Section: New Straits Times (Malaysia)
MH17: Putin gives assurance to Aussie foreign minister
MELBOURNE: Australia’s Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Asia-Europe economic summit in Italy about the downing of Malaysia Airlines’ Flight MH17 in July in eastern Ukraine, the Australian Associated Press reports. …read more Source: New Straits...
Putin takes centre stage at Asia-Europe summit
MILAN: Vladimir Putin will take centre stage at an Asia-Europe (ASEM) summit that opens today in Milan, where the Russian leader due to hold face-to-face talks with Ukraine counterpart Petro Poroshenko. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Dutch return to crash site as search resumes
THE HAGUE: Dutch officials Monday returned to the crash site of flight MH17 in Ukraine, where the search for remains and belongings resumed with the recovery of items from cuddly toys to photos, despite sporadic exchanges of fire. …read more Source: New Straits...
Putin orders troop pullback from Ukraine border: Kremlin
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his defence minister to pull thousands of troops from the border with Ukraine, the Kremlin said ahead of key talks on a fragile truce in the ex-Soviet country. …read more Source: New Straits...
Rebel commander wages fight to the death for east Ukraine airport
DONETSK, Ukraine: From an empty flat overlooking the shattered remains of eastern Ukraine’s biggest airport, Givi is leading an all-out assault against the last government outpost in the main pro-Russian stronghold. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Netherlands says 10 more passengers identified
THE HAGUE: Medical experts have now identified 272 of the 298 people aboard the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 shot down in Ukraine in July, the Dutch justice ministry said today. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: 43rd Malaysian victim identified as Shaliza Zaini Dewa
KUALA LUMPUR: The remains of another Malaysian citizen who perished in the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 tragedy in Ukraine on July 17, have been identified. …read more Source: New Straits...
Families of MH17 victims to seek damages from Dutch state
AMSTERDAM: Dutch relatives of victims of Malaysia Airlines MH17, downed over Ukraine in July, will hold the Dutch government liable for damages for its handling of the aftermath of the crash, a lawyer representing families said today. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17 victim found with oxygen mask
THE HAGUE: One of the people on the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 shot down in Ukraine in July was found wearing an oxygen mask, the Dutch foreign minister and prosecutors said, raising the possibility that some passengers might have known their plane was doomed. …read more Source: New Straits...
Ukraine seeks help as clashes kill 12 despite truce
KIEV: Ukraine appealed to Western powers for support as its truce with pro-Russian rebels seemed increasingly in tatters with 12 deaths reported today in the separatist east. …read more Source: New Straits...
