Section: Free Malaysia Today (Malaysia)
Russia vetoes UN resolution on MH17 tribunal
NEW YORK: Russia vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution Wednesday that sought to set up a special tribunal to try those responsible for shooting down flight MH17 over Ukraine. Eleven of the 15 members of the Security Council voted in favor of the resolution, which had been drafted by Australia, Belgium, Malaysia, the Netherlands and...
Malaysia sends team to verify plane wreckage: Minister
NEW YORK: Malaysia has sent a team to verify whether plane debris washed up on an Indian Ocean island could be part of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, its transport minister said Wednesday. The washing up of the mysterious plane debris on the French island of La Reunion prompted swift speculation that it could be part of the missing...
Russia names US foundation first ‘undesirable’ foreign group
MOSCOW: Russian prosecutors Tuesday declared the US Congress-funded National Endowment for Democracy the first “undesirable” foreign group under a controversial new law to ban overseas organisations deemed a threat. The move is part of what critics say is a Kremlin drive against civil society, fuelled by growing anti-Western rhetoric over the...
UN to vote on MH17 tribunal; Russia says likely to block
NEW YORK: The United Nations Security Council is due to vote on Wednesday on a bid for an international tribunal to prosecute those suspected of downing a passenger airliner last year in Ukraine, but Russia said on Friday it was likely to block the move. Malaysia last month circulated a draft resolution to form the tribunal. Russia last week...
Russia considers limits on palm oil use in food production
MOSCOW: Russia is considering imposing limits on the use of palm oil in food production, Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich was quoted as saying by Russian news agencies on Wednesday. TASS news agency quoted Dvorkovich, who oversees the agriculture sector, as saying the government was yet to decide on what action to take. Proposals include...
Russia submits alternative UN resolution on MH17
NEW YORK: Russia on Monday introduced an alternative draft resolution at the UN Security Council in a bid to thwart the creation of a tribunal that would prosecute those responsible for the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over rebel-held east Ukraine. The Netherlands, whose citizens made up the majority of the 298 people killed in the...
Memorials for MH17 victims as calls grow for justice
NIEUWEGEIN: Relatives of those killed when flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine exactly a year ago joined emotional memorials on Friday as calls mounted for a UN-backed tribunal to prosecute those responsible for the tragedy. All 298 passengers and crew — the majority of them Dutch — died on July 17 last year when the Malaysia Airlines Boeing...
Ukraine points finger at Russia as families mark downing of MH17
KIEV: Ukraine’s president accused Russia’s military on Friday of ordering the missile strike that brought down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 one year ago, as relatives gathered from the Netherlands to Australia to remember the 298 passengers and crew. “MH17, where 298 victims were killed for no reason, was shot down by a Russian BUK...
US seeks justice at UN for MH17 victims
NEW YORK: The US envoy to the United Nations called Friday for responsible parties to be “brought to justice” for the downing of flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine one year ago. Samantha Power said that the United States “will not rest” until the victims’ relatives “obtain the justice and closure they seek and deserve.” All 298 people onboard...
MH17 families sue Ukrainian rebel for USD900 million
Relatives of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 crash victims have filed a nearly USD900 million (RM3.4 billion) suit against a one-time leader of Ukrainian insurgents over the shooting down of the jet over the rebel-held east of the country last year. A writ filed in Chicago yesterday claimed that Igor Strelkov, a Russian also known as Igor Girkin,...
