesday.”No bilateral meeting is planned for the moment,” spokesman Dmitri Peskov said, according to the RIA Novosti news agency. He added that informal contacts...
Russia's Gazprom says gets first debt repayment from Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s top natural gas producer Gazprom said on Wednesday it had received $1.45 billion (908.69 million pounds) from Ukrainian energy firm Naftogaz [NAFTO.UL] in repayment for unpaid debt, the first step towards Russia resuming gas supplies to Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Russia plans nuclear summit boycott
VIENNA (AP) Russia has informed the United States that it will boycott the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit, diplomats told The Associated Press on Tuesday, potentially stripping the meeting of one of its key participants and hurting efforts initiated by President Barack Obama to reduce the threat of nuclear terrorism.Officials already had told the...
Malaysia, Netherlands keep pressing for access to MH17 site
PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia – The leaders of Malaysia and the Netherlands vowed on Wednesday to keep pressing for access to the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 and to bring to justice those responsible for downing the plane in Ukraine.RELATED STORIESDowning of MH17: All the latest reportsPrime Minister Najib Razak met with his visiting...
Obama, post-midterm loss, must re-energize presidency
WASHINGTON – Six years after sweeping into the White House on the slogan “Yes We Can,” Barack Obama, whose Democratic party has lost control of both houses of Congress, must now find a new can-do spirit.Floundering in the polls and shunned by his own party’s candidates, as Obama moves into the final two years of his term...
Dutch PM arrives in Malaysia to discuss downed MH17
Kuala Lumpur: Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte arrived here Wednesday to discuss the latest developments concerning the downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in Ukraine.Rutte was greeted by Malaysia’s Deputy Defence Minister, Abdul Rahim Bakri at the airport, Xinhua reported… …read more Source: India...
