Section: The Indian Express (India)
Malaysia Airlines lifts baggage ban on Europe flights
The airline said it recently had to operate a longer route to Europe, via Egyptian airspace, for safety reasons. (File/AP Photo) Malaysia Airlines said Wednesday it has lifted a ban on check-in baggage on flights to Paris and Amsterdam after the move angered many passengers who slammed the airline on social media. The U-turn came less than 24...
Russian President Vladimir Putin names US as threat in new security strategy
Russian President Vladimir Putin looks on as he delivers his annual New Year address to the nation in Moscow, Russia, December 31, 2015. (Reuters) A new appraisal names the United States as one of the threats to Russia’s national security for the first time, a sign of how relations with the west have deteriorated in recent years. The...
Malaysia Airlines plane fly in wrong direction, company launches probe
The airline, which said it was investigating the matter, explained that flight plans were generated based on conditions at the time, covering issues such as weather, air traffic notices and route efficiency. (File/AP Photo) Beleaguered Malaysia Airlines has launched a probe after one of its planes flew in the wrong direction towards Melbourne...
Malaysia’s new Islamic airline Rayani Air takes off with a prayer
A Rayani Air flight crew walks down the aisle on board before departure at Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 in Sepang, Malaysia. Malaysia’s Rayani Air took to the skies over the weekend with a clear bailiwick. It is the country’s first Islamic airline, offering flights that adhere to Islamic rules including prayers, no-alcohol,...
World’s refugees and displaced exceed record 60 million – United Nations
A refugee reacts from exhaustion while swimming towards the shore after a dinghy carrying Syrian and Afghan refugees deflated some 100m away before reaching the Greek island of Lesbos, September 13, 2015. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis The number of people forcibly displaced worldwide is likely to have “far surpassed” a record 60 million this year,...
From Russia with love: Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump sing each other’s praises
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump praised each other on Thursday, saying they would welcome an improvement in the now-icy relations between their two nations. Trump – who holds the lead in opinion polls in his bid...
Syria civil war: John Kerry calls for common ground with Russia on Syria, Ukraine
Syria civil war: US Secretary of State John Kerry, left, speaks with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015. The United States and Russia need to find “common ground” to end Syria’s civil war and restore stability in eastern Ukraine, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said...
Profiles of radicals reveal numerous paths to extremism: The short road to terror
For some, the turn to Islamic extremism begins with a Google search, for others a stint in prison. Most of those who embrace such beliefs are young men, but not all. Many are loners or outcasts, while others leave behind family and friends who are shocked by their transformation. The attacks in Paris and California have many wondering how...
Watch: Ukraine lawmakers grab each other’s throats in ugly scuffle
Ukrainian lawmakers fight each other right after one of them tried to pull Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenuk’s out from the podium during his speech at a parliamentary session in the Parliament in Kiev, Ukraine, Friday Dec. 11, 2015. (AP Photos) Scuffles involving several dozen lawmakers have erupted at Ukraine’s parliament after one...
Russia will not wage war on Turkey after it downed Russian jet: Foreign minister
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (AP photo) Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday Russia did not intend to wage a war against Turkey after its air force shot down a Russian jet near the Turkish border with Syria. “We do not intend to wage a war on Turkey. Our attitude to the Turkish people has not changed. We have...
