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- Azerbaijan (1,400)
- Bangladesh (459)
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- 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)
Singapore’s Joseph Schooling misses out on medal as Malaysia-educated Ben Proud wins gold
SINGAPORE’S Joseph Schooling missed out on a podium finish as Malaysia-schooled Brit Ben Proud won a surprise gold in the 50m butterfly at the World Aquatics Championships. Schooling had targeted gold in the event after breaking both the national and Asian records twice at the weekend – in the heats and semi-finals. But he and...
Kremlin – U.S. arms supplies to Ukraine would set back peace efforts
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Any U.S. decision to supply Ukraine with lethal weapons would set back peace efforts and escalate tensions, the Kremlin said on Tuesday. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine national bank issues commemorative coin on Aivazovsky’s 200th anniversary
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US may send weapons to Ukraine: new envoy tells BBC
July 25, 2017 3:22 PMWASHINGTON – The United States may arm Ukrainian government forces fighting against Russian-backed rebels, the new US special representative for Ukraine told the BBC. …read more Source: The Straits...
Ukraine leader urges Russia to stop delivering arms to rebels
Poroshenko urged Russia “to immediately cease aggressive actions and supply of weapons to the occupied territories.” …read more Source:...
US House votes Tuesday to sanction Russia, Iran, North Korea
WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives votes Tuesday to slap new sanctions against Russia, a move that limits President Donald Trump’s ability to tinker with the penalties and has also triggered uproar in Moscow and Europe. The legislation, which is the result of a congressional compromise reached at the weekend and is aimed at...
McCain to return to US Senate as health vote teeters
WASHINGTON: US Senator John McCain returns to Washington on Tuesday for the first time since being diagnosed with brain cancer, his office announced, in order to take key votes on repealing Obamacare and passing sanctions on Russia. “Senator McCain looks forward to returning to the United States Senate tomorrow to continue working on...
Ukraine leader slams Russia over arms given to rebels
KIEV: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Monday demanded Russia’s Vladimir Putin halt arms supplies to rebels as the leaders of France and Germany tried to revive a peace plan. After a spike in violence, the four leaders discussed the Ukraine crisis for two hours by telephone in the latest round of talks aimed at stalling a conflict...
Kushner denies collusion, insists ‘all actions were proper’
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump’s son-in-law and top White House advisor Jared Kushner denied colluding with Moscow to sway the 2016 election Monday, insisting a string of undisclosed meetings with Russian officials were “proper”. “Let me be very clear – I did not collude with Russia, nor do I know of anyone else in the campaign...
Kremlin warns against ?harmful? new US sanctions on Russia
MOSCOW: The Kremlin on Monday warned that new US sanctions on Russia would hit the interests of both sides as Congress gears up to approved fresh punitive measures. “We consider such a continuation of the rhetoric of sanctions counter-productive and harmful to the interests of both countries,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. In mid-June,...
