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Russia could restrict airspace in sanctions battle: PM
Russia will retaliate against a new round of Western sanctions over Ukraine and may block flights through its airspace, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview published on Monday (Sep 8). …read more Source: Channel...
Asian stocks meander after mixed China trade data
Asian stock markets meandered in holiday-thinned trading Monday after Chinese trade figures suggested domestic demand in the world’s second-biggest economy is lackluster.KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s Nikkei 225 gained 0.1 percent to 15,678.08 while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng shed 0.3 percent to 25,175.42. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200...
Hisham leaves for Kiev to negotiate for safe access
KUALA LUMPUR: Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein left for Kiev yesterday to push through investigations into the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17. …read more Source: New Straits...
World › Ceasefire in eastern Ukraine falters as shelling claims lives
Shelling and other clashes between government forces and Russian-backed separatists threw the ceasefire agreement in eastern Ukraine into deepening peril Sunday, two days after it took hold. At least two houses hit by artillery fire blazed in the rural village of Spartak, which lies just north of the main rebel-held… …read more Source:...
Ceasefire in east Ukraine frays, woman killed by shelling
September 08, 2014 6:00 AMDONETSK/MARIUPOL, Ukraine (Reuters) – A woman died and at least four people were wounded when fighting flared again in eastern Ukraine overnight into Sunday, jeopardising a ceasefire struck less than two days earlier between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists. …read more Source: The...
One dead as renewed fighting rattles Ukraine truce
Fighting around two flashpoint cities in eastern Ukraine on Sunday (Sep 7) rattled a tenuous truce between government troops and pro-Russian rebels less than 48 hours after it came into force. …read more Source: Channel...
Iran accuses Ukrainian of sabotaging its nuclear programme
A Ukrainian has been arrested on suspicion of sabotage at Iran’s nuclear power plant, a newspaper reported yesterday. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Truce falters; Ukraine shelling claims lives, sets houses ablaze
Shelling and other clashes between government forces and Russian-backed separatists threw the cease-fire agreement in eastern Ukraine into deepening peril Sunday, two days after it took hold. At least two houses hit by artillery fire blazed in the rural village of Spartak, which lies just north of the main rebel-held city of Donetsk and adjacent...
Fighting threatens to scuttle Ukraine ceasefire just hours after its start
A woman died yesterday when fighting flared again in eastern Ukraine, jeopardising a ceasefire struck less than two days earlier between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Shelling in Mariupol shatters truce
Clashes broke out on Sunday outside the main rebel-held city in eastern Ukraine, throwing the freshly forged ceasefire agreement between government troops and Russian-backed separatists into furth… …read more Source: The...
