Section: The Borneo Post (Malaysia)
Patriotism and fear as Ukraine draftees train for front
Ukrainian reserve officers, called up during the latest wave of mobilisation, take part in military exercises at an army training centre near the village of Desna, in the Chernigiv region -© AFP / by Dmytro Gorshkov DESNA (UKRAINE): Vitaliy Karpunets crawls under barbed wire before jumping over a smoking bonfire into a trench as he fires off his...
History, politics drive Israeli calls to Europe’s Jews
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel is preparing and calling for mass immigration from Europe -© AFP / by Laurent Lozano JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s calls for Jewish emigration after anti-Semitic attacks have riled European leaders but come as no surprise given Israel’s history as a refuge and a looming...
Poll: Americans view Russia as top threat
WASHINGTON: Russia now is considered by Americans as the United States’ greatest enemy amid increasing US-Russian tensions, Xinhua news agency reports citing a Gallup poll. Americans have become significantly more likely to view Russia’s military power as a critical threat to the US with 49 percent now holding this view compared with...
Ukraine fighting rages ahead of ceasefire
A Ukrainian tank drives on a road not far from the eastern Ukrainian city of Debaltseve, Donetsk region. — AFP photo Poroshenko warns continuing bombardment of civilians undermining peace plan reached in Minsk DONETSK, Ukraine: Ferocious fighting raged in Ukraine on Saturday, threatening a ceasefire deal as Kiev and the US accused Russia of...
Death toll grows after peace deal signed
At least 15 killed in new shelling in East Ukraine and Europe warns Russia of facing fresh sanctions DONETSK: At least 15 people have been killed in east Ukraine in new shelling despite the signing of a peace deal to end the 10-month conflict. Pro-Moscow rebels and government officials said Friday that seven civilians were killed across the...
Fighting traps children underground in east Ukraine
Artyom, 10, poses near his drawings hanging on the walls of a shelter in Donetsk’s Kiyevski district, on February 5, 2015 -© AFP / by Simon Valmary DONETSK (UKRAINE): As the shelling came closer to 10-year-old Artyom’s neighbourhood, he was forced to swap his local playground for a bunker — just like children across rebel-held east...
‘Dashcams’ catching everything from scammers to disasters
PARIS: The terrifying footage of a plane clipping a bridge in Taiwan and crashing into a river this week highlighted the popularity of “dashcams” that are capturing everything from crime to natural disasters through the windscreen. The TransAsia accident, which left least 35 people dead and several others still missing, was filmed by at least two...
Which weapons does Kiev need, and what can US provide?
Ukrainian army soldiers resupply their battalion at the gate of Debaltseve, in the Donetsk region, on February 3, 2015 -© AFP / by Charles Onians KIEV (AFP) – The White House has signalled it may be ready to change tack and start supplying arms to Ukrainian troops battling pro-Russian separatists, but what does Kiev want — and what can Washington...
Aviation body to disseminate data on war zone risks to flights
Wreckages of the Malaysian airliner after it crashed, near the town of Shaktarsk, Ukraine on July 17, 2014 -© AFP/File MONTREAL: The International Civil Aviation Organization said Tuesday it plans to collect all data on flight risks over conflict zones and disseminate this information to airlines, despite reservations from Russia. The measure is...
Davos elites warned about catastrophic cyberattacks
DAVOS, Switzerland: Attacks on power plants, telecommunications and financial systems, even turning all of Los Angeles’ traffic lights green: Davos elites were warned on Saturday (Jan 24) of the terrifying possibilities of modern cyber terrorism. Eugene Kaspersky, who heads the Kaspersky Lab security group, said the possibilities of...
