Section: The Philippine Daily Inquirer (Philippines)
Ukraine, Japan face tense diplomacy as UN council newcomers
UNITED NATIONS, United States—Ukraine and Japan are among five countries set to win election to the UN Security Council on Thursday, taking seats alongside Russia and China, countries with which they have tense relations. READ: Ukraine expected to win UN Council seat—and face Russia Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said Kiev...
Ukraine expected to win UN Council seat—and face Russia
UNITED NATIONS — Diplomats expect no surprises in Thursday’s elections for new members of the Security Council but there will almost certainly be some fireworks when Ukraine joins the UN’s most powerful body, where arch opponent Russia has a permanent seat. This year’s election is uncontested — five candidates for...
MH17 wreckage reveals horror of plane’s last moments
GILZE-RIJEN, Netherlands—A partial reconstruction of a Malaysia Airlines jet made of wreckage found strewn across eastern Ukraine told the graphic story Tuesday of its violent last moments after being hit by a surface-to-air missile. READ: Families brace for final MH17 air crash report Dutch-led air crash investigators concluded some of the...
Q and A: Will we ever know who brought down MH17?
THE HAGUE, Netherlands—After a 15-month probe, Dutch-led international investigators on Tuesday release a final report into last year’s crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17. READ: Families brace for final MH17 air crash report Will we ever know who brought down MH17? Here are some key questions: Q: What happened to MH17? The...
Putin spends his birthday playing hockey with NHL stars
MOSCOW, Russia—Russian President Vladimir Putin spent his 63rd birthday on the ice Wednesday, playing hockey with NHL stars against Russian officials and tycoons. Putin scored seven goals as his star-studded team, which included NHL legends Vyacheslav Fetisov and Pavel Bure, won the game 15-10. The opposing team included Defense Minister...
Everybody’s late for UN chief’s lunch–even the chief
UNITED NATIONS — US President Barack Obama glided into the secretary-general’s lunch for world leaders more than 20 minute late, glad-handing presidents and potentates as he made his way to the head table. President Vladimir Putin arrived even later, while the UN chief was speaking before making a toast, so the Russian leader walked...
Obama, Putin to confront tensions over Syria, Ukraine
NEW YORK — Face-to-face for the first time in nearly a year, President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday will confront rising tensions over Moscow’s military engagement in Syria, as well as the stubborn crisis in Ukraine. Underscoring their deep differences, the U.S. and Russia couldn’t even agree on...
Ukraine bars 3 BBC journalists from entering Ukraine
MOSCOW — Ukraine has barred a few dozen reporters, including three BBC journalists, from entering the country as an unspecified security threat. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko late on Wednesday signed a sanctions list barring nearly 300 individuals from entering Ukraine. The decree which was published on the president’s website...
Ukrainian PM warns West not to lift Russia sanctions
KIEV, UKRAINE — Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk on Saturday urged the West not to lift sanctions on Russia for its role in the Ukraine conflict unless the Minsk peace deal is fully implemented. His call came ahead of a meeting of the foreign ministers of Germany, Russia, Ukraine and France in Berlin to prepare for a summit to be...
Poroshenko says Russia threat to ‘entire democratic world’
KIEV, Ukraine—Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko accused Russia on Friday of challenging the “entire democratic world” by annexing Crimea and allegedly arming separatist rebels in the east of his ex-Soviet state. The pro-Western leader also called on Ukraine’s Western allies to toughen their trade and other sanctions on...
