Section: Free Malaysia Today (Malaysia)
Philippines’ Duterte says to visit China
MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Tuesday he would soon visit China and hoped also to travel to Russia, as he again criticised longtime ally the United States for “arrogance”. The mission to China will be Duterte’s first outside of Southeast Asia since assuming the presidency on June 30, in a symbolic move highlighting the...
Gorbachev says world at ‘dangerous’ point as US-Russia tensions soar
MOSCOW: Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev warned on Monday that the world had reached a “dangerous point” as tensions between Russia and the United States have spiked over the Syria conflict. Relations between Moscow and Washington — already at their lowest since the Cold War over the Ukraine conflict — have soured further in recent days as...
US charges six soldiers with selling military equipment overseas
WASHINGTON: Eight people, including six soldiers, have been charged with stealing more than $1 million worth of sensitive US Army equipment and selling the gear on eBay to buyers in Russia, China and other countries, the Justice Department said on Thursday. The soldiers, from Fort Campbell in Tennessee and Kentucky, stole the equipment from the...
Hall of shame: Fake Sheikh’s five biggest stings
LONDON: Undercover reporter Mazher Mahmood, who was found guilty on Wednesday in a case related to one of of his stings, was notorious for using his “Fake Sheikh” alter ego to lure famous figures into indiscretions. Mahmood, a Briton of Pakistani ethnic origin, regularly dressed up as a wealthy Gulf Arab to land a string of scoops. Here are some...
Russian firm sells beds shaped like BUK missiles
KUALA LUMPUR: CaroBus, a St.Petersburg based company, has begun selling children’s beds in the shape of BUK missile launchers, according to a report by the Mirror. The beds are selling at 10,000 roubles or about GBP123. The children’s BUK-beds are part of a “defenders of the motherland” series to encourage children to be soldiers. It...
Russia summons Dutch ambassador over MH17 probe findings
MOSCOW: Moscow on Monday summoned the Dutch ambassador to complain over the findings of a criminal probe into the downing of Malaysia Airlines MH17 that said the missile used to shoot it down was brought in from Russia. The Boeing 777 passenger jet was blown out of the sky on July 17, 2014 over war-torn eastern Ukraine killing all 298 on board,...
Putin scraps plutonium disposal deal with ‘unfriendly’ US
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered a halt to an agreement with the United States on weapons-grade plutonium disposal in retaliation for Washington’s “unfriendly actions” amid a wider standoff with the West. The deal, signed in 2000, was meant to allow both nuclear powers to dispose of plutonium from their defence...
Five on trial in Russia court over Nemtsov murder
Moscow: Five men accused of the shock murder of top Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov last year faced the jury on Monday as their high-profile trial opened at a Russian military court. Nemtsov, a former deputy prime minister and one of the most prominent opposition politicians who openly criticised President Vladimir Putin, was gunned down late at...
Dutch rebukes Russian ambassador over MH17 remarks
THE HAGUE: The Dutch Foreign Ministry summoned Russia’s ambassador in The Hague for a diplomatic rebuke on Friday after Moscow made remarks critical of the criminal investigation into the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. Earlier this week, a team of international investigators presented findings showing that the missile launcher used...
MH17: Ukraine says crash probe points to Russia’s “direct involvement”
KIEV: Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday hailed the findings by international prosecutors into the shooting down of a Malaysian airliner in eastern Ukraine, saying it pointed to Russia’s “direct involvement” in the air crash that killed 298 people. The airliner was hit by a Russian-made Buk missile launched from a village held by...
