Section: Africa&ME
Israeli-made air-to-air missile may have downed MH17
Evidence of damage to the MH 17 that crashed in the Ukraine in July last year points to a missile that could possibly be an Israeli Python …read more Source: World...
Britain joins call for MH17 tribunal as relatives mourn dead
All 298 passengers and crew died on July 17 last year when the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777, on a flight between Amsterdam and Kuala Lumpur, was shot down over rebel-held east Ukraine. …read more Source: Gulf...
Australia ‘sickened’ at MH17 footage of rebels rummaging through luggage of dead passengers
Australia said Friday it was “sickened” after new footage emerged purportedly of Russian-backed rebels rummaging through the luggage of passengers killed after Flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine, as a ceremony marked the disaster’s one-year anniversary. …read more Source: The Sunday...
Jewish refugees in Ukraine to be housed in Fiddler on the Roof village
Planned community to house between 300-500 Jews displaced by pro-Russian insurgency in Eastern… …read more Source:...
The Real Promise of the US-Iran Agreement
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool) Iran and the P5+1 powers have signed a potentially historic agreement to limit Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for the removal of economic sanctions. The accord is a victory for all who favor patient, sometimes frustrating diplomacy over those who favor...
Calls grow to prosecute those who shot down MH17
UK foreign secretary calls for UN-backed tribunal as services are held to remember 298 killed in Ukraine a year ago. …read more Source: AL...
Ukraine passes draft law on autonomy
Ukraine’s parliament approved a draft law Thursday to grant two separatist regions greater autonomy, a step toward meeting the demands of a cease-fire agreement for the pro-Russian self-styled people’s republics. …read more Source: The Daily...
Middle East airlines learn lessons about dangerous skies after MH17
BEIRUT // One year after flight MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine, airlines have begun taking the dangers of war more seriously, and skies over the troubled Middle East have changed dramatically.Now, maps of the region on air traffic tracking sites show the usual heavy stream of aircraft, but only a handful dare to traverse the airspace...
Ukraine passes draft bill on autonomy
KIEV: Ukraine’s parliament took the first step on Thursday towards granting temporary self-rule to pro-Russian rebels under a change to the constitution the West hopes can end one of Europe’s deadliest wars in recent years. The divisive issue came to the floor on the day lawmakers also vote on belt-tightening measures needed for the...
Russia, US agree fishing ban in Arctic
OSLO: The United States, Russia and other Arctic nations signed an agreement on Thursday to bar their fishing fleets from fast-thawing seas around the North Pole, an agreement delayed more than a year by tensions over Ukraine. The accord, also signed in Oslo by the ambassadors of Canada, Norway and Denmark, is a response to global warming, which...
