Section: New Straits Times (Malaysia)
Armed man takes ‘around 20’ hostages on bus in Ukraine
KIEV: An armed man carrying explosives has taken around 20 passengers hostage on a bus in the western Ukrainian city of Lutsk, police said Tuesday. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd …read more Source:: New Straits...
Iran says it has sent Ukraine airliner black boxes to France
TEHRAN: Iran has sent to France the black boxes of a Ukrainian passenger plane its forces mistakenly shot down in January, a foreign ministry official said in a media report Saturday. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd …read more Source:: New Straits...
Netherlands takes Russia to court over MH17 downing
THE HAGUE: The Netherlands said on Friday it will take Russia to the European Court of Human Rights for its role in bringing down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine, killing nearly 300 people. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd …read more Source:: New Straits...
Pups on a plane: 500 puppies, 38 dead, found on Ukraine airliner
MONTREAL: Canada has launched an investigation after some 500 puppies – 38 of them dead – were found on board a Ukraine International Airlines plane at the Toronto airport, officials said on Saturday. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd …read more Source:: New Straits...
MH17 trial suspended until June 8 to give defence more time to prepare
THE HAGUE: The trial of four men accused of murder over the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in Ukraine in 2014 will be adjourned until June 8 to give defence lawyers more time to prepare, judges at the hearing in the Netherlands ruled on Monday. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd …read more Source:: New Straits...
Criminal proceedings start against four charged with downing of MH17
AMSTERDAM: Nearly six years after Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot out of the sky over eastern Ukraine, criminal proceedings started in a Dutch court today against four men, the culmination of a painstaking multi-nation criminal investigation. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd …read more Source:: New Straits...
Dutch MH17 trial to start without Russian, Ukrainian suspects
AMSTERDAM: Four fugitive suspects go on trial in the Netherlands on Monday charged with the murder of 298 passengers and crew aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 which was shot down with a Russian-made missile over eastern Ukraine in July 2014. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd …read more Source:: New Straits...
First coronavirus case confirmed in Ukraine
KIEV: Ukraine’s health ministry confirmed the country’s first case of the coronavirus in the western city of Chernivtsi. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd …read more Source:: New Straits...
Thai government defends purchase of Ukraine tanks
BANGKOK: The government has defended its recent move to purchase tanks worth US$221 million from Ukraine. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd …read more Source:: New Straits...
Covid-19 evacuees endure hostile reception in Ukraine
KIEV: Julia Volok says some of her fellow passengers expected a warm welcome on their arrival in Ukraine after finally being evacuated from the epicentre of the Covid-19 coronavirus epidemic in China’s Hubei province this week. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd …read more Source:: New Straits...
