Section: South Africa
US: Russia has fired rockets into Ukraine
The US has released satellite images it says backs up its claims that rockets have been fired from Russia into eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Chance of visiting MH17 site not good
The chances of Dutch and Australian police reaching the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 are not good, and the effort could take days, an official says. …read more Source:...
Downing of MH17 ‘may amount to a war crime’ – UN
The downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 “may amount to a war crime”, the UN says, adding that fighting in east Ukraine has claimed over 1 100 lives. …read more Source:...
East Ukraine’s Soviet-style economy shrinks
Fierce fighting and rebel requisitioning have stopped work at many of the coal mines in and around the strongholds of Donetsk and Luhansk. …read more Source:...
MH17 armed mission ‘unrealistic’ – Netherlands
The Netherlands has scrapped plans to send an international armed mission to secure the crash site of Malaysian flight MH17, fearing a deployment risked being dragged into the conflict in east Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Russia says 40 shells hit Russian territory
A Russian security official said up to 40 shells fired by Ukrainian forces have fallen on the Russian province of Rostov. …read more Source:...
MH17 victim’s father dies of ‘broken heart’
Downed flight MH17 has claimed another victim in a 93-year-old man who succumbed to the “indescribable grief” of losing his daughter, son-in-law and two grandchildren in the crash. …read more Source:...
Pope Francis makes plea for peace
Pope Francis has made an emotional plea for peace in an impromptu addition to comments delivered at his weekly Angelus address in Saint Peter’s Square. …read more Source:...
Call for stronger rules on flight paths
The commercial director of Malaysia Airlines has called for a complete overhaul of the way flight paths are deemed safe following the downing of flight MH17. …read more Source:...
Experts scrap MH17 site visit over security
Dutch and Australian police who were planning to head to the crash site of Malaysian flight MH17 have had to scrap their trip over security concerns, an OSCE spokesperson says. …read more Source:...
