Section: Free Malaysia Today (Malaysia)
Experts: Slow response to past crashes could hinder EgyptAir search
CAIRO: Teams searching for the black box flight recorders of a missing EgyptAir jet that crashed with 66 people aboard face technical constraints that aviation experts increasingly blame on a slow regulatory response to earlier disasters. As a three-year deep-sea search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 draws toward a close in the Indian Ocean...
MH17: Lockerbie says Putin must be held responsible
SYDNEY: The US aviation lawyer who won compensation for victims of the 1988 Lockerbie aircraft bombing and is now seeking $330 million from Russia for the downing of Malaysian Airlines MH17 in 2014, says Russian President Vladimir Putin must be held responsible. Jerry Skinner, who is leading Australian law firm LHD’s compensation claim...
Australian firm names Russia, Putin in MH17 compensation claim: report
An Australian law firm has filed a compensation claim against Russia and President Vladimir Putin in the European Court of Human Rights on behalf of families of victims of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17, shot down in 2014, media reported. The jetliner crashed in Ukraine in pro-Russian rebel-held territory on July 17, 2014, killing all 298 people...
Canada PM cites job pressures over Parliament fracas
OTTAWA: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, under fire for getting involved in an unprecedented physical fracas in Parliament, said on Thursday that he was only human and in a high pressure job but promised there would be no repeat of his actions. Trudeau, impatient at what he saw as stalling tactics by the opposition ahead of a vote on...
Experts: Terror attack most likely scenario for Egyptair disappearance
PARIS: Several scenarios could explain the mysterious disappearance of the Egyptair flight between Paris to Cairo early Thursday, but experts say a terrorist attack is the most likely. Both France and Egypt have been leading targets for Islamist extremists in recent months. In October, the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for bombing an...
Aussie families of MH17 victims shown video at inquest
PETALING JAY: A video simulating how the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was blown up was shown to the families and friends of the six New South Wales (NSW) victims at an inquest in Sydney. According to news portal Daily Mail Online, the video, created by Dutch air crash investigators, simulated the final moments of the aircraft before it was shot...
Panama Papers report alleges NZ prime place for rich to hide money
WELLINGTON: New Zealand is at the heart of a tangled web of shelf companies and trusts that are being used by wealthy Latin Americans to channel funds around the world, according to a report on Monday based on leaks of the so-called Panama Papers. Local media has analyzed more than 61,000 documents relating to New Zealand that are part of the...
With five-year delay, CIA ‘live-tweets’ bin Laden raid
WASHINGTON: The CIA has marked the anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden by live-tweeting — with a five-year delay — the raid by US special forces on the Al-Qaeda founder’s compound in Pakistan. Using the hashtag #UBLRaid, the CIA blasted out updates of the May 2011 strike as if it was unfolding in real time — in a highly unusual...
Tear gas in Paris, Istanbul as tensions erupt on May Day
PARIS: French and Turkish police fired tear gas at protesters as tensions erupted in both countries during May Day rallies Sunday, while thousands marched across the globe for the annual celebration of worker’s rights. From Moscow to Madrid, workers chanted demands for higher wages, better conditions and more job security as many countries...
Russia dismisses new US charge over air incident
MOSCOW: Russia rejected Saturday a new claim that one of its jets had intercepted a US reconnaissance plane over the Baltic in an “unsafe” manner, and accused Washington of sending “spy-planes” into its airspace. US authorities said they were “very concerned” after the mid-air standoff Friday, the latest incident fuelling tension between the...
