Section: New Straits Times (Malaysia)
MH17: Ongoing clashes forces investigation team to postpone mission
KUALA LUMPUR: Ongoing clashes at the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash sites has forced the joint investigation team to postpone their mission and leave only a small team in Kiev, Ukraine in case there is an opportunity to enter the area. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Najib reveals negotiations with separatists to CNN’s Amanpour
KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Razak has spoken for the first time on the “unconventional” and “unprecedented” backdoor negotiations that led to the secure recovery of the black boxes and the remains of victims aboard the ill-fated MH17 aircraft, which crashed last July in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: New Straits...
Najib meets Ukraine PM on MH17 timeline
NEW YORK: Ukraine’s prime minister met Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak on Wednesday but gave no clear commitment when investigators of the crashed flight MH17 could re-enter eastern Ukraine before winter to continue their probe. …read more Source: New Straits...
Russia’s Putin and Japan’s Abe express interest in summit
TOKYO: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minster Shinzo Abe held telephone talks Sunday amid frictions over Ukraine, and reportedly expressed interest in holding a summit. …read more Source: New Straits...
Ukraine says it won’t pull back troops just yet
MOSCOW: A Ukrainian official says Kiev won’t pull back its troops until the previously agreed cease-fire is implemented. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Families of German victims to sue Ukraine
BERLIN: Survivors of German victims of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 downed over Ukraine plan to sue the country and its president for manslaughter by negligence in 298 cases, the lawyer representing them said on Sunday. …read more Source: New Straits...
PM to seek support for MH17 efforts
SUNGAI PETANI: PRIME Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s attendance at the 68th United Nations (UN) General Assembly is expected to boost the government’s momentum in seeking justice for the 298 victims of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 who perished when the jetliner went down over eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: New Straits...
Rival Ukraine forces ready pullback under new peace plan
KIEV: Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian militias were due Saturday to pull back their troops from a demilitarised zone created under a new peace plan agreed in marathon overnight talks. …read more Source: New Straits...
Anifah: We won’t rest until justice is done
NEW YORK: Malaysia will not rest until justice is done against the perpetrators responsible for the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 in Ukraine two months ago, Foreign Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Anifah Aman told the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) meeting, here, yesterday. …read more Source: New Straits...
BBC reporters ‘badly beaten’ in Russia
MOSCOW: A team of BBC journalists was assaulted in southern Russia while researching a story about soldiers “being killed at the Ukraine border,” the company said Thursday after lodging a protest with Russian authorities. …read more Source: New Straits...
