Section: Malaysia
Fears grow over jihadist cyber threat
LILLE: Jihadists have yet to shut down a power grid, paralyse a transport network or banking system or take over a key industrial site from afar, but experts say the threat of such a cyber attack should be taken seriously. Analysts fear that while extremist groups may not have the necessary skills themselves, they could hire someone else to wreak...
Trump vows ‘new vetting’ to weed out Islamic radicals
by Dave Clark | Making good on one of his most controversial campaign promises US President Donald Trump suspends the entire US refugee resettlement program for at least 120 days -AFP photo WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump signed a sweeping new executive order to suspend refugee arrivals and impose tough new controls on travelers from seven...
Trump vows ‘new vetting’ to weed out Islamic radicals
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump signed a sweeping new executive order Friday to suspend refugee arrivals and impose tough new controls on travellers from seven Muslim countries. Making good on one of his most controversial campaign promises, and to the horror of human rights groups, Trump said he was making America safe from “radical...
Putin and Trump to speak by phone on Saturday: Kremlin
US President Donald Trump and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will on Saturday hold their first phone conversation since the American leader’s inauguration, the Kremlin said. “I can confirm that a telephone conversation is planned. It will be Saturday evening Moscow time,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists on Friday....
Putin, Trump phone call expected on Saturday – Kremlin
MOSCOW/BERLIN (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump are expected to speak by telephone this Saturday, the Kremlin said, a first step towards what Trump has billed as a normalisation of relations after three years of tensions sparked by the conflict in Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Nazi hunter says hundreds could still be at large
JERUSALEM: Hundreds or even thousands of Nazi war crimes suspects could still be at large, one of the world’s leading experts on the matter said Thursday, ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Efraim Zuroff said he expected a spike in convictions in the coming years despite most suspects being in their 90s, but admitted most...
Council of Europe decries rising attacks against media
Protesters hold copies of Turkish daily newspaper “Cumhuriyet” during a demonstration outside the newspaper’s headquarters in Ankara in November 2016, following the arrest of nine Cumhuriyet staff – AFP STRASBOURG (FRANCE): The Council of Europe on Tuesday voiced concern at the rising levels of violence against journalists throughout the...
Exclusive – Germany nears decision to beef up short-range air defences: sources
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany is nearing a decision to replace its ageing short-range air defence systems and help fill a gap that has caused concern among NATO members after Russia’s annexation of Crimea, two sources familiar with the issue said. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine's Poroshenko says sanctions against Russia not linked to Middle East
HELSINKI (Reuters) – Ukraine’s president said on Tuesday world powers should keep sanctions on Russia, rejecting U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposal to consider reducing the penalties if Moscow proved a useful ally. …read more Source: The...
In Trump We Trust: Inauguration prompts celebration in Russia
MOSCOW: The Kremlin may have spent years reviling America, but Russians hoping Donald Trump will usher in a new era of detente marked his inauguration on Friday with parties and trinkets from commemorative coins to “matryoshka” nesting dolls in his image. Washington was turned into a virtual fortress with an estimated 900,000 people — backers and...
