Section: Free Malaysia Today (Malaysia)
Ukraine picks moderates over radicals in war-time vote
KIEV: Ukraine’s parliamentary election saw war-weary voters shunt aside pro-Russian and radical nationalists and pick moderates who favour a mix of market economics and eastern European conservative values. The tense day’s clearest victories were scored by the president’s Petro Poroshenko Bloc and the National Front group of...
Hacker sentenced to 21 months in US prison for $15 million scheme
NEW YORK: A Massachusetts man was sentenced to 21 months in prison on Friday for his role in a cybercrime scheme that hacked accounts at banks, brokerage firms and government agencies in an attempt to steal more than $15 million, US prosecutors said. Robert Dubuc, 41, pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy, conspiracy to commit access device...
‘What vote?’: Ukrainian refugees in Russia scorn Kiev poll
TAGANROG: While much of Ukraine is abuzz with campaigning for Sunday’s parliamentary poll, refugees who have fled fighting in the east for Russia say they want nothing to do with the vote. “Ukrainian elections? What elections?” scoffed Pavel, 46, one of 300 Ukrainians holed up at a Russian holiday camp some 40 kilometres (25 miles) from the...
Polish ex-minister quoted saying Putin offered to divide Ukraine with Poland
WARSAW: Poland’s parliamentary speaker, Radoslaw Sikorski, has been quoted as saying that Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed to Poland’s then leader in 2008 that they divide Ukraine between themselves. Sikorski, who until September served as Poland’s foreign minister, was quoted telling US website Politico that Putin made...
Dutch MH17 relative visits Ukraine crash site
THE HAGUE: A Dutch relative of a victim of downed flight MH17 has travelled to the crash site in eastern Ukraine to search for the remains of his missing cousin, Dutch television reported Sunday. National public broadcaster NOS showed Robby Oehlers as he searched the burnt remains that still litter the site where the Malaysia Airlines flight...
Germany blames pro-Russian rebels for MH17 passenger plane crash
BERLIN: Germany’s BND foreign intelligence agency has concluded that pro-Russian rebels are to blame for the downing of Malaysia Airline MH17 in Ukraine in July, Der Spiegel weekly reported on Sunday, the first European agency to say so. The crash over pro-Russian rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine on July 17 killed all 298 passengers...
‘Maximum cooperation’ demanded on MH17
THE HAGUE: Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has met Russian President Vladimir Putin to demand “maximum cooperation” in the probe into doomed Malaysia flight MH17, the Dutch top politician has said. “I have just spoken to President Putin in Milan and demanded maximum cooperation in resolving the MH17 disaster,” Rutte said in a tweet, posted on...
Venezuela, Malaysia, Angola, NZ, Spain win UN Council seats
UNITED NATIONS: Venezuela, Malaysia, Angola, New Zealand and Spain won seats on the United Nations Security Council on Thursday for two years from Jan. 1, 2015. The 193-member UN General Assembly elected Venezuela with 181 votes, Malaysia with 187 votes, Angola with 190 votes. All three countries campaigned unopposed for their seats after being...
EU, China agree to step up cooperation against terrorism
BRUSSELS: Leaders from China and the European Union agreed to step up cooperation to counter extremism and terrorism in the Middle East and Africa, the EU said on Thursday. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang held talks with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy on Wednesday evening on the...
Japan jets scrambling to counter rising Russian incursions
CHITOSE: The number of times Japanese fighter jets scrambled to ward off Russian military aircraft more than doubled in the last six months, amid diplomatic tensions between the two countries which Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is keen to ease. The increased activity in Japan’s north also comes as the armed forces pivot their focus southwards...
