Section: Today (Singapore)
Hollande and Trump agreed to ‘clarify’ key issues including Middle East: source
PARIS – French President Francois Hollande and U.S President-elect Donald Trump had a phone conversation on Friday in which they agreed to clarify positions on key issues such as the Middle East and Ukraine, said a source in Hollande’s camp. … …read more Source:...
Invoking Trump, ex-Georgian leader launches new party in Ukraine
KIEV – Citing past praise by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump for his reforms, former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili launched a new political party in Ukraine on Friday to fight corruption, just days after resigning bitterly as a regional governor. … …read more Source:...
Ukraine hopes Trump is ‘no Tsar’, will not abandon Kiev
KIEV – Ukrainian authorities are laying the groundwork for President Petro Poroshenko to visit Washington early next year, hoping to shore up U.S. support against Russia and allay concerns about what a Donald Trump presidency means for Kiev. … …read more Source:...
Don’t forget Crimea and Aleppo, German minister warns Trump
BERLIN – Germany supports a dialogue between the United States and Russia, but Donald Trump must not ignore Russian actions in Crimea and Aleppo when he sits down with President Vladimir Putin, the German defence minister said on Friday. … …read more Source:...
France’s Hollande to seek clarity from Trump in Friday phone call
PARIS – French President Francois Hollande said on Friday he hoped U.S. President-elect Donald Trump would clarify his position on issues including conflicts in Syria and Ukraine and Iran’s nuclear deal when the two men talk by phone later in the day. … …read more Source:...
EU set to extend Russia sanctions, but may be harder when Trump president
BRUSSELS – The European Union is likely to extend economic sanctions on Russia over Ukraine in December but could find it much harder to renew them in the future if Donald Trump succeeds in warming up relations with Russia. Trump, who will take… …read more Source:...
Russia says it has detained Ukrainian saboteurs in Crimea
MOSCOW – Russia’s Federal Security Service said on Thursday it had detained a group of saboteurs who it said were planning to attack military sites and vital infrastructure in Crimea. The FSB said it had confiscated explosive devices and… …read more Source:...
Ukraine says hopes for continued support against Russia from U.S. under Trump
KIEV – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said he hoped the United States would continue to support Ukraine in its stand-off with Russia following the victory of Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential election. “The President looks forward to… …read more Source:...
EU agrees new sanctions against Crimea officials, EU’s presidency says
BRUSSELS – European Union finance ministers agreed on Tuesday new targeted sanctions against Crimean officials, adding to restrictive measures adopted after Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014. “The Council adopted new listings under the… …read more Source:...
Dutch royals lay tributes for MH17 victims, war dead in Australia
CANBERRA – King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands laid sunflowers at a memorial in the Australian capital on Wednesday for victims of the Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 shot down over Ukraine two years ago. The Dutch royal… …read more Source:...
