Section: The Borneo Post (Malaysia)
US assures Asia of strong ties amid regional threats
Obama speaks at the Leaders’ Summit on Countering ISIL and Violent Extremism at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Flanking Obama are UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (left) and Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi. John Kerry sits behind Obama. — Reuters photo NEW YORK: The United States took a moment Tuesday to gather the...
Putin heads for UN showdown with Obama over Syria
Barack Obama UNITED NATIONS, United States: Russian President Vladimir Putin squared up for a titanic clash Monday with his US rival Barack Obama at the United Nations as the Kremlin leader pushes for a new coalition against the Islamic State. Putin and Obama are due to make competing speeches before the UN General Assembly in New York, and will...
MH17: Countries may form own tribunal, says Australian Foreign Minister
NEW YORK: Some countries whose nationals were killed in the MH17 air disaster, may create their own prosecution tribunal to seek criminal accountability, according to Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop currently in New York for the United Nations General Assembly session. This view, which was expressed by Bishop in an interview with the New...
New Tsipras govt takes oath of office in Greece
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras (back right) smiles as members of the new government take a civil oath in front of Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos (right) at the presidential palace in Athens swearing-in ceremony of the new government in Athens. — AFP photo ATHENS: The new left-wing government of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras took...
Ukrainian PM warns West not to lift Russia sanctions
KIEV: Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk on Saturday urged the West not to lift sanctions on Russia for its role in the Ukraine conflict unless the Minsk peace deal is fully implemented. His call came ahead of a meeting of the foreign ministers of Germany, Russia, Ukraine and France in Berlin to prepare for a summit to be held in Paris in...
Canada, India, Singapore, Egypt eyeing French Mistral warships
© AFP | Cutaway of the Mistral-class warship. PARIS: Canada, India, Singapore and Egypt are “seriously” interested in buying France’s two Mistral warships, a senior official has said, after Paris scrapped a deal to sell the vessels to Russia over the Ukraine crisis. Louis Gautier, an official who advises the prime minister on defence and...
Replica of most powerful nuclear bomb ever on display in Moscow
MOSCOW: Eight metres long and weighing 25 tonnes, a replica of the so-called Tsar Bomb, the most powerful nuclear bomb ever detonated, has gone on display for the first time in Russia, in the midst of an ongoing standoff with the West over Ukraine. Tested in 1961 by the Soviet Union, the hydrogen bomb — also known as the AN602 — instilled a mix...
Blast, clashes as Ukraine MPs back more autonomy for rebels
KIEV: Clashes erupted outside parliament in Kiev yesterday as lawmakers gave initial approval to constitutional changes granting more autonomy to pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine. A blast was also heard outside parliament, an AFP correspondent said, although the cause was not immediately known. About a dozen people were reportedly...
Bones buried two-feet deep in MH17 crash site
PUTRAJAYA: The impact of fire and fall during the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 tragedy had caused some of the bones of the victims to be buried as deep as two feet underground, said D13 (Bank Data/DNA) chief assistant director, ACP Hussein Omar Khan. The Royal Malaysian Police Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) commander for the MH17 tragedy...
Masked men attack Ukraine gay rights activists
Masked men on Saturday fired tear gas into a venue in the Ukraine port city of Odessa where gay rights activists were to hold a forum after deciding against marching in defiance of a ban. They threw “several” tear gas grenades at the participants before fleeing, Odessa Pride spokesman Kyrylo Bodelan told AFP, adding that no one was hurt in the...
