Section: The Straits Times (Singapore)
Netherlands looks to international tribunal as best chance for justice over MH17: Sources
June 24, 2015 5:52 PMAMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Netherlands is discussing with its allies over forming an international tribunal to prosecute those suspected of downing a Malaysian airliner over rebel-held eastern Ukraine last year, sources familiar with the discussions have told Reuters. …read more Source: The Straits...
EU prolongs economic sanctions on Russia for six months: Official
June 22, 2015 4:57 PMLUXEMBOURG (AFP) – European Union foreign ministers formally agreed on Monday to prolong to January 2016 damaging economic sanctions against Russia to ensure it fully implements Ukraine peace accords, officials said. …read more Source: The Straits...
Ukrainian soldiers confess to murder of mother and daughter: Prosecutor
June 17, 2015 11:44 PMKIEV (REUTERS) – Two Ukrainian servicemen have confessed to murdering a mother and daughter in east Ukraine after suspecting them of separatist sympathies, the prosecutor’s office for the Kiev-controlled part of Donetsk region said on Wednesday. …read more Source: The Straits...
Deadly Kiev fuel blasts set off blaze near military unit
June 10, 2015 2:31 AMKRYACHKI (AFP) – Hundreds of Ukrainian firefighters battled Tuesday to keep a blaze sparked by a deadly string of fuel depot blasts from engulfing a strategic military unit outside Kiev that has Mig-29 fighter jets and rockets on site. …read more Source: The Straits...
Gazprom reiterates no gas exports via Ukraine after 2019
June 10, 2015 12:45 AMMOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Gazprom has reaffirmed plans to cut off gas transiting Ukraine to western Europe in 2019 and urged the European Union to speed up a decision on Russian gas delivery routes to ensure it receives supplies after that time. …read more Source: The Straits...
US President Obama says Russia’s Putin on doomed drive to recreate Soviet glories
June 09, 2015 3:25 AMKRUEN (REUTERS) – US President Barack Obama accused President Vladimir Putin of wrecking Russia’s economy in a doomed drive to recreate the glories of the Soviet empire and G7 leaders said they could step up sanctions against Moscow if violence in Ukraine escalated. …read more Source: The Straits...
G7 warns Russia of more sanctions, pledges climate action
June 08, 2015 10:09 PMELMAU CASTLE (AFP) – World leaders Monday warned Russia it would face stepped-up sanctions for its “aggression” in Ukraine, as they wrapped up a G7 meeting also pledging strong action to fight climate change. …read more Source: The Straits...
G7 leaders urge tough line on Russia at Alpine summit
June 08, 2015 4:22 AMKRUEN, Germany (REUTERS) – Group of Seven (G7) leaders vowed at a summit in the Bavarian Alps on Sunday (June 7) to keep sanctions against Russia in place until President Vladimir Putin and Moscow-backed separatists fully implement the terms of a peace deal for Ukraine. …read more Source: The Straits...
G7 leaders urge tough line on Russia at start of summit
June 07, 2015 10:13 PMKRUEN, GERMANY (REUTERS) – Leaders from the Group of Seven (G7) industrial nations backed a tough line towards Moscow at the start of a summit in the Bavarian Alps, with US President Barack Obama urging the gathering to stand up to Russian aggression in Ukraine. …read more Source: The Straits...
Greece and Ukraine crises drown out G7 summit agenda
June 07, 2015 6:49 AMGARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (REUTERS) – Leaders from the Group of Seven (G7) industrial nations meet on Sunday in the Bavarian Alps for a summit overshadowed by Greece’s debt crisis and ongoing violence in Ukraine. …read more Source: The Straits...
