Section: Africa&ME
Experts will examine MH17 wreckage
Trucks carrying debris from Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 are en route to a Dutch air force base. ||| Amsterdam – Trucks carrying wreckage from Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 crossed into the Netherlands overnight where investigators waited to try to rebuild the airliner almost five months after it crashed. The Boeing 777 came down in...
Ukraine, Rebels Observe ‘Day of Silence’
The Ukrainian army and pro-Russian rebel forces are laying down their arms in an attempt to revive a September cease-fire. A spokesman confirmed the military has suspended hostilities as part of Tuesday’s so-called “Day of Silence.” Rebel leaders have also promised to abide by the truce. But it is not clear when the warring...
Ukraine’s military says suspends combat operations on ‘Day of Silence’
The Kiev military said separatist attacks had continued in the past 24 hours up to the start of the Day of Silence. …read more Source: World...
Trucks carrying MH17 wreckage arrive in the Netherlands
The Boeing 777 came down in eastern Ukraine on July 17, killing all 298 people on board, two-thirds of them Dutch. …read more Source: World...
Ukraine’s military says suspends combat operations on ‘Day of Silence’
Ukrainian government forces said they had suspended combat operations as a “Day of Silence” began in the war-torn east on Tuesday, marking an effectiv …read more Source: The New...
Ukraine’s military says suspends combat operations on ‘Day of Silence’
Ukrainian government forces said they had suspended combat operations as a “Day of Silence” began in the war-torn east on Tuesday, marking an effective ceasefire on the front line of the conflict with separatist rebels. In the city of Donetsk, the separatists main stronghold, a Reuters correspondent said firing was heard up to 9 am but later...
IMF Visits Ukraine for Bailout Talks
Officials from the International Monetary Fund are visiting Ukraine Tuesday for talks on its $17 billion aid program — a key step towards bringing more funds to the cash-strapped country. The visit… …read more Source:...
MH17 wreckage due in Netherlands today
KIEV: Wreckage from Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 will arrive from Ukraine at a Dutch air force base on Tuesday where the plane will be reconstructed as part of probe into the crash. The convoy of lorries carrying pieces of wreckage from Ukraine is due to arrive at the Gilze-Rijen airbase in the south of the country at around 2pm, the Dutch...
UN: $16.4 billion needed to aid most vulnerable
Britain’s Valerie Amos (R), United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, sitting next to United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR, Portugal’s Antonio Manuel de Oliveira Guterres (L) as they launch the Global Humanitarian Appeal 2015 to support people affected by disaster...
Russia Displays Air Defense Systems Amid Ukraine Tensions
MOSCOW—Russia displayed its mobile air defense missile systems in central Moscow on Monday, underlining its military might amid tensions with the West over Ukraine. President Vladimir Putin said last week that Russia would have enough resources and resolve to protect it from what he described as enemies seeking to dismember the country.Mounted on...
