Section: Egypt Independent (Egypt)
Obama, Cameron vow to stand firm against Islamist extremists
U.S. President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron vowed a united front on Wednesday against the threat posed by Islamist extremists and their “distorted ideology.”In a joint opinion article that appeared in Thursday’s Times of London newspaper and released on Wednesday night in Washington, Obama and Cameron...
Ukraine bus attack kills 12 as airport battle worsens
A passenger bus came under heavy fire in eastern Ukraine, killing 12 people, Ukrainian authorities said, and fighting intensified around the international airport in the city of Donetsk as separatists tried to oust government forces.The latest violence flared on Tuesday after Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany scrapped plans for a summit in...
At least six Ukraine civilians killed when rocket hits bus
At least six Ukrainian civilians were killed and more than a dozen wounded on Tuesday when a long-range Grad rocket apparently fired by pro-Russian insurgents hit an intercity bus. Local police said the rocket appeared to have gone astray after being fired by the gunmen at a checkpoint set up by government soldiers on the main highway connecting...
Ukraine says Russia behind cyber attack on German government
Ukraine’s prime minister blamed Russian intelligence on Thursday for a hacker attack against German government websites, for which a pro-Russian group claimed responsibility.The attack on Wednesday took place before Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk was due to meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The Russian group demanded Berlin end...
Pro-Russian group claims cyber attack on German government websites
German government websites, including Chancellor Angela Merkel’s page, were hacked on Wednesday in an attack claimed by a group demanding Berlin end support for the Ukrainian government, shortly before their leaders were to meet.Authorities took counter-measures but failed to halt the attack, which left the sites periodically inaccessible...
Indonesia believes it has found AirAsia plane on sea bed
Indonesian rescuers believe they have found the wreck of a crashed AirAsia (AIRA.KL) plane on the ocean floor off Borneo, after sonar detected a large, dark object beneath waters where debris and bodies were found floating.Ships and planes had been scouring the Java Sea for Flight QZ8501 since Sunday, when it lost contact during bad weather about...
Indonesia says missing AirAsia plane could be at ‘bottom of sea’
A missing AirAsia jet carrying 162 people could be at the bottom of the sea after it was presumed to have crashed off the Indonesian coast, an official said on Monday, as countries around Asia sent ships and planes to help in the search effort.The Indonesia AirAsia plane, an Airbus A320-200, disappeared after its pilot failed to get permission to...
Indonesia halts search for missing AirAsia plane as night falls
Indonesia called off until first light a search for an AirAsia plane carrying 162 people from Indonesia’s Surabaya to Singapore, which went missing on Sunday just after pilots requested a change in course to avoid bad weather.There was no distress call issued by Flight QZ8501, operated by Indonesian AirAsia, 49 percent owned by...
Officials: AirAsia flight carrying 162 people from Indonesia to Singapore missing
An AirAsia flight with 162 people on board lost contact with air traffic control on Sunday after the pilots asked to change course to avoid bad weather during a flight from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore, Indonesian officials said.Indonesia AirAsia Flight QZ 8501, an Airbus 320-200, lost contact with the Jakarta air traffic control...
Dollar mortgage holders urge Russia to end ‘financial slavery’
When Olga Savelyeva took out a $226,000 mortgage to buy a small apartment on the outskirts of Moscow in 2008, she could never have imagined that the ruble would lose more than half its value in a few short years.But Savelyeva’s $2,090 monthly instalments have skyrocketed in ruble terms due to the Russian currency’s dive against the...
