Section: theSun (Malaysia)
Ukraine pilot plans hunger strike over Russia trial delay
DONETSK, Russia: Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko, who is on trial over the killing of two Russian journalists in war-torn Ukraine, said Thursday she was going on hunger strike and would refuse both food and water. Savchenko announced the move in court, saying it was in protest at a decision to adjourn the proceedings until next week, her lawyers...
Britain’s security at risk outside EU: Cameron
LONDON: Prime Minister David Cameron warned Monday that a vote to leave the EU would risk Britain’s economic and national security, as uncertainty over the outcome of the June referendum sent the pound plunging. In a speech to the House of Commons, the Conservative leader launched a barely-veiled attack on London mayor Boris Johnson, his...
Ukraine vows to fight Russian US$3b debt claim in London court
KIEV: Kiev vowed on Thursday to fight Russia’s demand for the full repayment of a US$3 billion (RM12.53 billion) loan it issued to Ukraine in 2013 under ousted Moscow-backed president Viktor Yanukovych. Russia on Wednesday filed a lawsuit with the High Court in London after the two sides failed to reach a private settlement over the debt....
Obama under fire for lack of leadership over Syria
WASHINGTON: The United States is coming under increasingly bitter criticism for its perceived lack of leadership over Syria as the country’s brutal civil conflict heads toward new levels of intensity. Washington appears unable or unwilling to prevent its ally Turkey from bombing Kurdish fighters inside Syria, its critics say. And it has...
Libyans intercept suspected fuel-smuggling ship
TRIPOLI: The Libyan coastguard on Saturday intercepted a ship with a 12-man foreign crew that it said was smuggling diesel and escorted it to the marine base in Tripoli. “The coastguard was conducting a reconnaissance mission when it intercepted the tanker carrying about 1.66 million litres of diesel,” coastguard official Abu Ajila...
Pope in Mexico after historic talks with Russian patriarch
MEXICO CITY: Mexico greeted Pope Francis on Friday with mariachi music and thousands of Catholic faithful lining the streets after the pontiff held historic talks with the head of the Russian Orthodox Church in Cuba. President Enrique Pena Nieto welcomed Francis at the airport while a mariachi band played before he climbed the popemobile to wave...
Pentagon chief seeks more help in anti-IS fight
BRUSSELS: Pentagon chief Ashton Carter and dozens of defence ministers from the US-led coalition striking Islamic State jihadists meet in Brussels on Thursday to take stock of the difficult campaign. More than 18 months after the United States and the quickly assembled alliance began bombing IS targets, Carter hopes renewed alarm over IS attacks...
5 Czech skiers killed in Austrian Alps avalanche
VIENNA: Five skiers from the Czech Republic were killed Saturday in an avalanche in the Austrian Alps that also engulfed 17 other people, police said. Two of the skiers were injured, but not critically, they added. The five fatalities, men and women, belonged to two groups of off-piste skiers in a valley south of Innsbruck in western Austria....
Pentagon chief unveils extra funds to bomb IS, counter Russia
WASHINGTON: US forces have fired so many smart bombs at Islamic State targets that stocks of the sophisticated weapons are dwindling, Defence Secretary Ashton Carter said Tuesday as he previewed the Pentagon’s enormous budget. American drones and warplanes are at the forefront of an 18-month-old coalition effort to fight the IS group in...
Putin is ‘picture of corruption’: US Treasury official
LONDON: A senior US Treasury official has directly accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of corruption, in a BBC programme that aired Monday. The US government imposed sanctions against a number of Kremlin insiders in 2014 after Russia’s annexation of Crimea in Ukraine, but did not accuse Putin of direct involvement in corruption....
