Section: United Arab Emirates
Bodies found in Indonesian waters where plane disappeared
AP PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia — Bloated bodies and debris seen floating in Indonesian waters Tuesday painfully ended the mystery of AirAsia Flight 8501, which crashed into the Java Sea with 162 people aboard and took more than two days to find, despite a massive international search. The low-cost carrier vanished Sunday halfway through a two-hour...
Debris spotted off Indonesia coast, possible link to AirAsia
AP SURABAYA, Indonesia— Several pieces of debris seen floating in the sea off Borneo island might be linked to the missing AirAsia jetliner, an Indonesia National Search and Rescue spokesman said Tuesday. Yusuf Latif said an Indonesian military aircraft saw white, red and black objects, including what appears to be a life jacket, off the coast,...
Missing flight is 3rd Malaysia-linked incident
AP JAKARTA, Indonesia — An AirAsia flight with 162 people aboard disappeared Saturday on the way from Indonesia to Singapore. It’s a third air incident this year involving Malaysia, where budget carrier AirAsia in based. Here’s a look at the two other disasters and the latest missing flight. ___ MH370 The disappearance of Malaysia...
Poroshenko hails Ukraine ‘warriors’ freed by rebels
KIEV: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Saturday welcomed home as heroes 145 soldiers freed by pro-Russian rebels during the largest prisoner swap of the eight-month separatist war. The Western-backed leader, beaming and wearing a black bomber jacket, walked up to the back cargo bay of a military transport plane that landed at a military...
Ukraine and pro-Russia rebels swap hundreds of prisoners
Prisoner exchange is part of 12-point peace plan …read more Source: Gulf...
Ukraine, pro-Russia rebels swap war prisoners
Ukrainian authorities and pro-Russia rebels exchanged nearly 370 prisoners Friday, a major step toward easing hostilities in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Khaleej...
Ukraine suspends trains to Crimea, citing security concerns
Cargo trains would be suspended from Friday, while passenger routes would gradually cease running over the weekend and on Monday. …read more Source: Khaleej...
Ukraine, rebels try to revive peace talks
KIEV: Ukrainian and pro-Russian rebel leaders tried on Friday to revive peace talks that stalled after just one round due to stark difference over how to end the eight-month separatist war. A tense meeting mediated by European and Russian envoys in the Belarussian capital Minsk on Wednesday was due to have been followed by a final one on Friday...
Ukraine s vote on non-alignment is hasty
Friday, Dec 26, 2014 Parliamentarians in Ukraine took an unprecedented vote in Kiev on Tuesday to drop the nation’s non-aligned status. It was a brave step considering that the nation has been wrenched apart by a schism echoing its long-standing… …read more Source:...
Witness points finger at Ukraine for MH17 crash
Polygraph test showed no evidence of the witness lying …read more Source: Gulf...
