Section: Malaysia
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...
Merkel says Ukraine ceasefire hasn't been fully implemented
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday that the situation in Ukraine had become calmer in the weeks following the Minsk agreement but added that the ceasefire had not yet been fully implemented. …read more Source: The...
Court charges Nemtsov suspects with contract killing
MOSCOW: All five suspects being held over the brazen murder of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov have been charged with taking part in a contract killing, a Moscow court said Tuesday. Moscow city court said in a statement that the accused — all from Russia’s volatile North Caucasus region — had been charged with murder carried out for...
Georgia president says Russia is threat to regional security
TBILISI (Reuters) – Georgian President Georgy Margvelashvili said on Tuesday Russia poses a threat to regional security and that its action in Georgia and Ukraine is punishment for their pro-Western stances. …read more Source: The...
Dutch seek BUK missile witnesses in MH17 crash probe
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 4.20pm local time on July...
Poland says will train 50 Ukrainian military staff this year
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland will provide training to around 50 Ukrainian army instructors this year, the Polish ministry of defence said on Tuesday, a part of NATO’s efforts to boost Ukraine’s defence capacity as it faces a pro-Russian rebellion in the east. …read more Source: The...
Dutch seek BUK missile witnesses in MH17 crash probe
Dutch investigators work at the crash site of the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 near the village of Grabove in eastern Ukraine on March 24, 2015 -© AFP/File 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...
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...
Dutch seek BUK missile witnesses in MH17 crash probe
THE HAGUE: Dutch 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 4.20pm local time on July 17,”...
Dutch MH17 crash investigation focuses on Russian missile theory
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch prosecutors said on Monday they are looking for witnesses in eastern Ukraine who may have seen a Russian-made BUK rocket being fired at Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, saying this was the “leading scenario” in their crash investigation. …read more Source: The...
