Section: New Straits Times (Malaysia)
MH17: Last victims may never be recovered, as Ukraine battles continue
KIEV: The remains of the last victims of flight MH17 may never be recovered from the Ukrainian battlefield where their plane was shot down four months ago, the Dutch foreign minister said Saturday, as fighting rumbled on in the east of the country. …read more Source: New Straits...
Five Ukrainian soldiers killed in fighting
KIEV: Five Ukrainian soldiers were killed in fighting with pro-Russian rebels over the past 24 hours, Ukraine’s military said today, as clashes threatened the total collapse of an ineffective ceasefire. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: PDRM to be in probe team at crash site
KUALA LUMPUR: The Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) will be part of the Malaysian team to carry out investigations at the Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight MH17 crash site in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: New Straits...
Controversial election: Ukraine separatists to vote
DONETSK: Separatists in eastern Ukraine voted today in controversial, Russian-backed leadership elections that Kiev and the West have refused to recognise and which threatened to deepen an international crisis over the conflict. …read more Source: New Straits...
FIFA sorry for Crimea video blunder
GENEVA: FIFA has apologised for an embarrassing diplomatic faux-pas when its video launching the 2018 World Cup logo portrayed the Crimean peninsula as part of Russia. …read more Source: New Straits...
EU will ‘play its role’ to support Ukraine-Russia gas deal: Hollande, Merkel
PARIS: The European Union will “fully play its role” to implement the gas deal signed by Ukraine and Russia on Thursday, the French and German presidents said in a joint statement. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: PM Najib vows to bring culprits to justice
DUBAI: Prime Minister Najib Razak on Tuesday vowed to bring to justice the perpetrators of the downing of Malaysia Airlines MH17, but said he feared fighting in Ukraine might block access to the crash site. …read more Source: New Straits...
IGP: 500kg of personal items retrieved
SEREMBAN: MORE than 500kg of personal items belonging to Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 victims have been collected from the crash site in Ukraine. …read more Source: New Straits...
Ukraine votes in poll likely to strengthen president’s hand
KIEV: Ukrainians voted today in an election that is likely to install a pro-Western parliament and strengthen President Petro Poroshenko’s mandate to end separatist conflict in the east, but may fuel tension with Russia. …read more Source: New Straits...
Four people killed in east Ukraine fighting
DONETSK, Ukraine: Two Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in combat with pro-Russian rebels in east Ukraine, Kiev’s military said Saturday, as violence rocked a truce after talks between Kiev and Moscow ended without a breakthrough. …read more Source: New Straits...
