Section: Free Malaysia Today (Malaysia)
US gathers great Asian democracies to its side
NEW YORK: The United States took a moment Tuesday to gather the great Asian democracies to its side to reassure them of the strength of their ties in the face of North Korean threats and an assertive China. New threats from Pyongyang, ominous economic signals and China’s aggressive stance on its territorial claims in the South China Sea and...
Harper defends air strikes targeting IS group
OTTAWA: Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper in an election debate defended Canadian air strikes against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria, while his political rivals called for a pullback. The New Democrats, if elected, would end the military mission, while the Liberals said they would withdraw Canadian war planes, but continue...
Shock, chaos as topless activists disrupt Muslim conference
PARIS: Two feminist protesters clad only in tight, black pants stormed the stage of a Muslim conference, shocking presenters and the audience alike as they took hold of the microphone and shouted slogans while waving their hands in the air. The incident took place during an event in Pontoise, to the north west of Paris in France, on September 13,...
Broken lavatories force Malaysia Airlines jet to land
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Airlines said one of its jets made an unscheduled landing in India on Thursday due to broken lavatories while flying the same route as flight MH17, which was shot down over Ukraine last year. A spokeswoman said MH19 — the new flight code after “MH17″ was retired following the tragedy — landed in Chennai on a scheduled...
MH17: Final crash report due in October
AMSTERDAM: The final report into the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine last year will be published on Oct. 13, the Dutch Safety Board said on Thursday. The report is keenly awaited by governments and relatives of victims because it could shed light on who was responsible for the crash last July, in which 298 people...
Court orders Russia to pay compensation for Greenpeace ship seizure
AMSTERDAM: A court in the Netherlands has ordered Russia to pay compensation for seizing the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise during a protest against an offshore oil platform two years ago. The Permanent Court of Arbitration, which resolves disputes between states, said the decision was taken unanimously on Aug. 14, but it was not published until...
Pentagon: China’s land reclamation in South China Sea grows
WASHINGTON: China has reclaimed more land in the disputed Spratly Islands of the South China Sea than previously known, according to a new Pentagon report, and a senior US defense official said it was unclear whether Beijing had stopped island-building in the region. “China has said that it … has stopped reclamation. … It’s not clear to us...
MH17 probe finds ‘probable’ BUK missile pieces at crash site
THE HAGUE: Investigators probing the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 said Tuesday they had found fragments “probably” from a Russian-made BUK missile at the crash site in eastern Ukraine. International and Dutch investigators are examining seven “considerable fragments of some size… probably from a BUK (surface-to-air) missile system,”...
MH17: Developments since crash in Ukraine
THE HAGUE: Investigators probing the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, shot down in July 2014 in eastern Ukraine, said Tuesday they had identified possible Russian-made BUK missile fragments from eastern Ukraine. These are the main developments since the plane crashed in rebel-held east Ukraine killing all 298 people aboard: 2014 – July 17:...
MH17: Fragments from site may be from Russian-made missile
AMSTERDAM: Some of the debris recovered from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine may be fragments of a Russian-made missile system, Dutch prosecutors leading an international investigation said on Tuesday. MH17 crashed over territory held by pro-Russian rebels in July 2014, killing all 298 aboard, who were mostly...
