Section: Today (Singapore)
Ukraine leader says Trump voiced strong support for Kiev during talks
KIEV – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said he had received strong assurances of U.S. support for his country from Donald Trump during a meeting in the White House on Tuesday. Trump has called in the past for improved U.S. ties with… …read more Source:...
U.S. sanctions 38 individuals, entities over Russian actions in Ukraine
WASHINGTON – The United States on Tuesday added 38 individuals and organization to its list of those sanctioned over Russian activities in Ukraine, the U.S. Treasury said in a statement. Those newly put under sanctions included 19 people and 19… …read more Source:...
Ukrainian MP launches hunger strike over Lviv trash row
KIEV – A Ukrainian opposition lawmaker began a hunger strike on Monday, accusing central government of inaction in allowing trash to pile up in the picturesque western city of Lviv, the power-base of his Samopomich (Self-Reliance) party. Party… …read more Source:...
Kiev hosts largely incident-free gay pride march
34 min 51 sec agoKIEV – Ukrainian politicians and foreign diplomats joined thousands marching for gay …read more Source:...
Exclusive: Russian diplomats expelled from Moldova recruited fighters: sources
CHISINAU – Moldovan intelligence believes five Russian diplomats expelled from Moldova last month were spies who were recruiting fighters for the Moscow-backed insurgency in neighboring Ukraine, a government source and two diplomatic sources told Reuters. … …read more Source:...
Russia says report its Moldova diplomats recruited fighters is ‘gossip’: RIA
MOSCOW – Allegations that five Russian diplomats expelled from Moldova last month recruited fighters for the Moscow-backed separatists in Ukraine were “idle gossip”, the RIA news agency quoted a deputy Russian foreign minister as saying on Tuesday. … …read more Source:...
Head of Russia’s only Ukrainian library gets suspended jail term
MOSCOW – A court in Moscow on Monday handed a four-year suspended prison sentence to Natalya Sharina, the head of Russia’s only state-run Ukrainian language library, after finding her guilty of inciting ethnic hatred and embezzlement, a Reuters reporter in… …read more Source:...
Austria releases suspect accused of war crimes in Ukraine
VIENNA – An Austrian accused of committing war crimes in eastern Ukraine has been released from custody in his home country after credibly denying the allegations against him, a spokesman for the prosecutors’ office handling the case said on Thursday. … …read more Source:...
Montenegro’s PM says Russia has secret entry ban for its officials
PODGORICA – The Kremlin has a secret list of Montenegrin officials that are banned from entering Russia, due to the small Adriatic republic’s participation in Western sanctions over Ukraine, the country’s Prime Minister Dusko Markovic said on Wednesday. … …read more Source:...
France says worried by Ukraine crisis, demands guarantees for observers
PARIS – France’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday it was “extremely concerned” by the situation on the ground in eastern Ukraine and demanded guarantees that international observers be allowed to carry out their mission fully. A ceasefire… …read more Source:...
