Finland completes first Nato exercise as alliance member

FINLAND today announced that it had completed its first Nato exercise as an alliance member, as German and Portuguese ships symbolically made port in Helsinki. Germany’s FGS Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Portugal’s frigate NRP Bartolomeu Dias will remain moored in Helsinki until Sunday, the Finnish Navy said.

South Korea top court orders Google to disclose shared privacy data

SOUTH Korea’s top court ruled today that Google must disclose details of any personal information of South Korean nationals that it had shared with third parties, sending the case back to a lower court. The ruling comes in response to a 2014 lawsuit filed by a group of activists against the global tech giant and […]

Malacca cops deny gang robbery charge

TWO police lance corporals were charged at Ayer Keroh Sessions Court in Malacca today with gang robbery of an Indonesian woman, early this month. T.S. Praveen, 31, and Muhammad Safri Idris, 31, pleaded not guilty after the charge against them was read before Judge Darmafikri Abu Adam.

Russia delivers fresh warning over grain deal

RUSSIA delivered a new warning to the West over a grain deal with Ukraine today, saying a number of conditions must be met for Moscow to extend it beyond May 18. Negotiated in July by Turkey and the United Nations, the agreement has given Ukrainian grain shipments a safe corridor in the Black Sea after […]