Section: Free Malaysia Today (Malaysia)
Italy seizes air-to-air missile, guns in raids on neo-Nazis
Turin police displayed this haul of Nazi memorabilia and weapons. (AFP pic)ROME: Italian police have seized a large arsenal of weapons, including an air-to-air missile, in raids on neo-Nazi sympathisers, they said on Monday. Elite police forces searched properties across northern Italy following an investigation into Italians who had fought in...
Police identify 27th victim of Hungary boat sinking
The search for the missing along the Danube river, from the accident site to the southern border with Serbia, has been the largest ever search operation mounted in Hungary, according to authorities. (AFP pic)BUDAPEST: Hungarian police said Saturday they had identified the 27th victim of the sinking of a boat carrying South Korean tourists in the...
Russia determined to improve ties with US, says Putin
President Vladimir Putin hopes sour relations with the United States will be improved soon. (AFP pic)OSAKA: Russia’s president said today that Moscow would do all it could to improve relations with the United States that have been strained by years of diplomatic conflicts over Ukraine and alleged Russian meddling in US elections. Vladimir...
Trump to Putin: Please don’t meddle in US elections
Trump told Putin not to meddle in US elections in jest. (AFP pic)OSAKA: President Donald Trump on Friday sardonically asked his Russian counterpart to please not meddle in US elections, appearing to make light of a scandal that led to an investigation of his campaign’s contact with the Kremlin during 2016 elections. A two-year investigation...
European assembly will not discuss MH17 at meeting
The Joint Investigation Team has released names of four suspects they believe to be responsible for the downing of MH17 in 2014. (Reuters pic)STRASBOURG: The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) is not planning to discuss the MH17 plane that crashed in 2014 in Eastern Ukraine this week, although there have been proposals to do...
PACE will not discuss MH17 at assembly meeting
The Joint Investigation Team has released names of four suspects they believe to be responsible for the downing of MH17 in 2014. (Reuters pic)STRASBOURG: The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) is not planning to discuss the MH17 plane that crashed in 2014 in Eastern Ukraine this week, although there have been proposals to do...
Airlines avoid parts of Iran-controlled airspace after US regulator’s order
Malaysia Airlines says it is avoiding the airspace, which it had previously used on flights between Kuala Lumpur and London, Jeddah and Medina.SINGAPORE: Some global airlines are re-routing flights to avoid Iran-controlled airspace over the Strait of Hormuz and Gulf of Oman, they said on Friday, after the US aviation regulator barred its carriers...
US regulator bars airlines from flying over some Iran-controlled airspace
The US Federal Aviation Administration has issued an order to bar all US airline operators to fly over Tehran-controlled airspace. (AFP pic).WASHINGTON: The US Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday issued an emergency order prohibiting US operators from flying in an overwater area of Tehran-controlled airspace over the Strait of Hormuz and...
EU leaders increase pressure on Russia over MH17
The EU has extended economic sanctions and further warnings towards Russia’s way as they demand Moscow to cooperate with Dutch investigators on the MH17 shoot-down. (Reuters pic)BRUSSELS: The EU piled fresh pressure on Russia on Thursday, extending punishing economic sanctions and demanding Moscow cooperate with a Dutch probe into the...
Putin ready for Trump talks
Russian President Vladimir Putin said the two countries had a lot to talk about, including strategic nuclear stability. (Reuters pic)MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he was ready to hold talks with Donald Trump if that was what his US counterpart wanted, but added that Trump’s re-election campaign could complicate...
