Section: Malaysia
Malaysia to release interim report on MH370 on March 7
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s Department of Civil Aviation will release an interim report on the investigation into the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 on March 7, a day before the one-year anniversary of the disappearance, deputy transport minister Aziz Kaprawi said on Wednesday. “It will have details on the technical investigation,”...
Elderly Auschwitz survivors urge world never to forget
OSWIECIM: For what may be the last time, elderly Holocaust survivors returned Tuesday to the infamous Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp 70 years after its liberation, to urge the world never to forget one of history’s worst atrocities. Around 300 survivors, some wearing scarves in the blue-and-white stripes of their death camp uniforms, joined...
Poroshenko sends letter to Putin, calls for pilot's release
WARSAW (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has sent a letter to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin demanding the release of jailed Ukrainian military pilot Nadia Savchenko, captured by separatists last year, Poroshenko said on Tuesday. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine rebels say government forces pushed back near Donetsk
KIEV/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Pro-Russian separatist forces said on Tuesday they had pushed Ukrainian government troops out of two districts on the outskirts of their main stronghold Donetsk, and their aim was to expand their control to the entire region. …read more Source: The...
In response to Ukraine crisis, Berlin to launch new think tank
BERLIN (Reuters) – In a recognition that Germany needs to rethink its relations with Russia as a result of the crisis in Ukraine, the foreign ministry plans to invest millions of euros in a new institute devoted to the study of post-Soviet states. …read more Source: The...
World leaders join last survivors in recalling Auschwitz
OSWIECIM, Poland (Reuters) – World leaders joined around 300 Auschwitz survivors at the site of the former Nazi death camp on Tuesday to mark 70 years since its liberation by Soviet troops, an anniversary held in the shadow of war in Ukraine and a rise in anti-Semitism in Europe. …read more Source: The...
New Greek government complains about EU Ukraine statement
ATHENS (Reuters) – The new Greek government of leftwing Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras complained to European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini on Tuesday, saying it had not been consulted about a statement on the growing crisis in Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
New Greek government complains about EU Ukraine statement
ATHENS (Reuters) – The new Greek government of leftwing Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras complained to European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini on Tuesday, saying it had not been consulted about a statement on the growing crisis in Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Last survivors recall Auschwitz, ask if lessons learned
OSWIECIM, Poland (Reuters) – Around 300 survivors of the Auschwitz death camp were gathering on Tuesday to mark 70 years since its liberation by Soviet troops, joined by world leaders for a commemoration held in the shadow of war in Ukraine and a rise in anti-Semitism in Europe. …read more Source: The...
Court: Dutch can extradite Russian ‘megahacker’ to US
THE HAGUE: A Dutch court ruled Tuesday that a Russian accused of one of the largest US corporate hacks of more than 160 million credit card details can be extradited to the US. “The Dutch state may extradite Russian hacker Vladimir Drinkman to the United States,” The Hague district court said in a statement. The ruling comes after...
