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IMF lowers global growth forecast
The International Monetary Fund warned yesterday that geopolitical risks in Ukraine and the Middle East are looming over a global economy already hit by slowdowns in the US and China. …read more Source: Gulf...
Ukraine PM resigns amid parliamentary turmoil
Arseniy Yatsenyuk resigns in protest at the disbanding of the ruling coalition ahead of early parliamentary polls. …read more Source: AL...
Even as Europe dithers, Putin loses control of the narrative
Russian president Vladimir Putin appears to have gambled and lost in supporting Ukraine’s separatists, but Alan Philps asks if the effect on his reputation will last long? …read more Source: The...
Fighting continues near Ukraine crash site
Crash investigators unable to get to site after two warplanes were shot down just 45km from the scene. …read more Source: AL...
UAE’s DVI team joins INTERPOL’s Incident Response Team on identifying victims of Malaysian airline
Abu Dhabi, 23rd July 2014 (WAM) — A U.A.E. team of Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) specialists left today to Ukraine on request from the INTERPOL to join DVI process following the crash of Malaysia Airline’s flight MH 17. …read more Source:...
Black boxes delivered to UK investigators
LONDON — The black boxes from the doomed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 that crashed in eastern Ukraine have arrived in Britain for expert analysis, the government said on Wednesday. The recorders have been delivered to the Air Accidents Investigation Branch headquarters in Farnborough, southwest of London. ...
First bodies from MH 17 crash arrive in grieving Netherlands
The first bodies from flight MH17 arrived in the Netherlands yesterday almost a week after it was shot down over Ukraine… …read more Source: Gulf...
Netherlands need time to mourn before talk of World Cup 2018 in Russia
While country comes to grips with tragedy of the Malaysian Airlines MH17, the Netherlands football association says it it too early to make call on World Cup 2018 and Shakhtar Donetsk pull out of eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine says Russian missiles shot down jets
Two Su-25 jets destroyed in eastern Ukraine were hit by missiles fired from Russian territory, Kiev authorities say. …read more Source: AL...
Rebels ‘shoot down two Ukrainian attack jets’
To military spokesman say Sukhoi Su-25 jets shot down by rebels, but reports conflict on attack site and fate of pilots. …read more Source: AL...
