Section: Free Malaysia Today (Malaysia)
Dutch confident MH17 prosecution will succeed
ROTTERDAM: The Dutch prosecutor leading the investigation into the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine last year said on Tuesday he was confident of concluding his investigation successfully but was not yet ready to issue arrest warrants. The plane with 298 passengers on board, two-thirds of them Dutch, was shot down in July and...
China says changing position on sea dispute would shame ancestors
BEIJING: Changing position on China’s claims over the South China Sea would shame its ancestors, while not facing up to infringements of Chinese sovereignty there would shame its children, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Saturday. China has become increasingly assertive in the South China Sea, building artificial islands in areas over...
Victims of the Tunisia beach slaughter
TUNIS: Thirty-eight people were killed and 39 wounded Friday in an attack on a tourist resort in Port el Kantaoui in eastern Tunisia that was claimed by the Islamic State group. The attack on the beach and pools of the Riu Imperial Marhaba Hotel near Sousse, 140 kilometres (90 miles) south of Tunis, was the bloodiest of its kind in recent...
U.S. compares China’s South China Sea moves to Russia’s in Ukraine
WASHINGTON: The U.S. State Department’s number two diplomat on Friday compared China’s behavior in pursuit of territory in the South China Sea to that of Russia in eastern Ukraine. Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken called China’s large scale reclamation projects in the South China Sea, “a threat to peace and stability.”...
Putin not done in eastern Ukraine, NATO’s top general says
BRUSSELS: Russian President Vladimir Putin is not done in eastern Ukraine, NATO’s top commander said on Thursday, cautioning that Russia has been building up supplies on its border with Ukraine and keeping its military options open. US General Philip Breedlove, NATO’s supreme allied commander, said the border between Ukraine and...
Netherlands, M’sia push for UN tribunal for MH17 culprits
NEW YORK: The Netherlands, Malaysia and three other countries want a UN tribunal to be set up to try those responsible for the downing of the Malaysia Airlines flight over Ukraine last year, a senior diplomat said Wednesday. Malaysia is expected to present a draft resolution to the Security Council next month on setting up the tribunal, said the...
British queen says must guard against division in Europe
BERLIN: Britain’s Queen Elizabeth urged Europe on Wednesday to guard against division in the continent, at a state banquet in Berlin where Germany’s president declared: “the European Union needs Great Britain”. On the first full day of her visit to Germany, the queen said she and German President Joachim Gauck had seen “the worst but...
NATO says won’t be dragged into arms race with Russia
BRUSSELS: The head of NATO said on Wednesday the alliance would not be forced into a new arms race with Russia but said what he called Moscow’s aggression in Ukraine had compelled it to strengthen its defenses. The United States announced plans this week to station tanks and heavy weapons in NATO member states on Russia’s border,...
International tribunal looks like best chance for MH17 justice
AMSTERDAM: The Netherlands is discussing with its allies an international tribunal to prosecute those suspected of downing a Malaysian airliner over rebel-held eastern Ukraine last year, sources familiar with the discussions have told Reuters. The chance of a successful prosecution is considered slim at best but the Dutch still hope that, by...
After midnight in the library, Putin sets out his world view
ST PETERSBURG: It was two minutes before midnight when Russian President Vladimir Putin finally entered the meeting room in the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library, more than three hours late, to be interviewed by a dozen exhausted journalists. His retinue seemed wearily accustomed to the late-night regimen, but Putin himself – after back-to-back...
