Section: The Jakarta Post (Indonesia)
Australia vows help to secure Ukraine crash site
Australia’s foreign minister said Thursday that her country stood ready to provide whatever resources were needed to secure the Malaysian airliner’s crash site in Ukraine, as newspapers reported Australian troops and police could soon be sent.Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said she was traveling with her Dutch counterpart Frans...
FAA lifts ban on US flights to Tel Aviv airport
The Federal Aviation Administration lifted its ban on U.S. flights in and out of Israel, which the agency had imposed out of concern for the risk of planes being hit by Hamas rockets.The decision was effective at 11:45 p.m. EDT on Wednesday.”Before making this decision, the FAA worked with its U.S. government counterparts to assess the...
Oil drifts down despite China manufacturing bounce
The price of oil fell Thursday, giving back part of its sizeable jump the day before, despite improvement in Chinese manufacturing.Benchmark U.S. crude for September delivery was down 16 cents at $102.96 a barrel at 0650 GMT in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.The contract gained delivery gained 73 cents to $103.12 on...
Malaysia jet victims’ bodies arrive in Netherlands
Two military transport planes carrying 40 coffins bearing victims of the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 landed Wednesday in the southern city of Eindhoven, and pro-Russian rebels shot down two fighter jets in Ukraine’s restive east as fighting flared in the region.Six days after the Boeing 777 was shot down over the battlefields of...
Obama seeks to ease Germany’s concerns on spying
President Barack Obama sought to allay German concerns Tuesday over allegations of espionage, pledging to work to improve cooperation during his first conversation with Germany’s leader since two Germans were revealed to have spied on their country for the United States.Seeking to play down the growing rift, the White House said only that...
