Section: Africa&ME
Civilian deaths mount in eastern Ukraine
Children among 22 killed in eastern Horlivka town as troops try to encircle separatists in area where airliner crashed. …read more Source: AL...
MH17 downing may be war crime: UN
KIEV — The downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 "may amount to a war crime", the UN said Monday, adding that fighting in east Ukraine has claimed over 1,100 lives with both government and rebel forces using heavy weaponry in built-up areas. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay condemned the "horrendous...
Kiev wrests control of part of MH17 site
Ukraine’s army has seized control of part of the vast site where Malaysian airliner MH17 crashed, as the UN announced the downing of the plane could constitute a war crime. …read more Source:...
MH17 investigators turn back after ‘explosions’
Dutch and Australian forensic investigators on their way to the MH17 crash site have turned back after ‘explosions’ in the area, a government spokesperson says. …read more Source:...
Ukraine troops advance, investigators stymied
At least three civilians have been killed in overnight fighting in eastern Ukraine as government troops pressed ahead with their campaign against pro-Russian rebels. …read more Source:...
Ukraine: Black boxes show MH17 downed by rocket
Black boxes recovered from downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 show shrapnel from a rocket explosion caused the passenger jet to crash, a Ukrainian security official says. …read more Source:...
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:...
