Section: Free Malaysia Today (Malaysia)
170,000 ink petition demanding Russia PM’s resignation
MOSCOW: More than 170,000 Russians have signed an online petition to President Vladimir Putin calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev over his recent comments on teachers’ pay. The petition posted on Change.org came after the premier advised a low-paid lecturer to go into business if he wanted to make money....
US weighs dangers, benefits of naming Russia in cyber hack
WASHINGTON: Wary of a global confrontation with Russia, US President Barack Obama must carefully weigh how to respond to what security experts believe was Moscow’s involvement in the hacking of Democratic Party organizations, US officials said. Publicly blaming Russian President Vladimir Putin’s intelligence services would bring...
Clinton: Trump’s Russia praise raises ‘security issues’
WASHINGTON: Hillary Clinton on Sunday sharply criticized Donald Trump over his “absolute allegiance” to Russian policy aims, saying it raised both “national security issues” and new doubts about his temperament. Trump, her Republican rival in the race for the White House, responded defiantly, saying he had “no relationship” with Russian leader...
Clinton camp says Trump encouraging foreign espionage
PHILADELPHIA: Hillary Clinton’s campaign on Wednesday lashed out at Donald Trump for encouraging Russia to trawl the former secretary of state’s emails, describing his comments as a “national security issue.” “This has to be the first time that a major presidential candidate has actively encouraged a foreign power to conduct espionage...
Kremlin denies interfering in US election campaign
MOSCOW: The Kremlin on Wednesday denied Moscow was interfering in the US election campaign after President Barack Obama refused to rule out that Russia could be trying to sway the vote in favour of Donald Trump. Hillary Clinton’s campaign has blamed Russia for an embarrassing leak of emails from the Democratic National Committee, propelling...
Trial opens over murder of Kremlin critic Nemtsov
KREMLIN: A Moscow military court on Monday began an initial closed-door hearing in the trial of the suspects in the shock murder of Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov last year, a lawyer said. Nemtsov, a former deputy prime minister and one of the most prominent critics of President Vladimir Putin, was gunned down on the evening of February 27, 2015,...
Top Obama aide to take call for South China Sea calm to Beijing
WASHINGTON: US National Security Adviser Susan Rice will urge Beijing next week to avoid escalation in the South China Sea when she makes the highest-level US visit to China since an international court rejected its sweeping claims to the strategic waterway. Even as Washington has sought to keep a lid on the situation, Rice – in an interview with...
Top online pirate suspect arrested in Poland, charged in US
WASHINGTON: A Ukrainian alleged to be the ringleader of the world’s biggest online piracy site, Kickass Torrents, was hit with US criminal charges Wednesday, accused of distributing over $1 billion worth of illegally copied films, music and other content. The Justice Department unveiled a criminal complaint against Artem Vaulin, 30, of...
Two years on, Ukraine villagers mourn at MH17 crash site
UKRAINE: Dozens of villagers carried flowers and lit candles on Sunday at the site in rebel-held eastern Ukraine where flight MH17 crashed two years ago, killing all 298 people on board. About 60 people joined the vigil on the small square of the village of Petropavlivka where some of the remains and personal belongings of passengers on the...
IS claims Nice massacre as France mulls security failings
BEIRUT: The Islamic State group claimed responsibility Saturday for an attack in which a Tunisian drove a truck through a crowd in Nice, killing 84, prompting hard questions in France over security failures. In a statement via its Amaq news service IS said one of its “soldiers” carried out the attack on Thursday night “in response to calls to...
