Section: Free Malaysia Today (Malaysia)
US starts training Ukrainians to fight pro-Russia forces
KIEV: US paratroopers on Monday began training Ukrainian government forces who will fight pro-Russian separatists in the east, angering Moscow as the deadly conflict rumbles on in the ex-Soviet country. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko welcomed troops from the US 173rd Airborne Brigade in a rain-soaked ceremony at a military base in Yavoriv,...
MH17: Dutch shift focus to investigating culprits
THE HAGUE: The Dutch government said on Thursday that, with nearly all of the victims of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 identified, efforts had shifted to finding those responsible for shooting the plane down as it crossed Ukraine last July. Foreign Minister Bert Koenders said, after meeting counterparts from Malaysia, Ukraine and Australia on the...
MH17: Dutch team find more remains at crash site
THE HAGUE: Dutch investigators have recovered more body parts at the MH17 plane crash site in Ukraine after searching a location that was previously inaccessible, the Netherlands announced on Thursday. All 298 passengers and crew onboard the Malaysia Airlines jetliner — 193 of them Dutch — died when it was shot down over war-torn eastern Ukraine...
MH17: Dutch to renew search for body parts, debris
THE HAGUE: Dutch and international investigators will renew their search for body parts and debris at the MH17 plane crash site in restive eastern Ukraine, including at a location previously considered unsafe, the team’s chief announced Wednesday. “The team is in Donetsk and ready to start tomorrow (Thursday),” Pieter Jaap Aalbersberg said...
Germany says it’s too early to reward Iran after nuclear talks
LEUBECK: German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier spoke out on Tuesday against Russia’s decision to prepare to deliver missile systems to Iran, and his Italian counterpart suggested it was too soon to reestablish economic ties with Iran. The foreign ministers were speaking in the northern German city of Luebeck. About 3,500 police,...
Russia lifts ban on supplying S-300 missiles to Iran
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin on Monday lifted a ban on supplying Iran with sophisticated S-300 air defence missile systems after Tehran struck a landmark framework deal with the West over its nuclear programme. A decree signed by Putin gave the go-ahead for “the shipment from Russia to Iran”, ending Moscow’s self-imposed ban on...
Czech president bans US ambassador from Prague Castle
PRAGUE: President Milos Zeman has “closed the door” of Prague Castle to the US ambassador following comments perceived as critical of the Czech’s decision to attend a World War Two commemoration in Moscow, according to local media reports on Sunday. European Union leaders are boycotting the ceremony in May over Russia’s role in the...
US targets overseas cyber attackers with sanctions program
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama launched a sanctions program on Wednesday to target individuals and groups outside the United States that use cyber attacks to threaten US foreign policy, national security or economic stability. In an executive order, Obama declared such activities a “national emergency” and allowed the US Treasury Department...
Dutch seek BUK missile witnesses in MH17 crash probe
THE HAGUE: Dutch and international experts probing the MH17 plane crash in eastern Ukraine appealed Monday for witnesses who saw the transport or firing of a BUK surface-to-air missile around the time of the disaster. “Investigators are looking at all scenarios. One of these scenarios is that the plane was shot down at 4:20 pm local time on July...
Ukraine arrests officials on live TV, sacks powerful oligarch
KIEV: Ukraine on Wednesday dramatically arrested two top officials on graft charges at a televised cabinet meeting hours after the president sacked a powerful oligarch as regional governor. The unexpected shake-up came as the beleaguered authorities, already struggling to combat pro-Russian separatists in the country’s east, tried to make...
