Section: Free Malaysia Today (Malaysia)
Putin slams NATO for ‘aggressive’ activities, rhetoric
President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday criticised NATO for ratcheting up its rhetoric and aggression close to Russia’s border and warned that Moscow was being forced to increase its military capacity. “NATO is stepping up its aggressive rhetoric and its aggressive actions close to our borders,” Putin told lawmakers. “In these conditions we...
U.S. to give Ukraine $220 million in new aid: White House
WASHINGTON: The United States will give Ukraine $220 million in new assistance this year, the White House said on Wednesday. U.S. Vice President Joe Biden told Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman of the new aid in a phone call on Wednesday in which Biden expressed strong support for Groysman’s reform efforts and commended him for...
Putin, Erdogan in first contact since plane crisis
ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sent a letter to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin marking Russia’s national day, in their first contact since Ankara downed a Russian warplane in November, an official said Tuesday. “We confirm media reports the president sent a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin on the occasion...
UEFA charges Russia over Euro 2016 violence
PARIS: UEFA on Sunday charged Russia over “totally unacceptable” fan clashes at a European Championship match with England but it also said there had been faults in security. With the tournament facing new high risk games, French authorities said three people remained in serious condition in hospital in Marseille after clashes before and during...
MC-21: Russians hail new airliner as better than Boeing or Airbus
MOSCOW: Russia has unveiled a medium-range passenger plane that state media hailed as superior in many ways to western-made counterparts. In a glitzy Siberian ceremony attended by Russian prime minister Dmitry Medvedev, the Irkut Corporation rolled out its new MC-21 airliner, which is still undergoing testing but is due to enter serial production...
Raids in Germany, Switzerland in MH17 probe
THE HAGUE: German and Swiss authorities have carried out raids seizing documents after learning a German private detective had investigated the MH17 air disaster, Dutch officials and media said Tuesday. Among the objects seized during last week’s raids were “apparently explosive papers” which Dutch investigators hope may narrow down the...
Britain warns Euro 2016 stadiums could be terror targets
LONDON: Britain on Tuesday warned its citizens travelling to the Euro 2016 football championships in France that stadiums, fan zones and transport hubs “represent potential targets for terrorist attacks”. “There is a high threat from terrorism,” the foreign ministry said in a travel advisory for supporters. “During Euro 2016, stadiums, fan zones,...
Hundreds missing as migrant boat capsizes off Greece
ATHENS: At least four people have died and a desperate effort was underway Friday to find hundreds more believed missing after a migrant boat capsized off the Greek island of Crete, the coastguard said. Coastguard spokesman Nikos Lagadianos said at least 340 people had been rescued, and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said the...
Moscow’s fourth international airport opens despite downturn
MOSCOW: Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev opened the Zhukovsky airport about 40 kilometres southeast of Moscow city centre, Russian television reported. The new airport has a capacity of 2 million passengers per year, Rostec, the Russian state conglomerate that controls the airport’s operating company Ramport Aero, said in a statement. The...
Savchenko: Ukraine’s ‘symbol of defiance’ to Russia
KIEV: Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko, freed by Russia in a prisoner exchange on Wednesday, has been condemned by Moscow as a murderer but was rapturously received as a national hero back home. The 35-year-old army helicopter navigator was sentenced to 22 years in March over the killing of two Russian journalists in the separatist conflict in...
