Section: The Indian Express (India)
Panama Papers: Probes launched as leaders face heat over leaks
The head of Mossack Fonseca, Ramon Fonseca, has denied any wrongdoing but said his firm had suffered a successful but “limited” hack on its database. He described the hack and leak as “an international campaign against privacy”. Governments across the world began investigating possible financial wrongdoing by the rich and powerful on Monday after...
All the president’s men: Vladimir Putin’s secret money network
Arkady Rotenberg and Vladimir Putin Written by Jake Bernstein, Petra Blum, Oliver Zihlmann, David Thompson, Frederik Obermaier & Bastian Obermayer Vladimir Putin and Sergey Roldugin forged a bond as young men. Fast friends, almost like brothers, they cruised the streets of Leningrad, singing and, in Putin’s case, occasionally getting...
Two Americans among those killed in Brussels bombings
US Secretary of State John Kerry met with Belgian leaders and offered condolences and help following the attack. Two Americans were killed in Tuesday’s suicide bombings in Brussels, a senior US official said on Friday, as US Secretary of State John Kerry met with Belgian leaders and offered condolences and help following the attack. The...
John Kerry to discuss Syria, Ukraine truce with Russia after Brussels attack
US Secretary of State John Kerry. Secretary of State John Kerry is heading to Moscow for talks on Ukraine and Syria as the terrorist attacks in Brussels underscored the urgency of fighting the Islamic State group. Kerry departed Washington late on Tuesday after accompanying President Barack Obama to Cuba and speaking by phone from Havana with the...
Donald Trump calls himself ‘a true friend of Israel’
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump waves after giving a speech at the 2016 American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference at the Verizon Center, on Monday. (AP Photo) Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Monday confronted doubts about the depth of his knowledge of world affairs, delivering a sober...
Bus crash kills 13 Erasmus exchange students in Spain
Emergency services personnel stand at the scene of a bus accident crashed on the AP7 highway that links Spain with France along the Mediterranean coast near Freginals halfway between Valencia and Barcelona early Sunday, March 20, 2016. (Source: AP Photo) A bus carrying university exchange students back from Spain’s largest fireworks...
Spain: Highway bus crash kills 13 students, injures over 30
The wreckage of a bus is lifted by a crane after a traffic crash in Freginals, Spain, March 20, 2016. (Source: Reuters) A bus carrying university exchange students back from Spain’s largest fireworks festival crashed Sunday on a main highway in the northeastern, killing at least 13 passengers and injuring 34 others, officials said. The...
FlyDubai plane crash: Aviation experts examine black boxes; workers comb debris-laden site
Russian Police and Emergency Ministry employees investigate the wreckage of a crashed plane at the Rostov-on-Don airport, where FlyDubai budget carrier crashed on Saturday killing all 62 aboard. (Source: AP) Aviation experts on Sunday began examining the black boxes from the FlyDubai flight that crashed amid high winds at an airport in southern...
FlyDubai plane crashes in southern Russia, kills all 62 passengers aboard
Emergencies Ministry members and investigators work at the crash site of the Boeing 737-800 Flight FZ981 operated by Dubai-based budget carrier Flydubai, at the airport of Rostov-On-Don, Russia. (Source: Reuters) All 62 people aboard a passenger jet flying from Dubai to southern Russia were killed when their plane crashed on its second attempt to...
Ukraine: Rebels say truce deal could take years to implement
An elderly woman pulls a barrow with humanitarian aid distribution by an EU humanitarian program in Semonovka, Eastern Ukraine, Thursday. (AP Photo) A rebel representative at peace talks for eastern Ukraine says the truce deal between the Ukrainian government and separatists could take years to be implemented. Fighting has subsided in eastern...
