Section: New Straits Times (Malaysia)
MH17: Hope metal shards will lead to missile that hit plane: Dutch
ROTTERDAM: Investigators trying to find out who shot down Malaysia Airlines MH17 over eastern Ukraine have recovered 25 pieces of metal from baggage and bodies, which could lead them to the missile believed to have torn apart the airliner. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: To find culprit, need to find out where missile was launched
ROTTERDAM: Dutch prosecutors said today they need to know where a missile that may have shot down flight MH17 was fired from in eastern Ukraine before criminal charges could be laid. …read more Source: New Straits...
New EU sanctions against Russia take effect
BRUSSELS: New European Union sanctions targeting Russia came into force today, despite the threat of retaliation from Moscow which said the measures could hurt peace moves in Ukraine. …read more Source: New Straits...
EU to implement Russia sanctions on Friday
BRUSSELS: EU member states have agreed to bring a new round of sanctions into effect against Russia on Friday, diplomatic sources said, after sharp disagreements on how to react to a ceasefire in Ukraine. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Winter snowfall to complicate probe, says Zahid
PUTRAJAYA: The tripartite disaster investigation (DIV) team in Ukraine has some 45 days to enter the MH17 crash site in Donetsk before winter snowfall compounds the on-going probe. …read more Source: New Straits...
Poroshenko says most Russian troops have left Ukraine
KIEV: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said today that Russia had withdrawn most of the troops it allegedly sent across the border to back a bloody pro-Kremlin uprising. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Hishammuddin in Russia to discuss crash probe
MOSCOW: Malaysia’s defence minister said today he has arrived in Moscow for talks over a probe into the crash of flight MH17 in Ukraine, which killed 298 people. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Different versions of the shot-down flight
THE HAGUE: Conflicting claims surround the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, which was downed in rebel-held east Ukraine on July 17 en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, killing all 298 people aboard. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: No body, no end to grieving for family
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands: Seven weeks after MH 17 was blown out of the sky above Ukraine, Bryce Fredriksz and Daisy Oehlers’ bedroom is still a mess. …read more Source: New Straits...
Poroshenko says Ukraine ‘frees’ 1,200 people captured by rebels
KIEV: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Monday that Kiev had managed to “free” 1,200 people taken captive by pro-Russian rebels during their five-month separatist uprising. …read more Source: New Straits...
