OSLO, Dec 10 — Russian President Vladimir Putin does not truly understand the destructive power of nuclear weapons, a 92-year-old survivor of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki said yesterday, on the eve of his Japanese survivors’ group receiving the Nobel Peace Prize.

PUTRAJAYA, Dec 9 — Malaysia calls on all concerned parties to engage in inclusive and constructive dialogue to pave the way for recovery and secure long-term peace and stability in Syria.

BEIRUT, Dec 9 — As the commander of al Qaeda's franchise in the Syrian civil war, Abu Mohammed al-Golani was a shadowy figure who kept out of the public eye, even when his group became the most powerful faction fighting to topple Bashar al-Assad.

AMMAN/BEIRUT/CAIRO, Dec 8 — Syrian rebels declared President Bashar al-Assad's ouster after seizing control of Damascus on Sunday, forcing him to flee and ending his family's decades of rule after more than 13 years of civil war in a seismic moment for the Middle East.

KYIV, Dec 3 — Ukraine today blasted a deal struck 30 years ago, under which it relinquished nuclear weapons in exchange for security assurances that never materialised, as it made a concerted push for an invitation to join the Nato alliance.

MOSCOW, Nov 19 — Russia has begun serial production of mobile bomb shelters that can protect against a variety of threats including shockwaves and radiation from a nuclear blast.

LIMA, Nov 17 — Chinese President Xi Jinping has vowed to work with the incoming United States (US) administration of Donald Trump as he held his final talks with outgoing President Joe Biden on conflicts from cybercrime to trade, Taiwan, the South China Sea, and Russia.

MOSCOW, Nov 12 — Russia’s lower house of Parliament voted unanimously today to ban what authorities cast as pernicious propaganda for a child-free way of life, hoping to boost a faltering birth rate.

MOSCOW, Nov 10 — Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law a treaty on the country’s strategic partnership with North Korea, which includes a mutual defence provision, according to a decree published yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 6 — The relations between Malaysia and the United States (US) will remain strong, regardless of who wins the US presidential election, said its ambassador to Malaysia Edgard D.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 3 — Six Malaysia-based companies are among the nearly 400 entities and individuals that have been sanctioned by the US State Department for operating, or having operated in, or aiding the Russian manufacturing sector.

SEOUL, Oct 31 — North Korea fired a long-range ballistic missile into the sea off its east coast early today, said South Korea and Japan, a day after Seoul reported the North was making preparations to test-launch an intercontinental ballistic missile.

WASHINGTON, Oct 30 — The United States (US) imposed curbs on hundreds of targets in fresh action against Russia on Wednesday, aiming sanctions circumvention in a signal that the US is committed to countering evasion.

KUALA KANGSAR, Oct 27 — Malaysia’s application to become a BRICS partner has received strong and solid support from all BRICS members, including Russia, China and India during a meeting of the eight founding members of the bloc.

AZAN, Russia, Oct 24 — Here’s a summary of the outcome of the BRICS summit: XI AND MODI: Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met just two days after New Delhi announced that it had reached a deal with Beijing to resolve a four-year military stand-off on their...

WASHINGTON, Oct 22 — The United States Justice Department yesterday proposed new rules to protect federal government data or Americans’ bulk personal data from getting into the hands of countries like China, Iran and Russia by placing new limits on certain business transactions.

MOSCOW, Oct 16 — Russia is seeking to convince BRICS countries to build an alternative platform for international payments that would be immune to Western sanctions when it hosts the group's leaders at a summit next week.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 11 — A Malay Studies chair will be established at a university in Russia to empower the study of Bahasa Malaysia at the international level, said Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Zambry Abd Kadir.

MOSCOW, Oct 3 — Russia stands alongside China on Asian issues, including the criticism of the United States's (US) drive to extend its influence and "deliberate attempts" to inflame the situation around Taiwan, its Foreign Minister said in an interview published on Thursday.

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia, Sept 6 — Malaysia hopes for the influx of Russian companies into the country and an increase in the tourist flow between the two nations, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said in an interview with RIA Novosti and RT, reported Sputnik.