Section: Indonesia
Russia expels Swedish diplomat, says it’s tit-for-tat move
Russia has expelled a Swedish diplomat in what it describes as a response to a similar Swedish move.The Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement Tuesday that the move is a retaliatory measure to the “unfriendly action” against a Russian diplomat in Stockholm. It didn’t identify either diplomat or give any further details....
Suspected Flight 370 wing flap arrives at French facility
A key finding: A white van, accompanied by police motorcycles and a police car transporting what is believed to be debris from a Boeing 777 plane that washed up on an Indian Ocean island, on route to Direction Generale de L’armement (DGA) facilities in Balma, near Toulouse, south-western France, Saturday. A piece of plane wing that could be...
Top Russian, US and Saudi diplomats to meet in Qatar
Russia’s foreign minister has scheduled a trilateral meeting in Qatar with his U.S. and Saudi counterparts.The Russian Foreign Ministry said that Sergey Lavrov will confer with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Saudi Foreign Minister Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir during his two-day trip to Doha starting Sunday. Kerry earlier...
Wing part arrives in France as MH370 link investigated
Important debris: Police officers escort an airport vehicle transporting what is believed to be debris from a Boeing 777 plane that washed up on an Indian Ocean island, at Roland Garros airport in Saint-Marie on the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion on Friday. (AFP/Richard Bouhet) A piece of Boeing 777 wreckage that washed up on an Indian...
Independent Media Battle On in Putin’s Russia
Moscow. Alexei Venediktov, one of Russia’s most prominent journalists, does not go out without a bodyguard and does not answer mobile phone calls for fear of being tracked. He has worried about security since someone left a chopping block with an ax in it outside his apartment in 2009 and he fled Russia for a week this year, fearing he was...
Ukraine vows to push for justice despite Russia`s veto of MH17 tribunal
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko vowed last Wednesday to push for justice despite Russias veto of a UN resolution that would have set up a tribunal to try those responsible for shooting down passenger flight MH17 over the … …read more Source: ANTARA...
US official: Debris in Indian Ocean belongs to Boeing 777
Air safety investigators have a “high degree of confidence” that aircraft debris found in the Indian Ocean is of a wing component unique to the Boeing 777, the same model as the Malaysia Airlines plane that disappeared last year, a U.S. official said Wednesday.Air safety investigators — one of them a Boeing investigator —have...
US official: Debris in photo belongs to Boeing 777
Air safety investigators have a “high degree of confidence” that a photo of aircraft debris found in the Indian Ocean is of a wing component unique to the Boeing 777, the same model as the Malaysia Airlines plane that disappeared last year, a U.S. official said Wednesday.Air safety investigators — one of them a Boeing investigator —...
IOC urges US to come up with another bid city for 2024 Games
With Boston no longer in contention, IOC President Thomas Bach urged U.S. Olympic leaders on Tuesday to pick “the most appropriate city” as a substitute candidate for the 2024 Games. Two-time Olympic host Los Angeles could fit the bill perfectly, according to several IOC board members.The U.S. Olympic Committee severed ties with...
‘Putin wants me for economy minister’: Berlusconi
Italian former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. (AFP)Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to give Silvio Berlusconi Russian citizenship — and the job of economy minister — the disgraced Italian billionaire politician was quoted as saying Thursday.”In Italy, I have been relegated to the sidelines, but Putin has told me he is...
