Section: Free Malaysia Today (Malaysia)
From Russia with love: Putin, Trump sing each other’s praises
WASHINGTON: Russian President Vladimir Putin and US presidential candidate Donald Trump praised each other on Thursday, saying they would welcome an improvement in the now-icy relations between their two nations. Trump – who holds the lead in opinion polls in his bid for the Republican nomination and was dubbed the “absolute leader” in the race...
Time names Merkel as its ‘person of 2015′
NEW YORK: Time magazine Wednesday named German Chancellor Angela Merkel as its “Person of the Year 2015,” hailing her leadership for navigating debt and refugee crises that threatened to tear the European Union apart. “For asking more of her country than most politicians would dare, for standing firm against tyranny as well as expedience and for...
Social media companies step up battle against militant propaganda
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook, Google and Twitter are stepping up efforts to combat online propaganda and recruiting by Islamic militants, but the Internet companies are doing it quietly to avoid the perception that they are helping the authorities police the Web. On Friday, Facebook Inc said it took down a profile that the company believed belonged to...
Malaysia Airlines takes next step on turnaround with Emirates deal
BERLIN: Malaysia Airlines has signed adeal to expand a partnership with Emirates airline, which willalso see it exit some loss-making European routes as part of aturnaround drive under new Chief Executive Christoph Mueller. The two airlines have signed a code share deal that willallow Malaysia customers to book routes to Europe with...
Dutch policeman held for online sale of MH17 ‘souvenirs’
THE HAGUE: Dutch police have suspended an officer who tried to sell online souvenirs said to have come from the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 shot down over war-torn Ukraine last year. The man is under arrest for embezzlement and an investigation has been launched and the man is under arrest for embezzlement, police said in a...
MH17 victims to get Dutch memorial at Schiphol
THE HAGUE: A forest is to be planted in a park close to Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport to commemorate the victims of downed flight MH17, the organisation representing victims’ families announced Thursday. The national monument will comprise 298 trees, one for each of the victims of the ill-fated flight, the MH17 Disaster Foundation said...
What are the implications of Turkey downing Russian jet?
LONDON: NATO member Turkey shot down a Russian fighter jet on its border with Syria on Tuesday, raising concerns over the potential for a further escalation in the more-than- four-year Syrian conflict. Ankara says the plane violated Turkish airspace, but Russian President Vladimir Putin has insisted the jet was over Syria at the time of the...
Experts pore over evidence of downed MH17
AMSTERDAM: A team that includes Dutch and Ukrainian investigators have begun examining evidence from the MH17 Malaysia Airlines flight that was downed in eastern Ukraine in July 2014, killing all on board, Dutch prosecutors said on Tuesday. Two thirds of the 298 people travelling on the aircraft when it crashed, were Dutch. The Dutch Safety Board...
‘Spider in web’ mastermind of Paris attacks killed in raid
PARIS: The suspected Islamic State mastermind of the Paris attacks was among those killed in a police raid north of the capital, France confirmed on Thursday, bringing an end to the hunt for Europe’s most wanted man. Authorities said they had identified the mangled corpse of Belgian national Abdelhamid Abaaoud from fingerprints in the...
World unites after Islamic State terror but strikes may backfire
PARIS: The spate of Islamic State terror attacks has brought France and Russia together and raised hopes of a united political effort to resolve the Syria conflict, but experts question the logic of more air strikes. In the wake of the brutal attacks in France and the downing of a Russian passenger jet over Egypt last month, Paris and Moscow are...
