Section: Channel NewsAsia (Singapore)
US blacklists dozens over Ukraine conflict
The United States added dozens of people and companies, including separatists and Russian firms operating in Crimea, on Thursday to its sanctions blacklist over their actions in Ukraine, the region annexed by Russia in 2014. …read more Source: Channel...
Merkel, Hollande worried about Ukraine conflict ahead of meeting with Putin
Germany and France are “extremely concerned” about the situation in eastern Ukraine, especially along the line of contact between pro-Russian separatists and government forces, the two countries’ leaders said on Thursday. …read more Source: Channel...
Hollande, Merkel say back Ukraine ceasefire deal – Elysee statement
President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel support a deal struck by the trilateral contact group in Ukraine for a general ceasefire which must be implemented by the start of the school year, an Elysee statement said on Thursday. …read more Source: Channel...
Cluster bombs kill more than 400 people, over a third of them children
More than 400 people were killed by cluster bombs in 2015, most of them dying in Syria, Yemen and Ukraine, which have not signed up to a treaty banning the weapon, an international anti-cluster bomb coalition said on Thursday. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine successfully relaunches new online income register – official
Ukraine has successfully relaunched a new online income declaration system, a spokesman for the state anti-graft agency said on Thursday – a key condition for the disbursement of a long-delayed tranche of International Monetary Fund loans. …read more Source: Channel...
Brazil’s lack of secure property rights stoking conflict, deterring investment – report
In Brazil’s Amazon where no-one knows who exactly owns a swathe of territory the size of Ukraine, a lack of formal property deeds is causing conflict, greater deforestation and environmental damage, researchers said on Tuesday. …read more Source: Channel...
France’s Hollande says real risk of escalation in Ukraine
French President Francois Hollande warned on Tuesday that tensions in Ukraine had worsened in recent months and were at risk of further deteriorating. …read more Source: Channel...
Lithuania formin says EU sanctions on Russia should stay
EU sanctions on Russia over the conflict in Ukraine should stay in place as long the situation on the ground does not improve, Lithuania’s foreign minister said on Monday, dismissing calls from EU’s rotating president Slovakia for them to be lifted. …read more Source: Channel...
Germany, Poland and France call for more efforts to end Ukraine crisis
The foreign ministers of Germany, France and Poland agreed on Sunday there should be greater international efforts to end the fighting in eastern Ukraine, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier told reporters. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine marks 25th independence day with show of force
Tanks rumbled across Kiev on Tuesday as Ukraine marked 25 years of independence with a show of force against an increasingly assertive Russia and a war simmering in the pro-Kremlin separatist east. …read more Source: Channel...
