Section: The Borneo Post (Malaysia)
MH17 criminal probe results due within months
THE HAGUE: Initial results from a criminal inquiry into the downing of a Malaysia Airlines flight over war-torn eastern Ukraine nearly two years ago will be available within months, Dutch prosecutors have said. The results are expected to shed light on the exact type of missile used to shoot down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 on July 17, 2014,...
17 die in fire at Ukraine home for elderly
View of Independence Square in Kiev. AFP File Photo Seventeen people died when a makeshift home for elderly people outside the Ukrainian capital Kiev caught fire in the early hours of Sunday, the emergencies service said. “The bodies of 17 people have been found at the site of the fire,” the head of Ukraine’s state emergencies service,...
Lockerbie lawyer seeks US$330 mln from Putin, Russia for MH17 disaster
SYDNEY: The U.S. aviation lawyer who won compensation for victims of the 1988 Lockerbie aircraft bombing and is now seeking US$330 million from Russia for the downing of Malaysian Airlines MH17 in 2014, says Russian President Vladimir Putin must be held responsible. Jerry Skinner, who is leading Australian law firm LHD’s compensation claim...
Australian firm names Russia, Putin in MH17 compensation claim
MELBOURNE: An Australian law firm has filed a compensation claim against Russia and President Vladimir Putin in the European Court of Human Rights on behalf of families of victims of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17, shot down in 2014, media reported. The jetliner crashed in Ukraine in pro-Russian rebel-held territory on July 17, 2014, killing all...
Terror attack most likely scenario for Egyptair disappearance: experts
An EgyptAir plane is seen on the runway at Cairo Airport, Egypt in this September 5, 2013 file photo. Photo by Reuters Several scenarios could explain the mysterious disappearance of the Egyptair flight between Paris to Cairo early Thursday, but experts say a terrorist attack is the most likely. Both France and Egypt have been leading targets for...
Ukraine stuns Russia to win politically-charged Eurovision
After a tense vote count Jamala representing Ukraine was declared Eurovision 2016 winner after a heart-felt performance of “1944”, about the deportations of Crimean Tatars during World War II. Photo by AFP STOCKHOLM: Ukrainian singer Jamala snatched victory from arch-rival Russia to win the Eurovision song contest, adding a touch of political...
Russia marks WWII victory anniversary with military parade
Russian servicemen march at Red Square before the start of the Victory Day military parade in Moscow on May 9, 2016. Photo by AFP MOSCOW: Russia on Monday staged a grandiose military parade through Moscow’s Red Square as part of nationwide celebrations to mark 71 years since the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in World War...
Spain police seek child victims of ‘porn king’ director
MADRID: Police in Spain said Saturday they were trying to identify children who had been forced to appear in pornographic videos after they arrested the country’s “king of porn”. The investigation was launched after a minor lodged a complaint alleging she had been asked at a Madrid bar to appear in porn films, a police statement said....
Tear gas in Paris, Istanbul as tensions erupt on May Day
A protester is taken away on a stretcher after being injured during clashes with anti-riot police at a May Day rally in Bakirkoy, a district of Istanbul. — AFP photo PARIS: French and Turkish police fired tear gas at protesters as tensions erupted in both countries during May Day rallies yesterday, while thousands marched across the globe for the...
CIA ‘live tweets’ Osama bin Laden raid to mark five-year anniversary
The CIA has marked the anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden by live-tweeting with a five-year delay the raid by US special forces on the Al-Qaeda founder’s compound in Pakistan. Using the hashtag #UBLRaid, the CIA blasted out updates of the May 2011 strike as if it was unfolding in real time—in a highly unusual move for the...
