Section: The Borneo Post (Malaysia)
Russians honour slain Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov
MOSCOW: Thousands of Russians marched through central Moscow on Saturday in memory of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov who was gunned down near the Kremlin a year ago in the highest-profile assassination of Vladimir Putin’s rule. On a bright sunny afternoon opposition supporters thronged the streets amid heightened police security as a...
True grip: Ukrainian pulls five tramcars with his teeth
AFP | Ukrainian children’s doctor Oleg Skavysh pulls five tramcars over a stretch of 14 meters (46 feet) in Lviv on February 26, 2016 LVIV, UKRAINE: All it took was a steel cable and a set of very strong front teeth. A Ukrainian children’s doctor pulled five tramcars over a stretch of 14 metres (46 feet) Friday in a stunt in Lviv...
Ukraine and rebels swap nine prisoners in first 2016 exchange
MARINKA: Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels on Saturday exchanged nine prisoners captured in the country’s war-torn east in the first such swap this year, an AFP journalist witnessed. The swap between the Kiev army and the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) took place at mid-day on a road through fields close to the town of...
3,000 couples in Unification Church mass wedding
Newlywed couples attend a mass wedding ceremony of the Unification Church at Cheongshim Peace World Centre in Gapyeong, South Korea. — Reuters photo SEOUL: Thousands of couples took part in a mass wedding yesterday by South Korea’s Unification Church, with the widow of church founder Sun Myung Moon presiding over the event at a giant...
Obama urges Putin to end air strikes against Syrian opposition
Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) spoke over the phone with US President Barack Obama about the situation in Syria (AFP Photo/Mikhail Klimentyev ) RANCHO MIRAGE (United States): US President Barack Obama has urged his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to end air strikes against Syrian opposition forces, the White House said Sunday. In a phone...
Christianity reunited in Cuba
Pope Francis (left) and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill hug each other after signing agreements in Havana, Feb 12, 2016. Photo credit: Reuters HAVANA: Pope Francis and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill embraced and kissed on Friday in a historic meeting, uniting to issue a global appeal for the protection of Christians under assault in the...
Iran, China vow tighter ties as Xi visits
TEHRAN: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday hailed a ‘new chapter’ in relations with China after talks with President Xi Jinping, who is touring the region to boost Beijing’s economic influence. The Asian giant and the Middle East’s foremost Shiite power aim to build economic ties worth up to US$600 billion within the...
British inquiry: Putin ‘probably’ approved murder of KGB agent
Former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko lying in a London hospital in November 2006, dying of radiation poisoning. Photo credit: NYT LONDON (REUTERS/BLOOMBERG/AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin probably approved a Russian intelligence operation to murder former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko, a judge led-British inquiry into the 2006 killing...
Dutch minister apologises to ‘fired’ MH17 expert
© AFP/File | Part of the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 is seen at the crash site in the village of Hrabove (Grabovo), Ukraine on September 9, 2014 THE HAGUE: Dutch Justice Minister Ard van der Steur on Thursday apologised to a pathologist who was fired for showing medical students photos of the victims from the MH17 air disaster, his spokesman...
Dutch investigators to study citizen journalism probe into MH17
THE HAGUE: Dutch prosecutors said Sunday they would “seriously study” claims by citizen journalists to have identified Russian soldiers implicated in the crash of flight MH17, shot down over eastern Ukraine in July 2014. The claims are made by a British-based group of “citizen investigative journalists” called Bellingcat, which specialises in...
