Section: The Borneo Post (Malaysia)
MH17 families mulling lawsuit against Malaysia Airlines
The wrecked cockpit of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 is shown to the press during a presentation of the final report on the cause of its crash at the Gilze Rijen airbase in the Netherlands on October 13, 2015 -AFP THE HAGUE: Dozens of families of those killed when a missile shot down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine two years ago...
Ukraine recovers four stolen Dutch paintings
Paintings are seen on display during a news conference at the Ukraine’s Security Service headquarters in Kiev, Ukraine. — Reuters photo KIEV: Ukraine said Thursday it has recovered four 17th-century paintings that were stolen a decade ago from a Dutch museum and whose alleged presence in the hands of an ultranationalist Ukrainian militia...
G7 reaffirms push for nuke-free world
Hiroshima memorial stark reminder of our obligation to end threat of nuclear weapons — Kerry HIROSHIMA: US Secretary of State John Kerry yesterday called his visit to a memorial to victims of the 1945 US nuclear attack on Hiroshima “gut-wrenching” and said it was a reminder of the need to pursue a world free of nuclear weapons. The first US...
Kerry joins other G7 foreign ministers at Hiroshima A-bomb museum
Japan’s Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (2nd R) presents a U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry with a replica of a letter on a friendly diplomatic matter from former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln to the Tycoon of Japan in 1861, before their bilateral meeting alongside the G7 foreign ministers meetings in Hiroshima, Japan April 11, 2016....
The ‘Panama Papers’ main revelations
An office of the Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca in Shanghai on April 6, 2016. -AFP Photo PARIS: World leaders, aides and families, sports and movie stars are among those named in a huge leak of documents dubbed the Panama Papers, some of which reveal hidden offshore assets. An investigation by more than 100 media groups has shone a light...
Revelations trigger global probes
Panama Papers expose murky offshore financial dealings of a slew of politicians and celebrities worldwide View of buildings in the financial centre of Panama City. — AFP photo PARIS: Several countries have launched tax evasion probes after a massive leak of confidential documents lifted the lid on the murky offshore financial dealings of a slew...
Huge tax leak exposes world leaders
Mossack Fonseca reveals hidden offshore assets of around 140 political figures from around the world View of a sign outside the building where Panama-based Mossack Fonseca law firm offices are placed in Panama City. — AFP photo PARIS: A massive leak of 11.5 million documents has exposed the secret offshore dealings of aides to Russian president...
CIA chief visited Moscow this month for Syria talks: US official
AFP/File | CIA Director John Brennan, pictured February 9, 2016, visited Moscow in early March to discuss Syria MOSCOW: CIA director John Brennan visited Moscow in early March to discuss Syria and put the case for the departure of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, a US official said Monday. While meeting Russian officials, the spy agency chief...
Slovenia invites Putin to WWI event despite EU tensions
Pool/AFP/File | Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a speech during a state awards ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow, on March 10, 2016 LJUBLJANA: Slovenia said on Monday it has invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to attend a World War I commemoration event in spite of Western sanctions imposed on Moscow over the Ukraine crisis. “Our...
Netherlands ‘has all US information’ on MH17 — Investigator
BUNNIK, Netherlands: The Netherlands has received “all available information from the United States” for the inquiry into the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine nearly two years ago, the chief investigator said Monday. The announcement came after a meeting between investigators and relatives of the victims who were...
