Section: New Straits Times (Malaysia)
Hisham leaves for Kiev to negotiate for safe access
KUALA LUMPUR: Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein left for Kiev yesterday to push through investigations into the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Hishammuddin off to Ukraine tonight
KUALA LUMPUR: Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein is scheduled to leave for Kiev, Ukraine tonight to ensure the safety of Malaysia’s security forces when entering the crash site of Malaysia Airlines (MAS) Flight MH17. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Cold season may hamper investigations at crash site
KUANTAN: Investigations at the Malaysia Airlines flight (MAS) MH17 crash site in eastern Ukraine must be done fast as the cold season to envelope the region soon could make the process difficult. …read more Source: New Straits...
Prolonged shelling heard near Donetsk airport, near Eastern Ukraine
DONETSK: A Reuters witness heard prolonged shelling in an area north of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine’s largest city, and saw plumes of black smoke filling the sky today morning, in a further test for a ceasefire that is barely 40 hours old. …read more Source: New Straits...
Russia to react if new EU sanctions imposed
MOSCOW: Russia warned that it would react if the European Union imposed tougher economic sanctions against it over the situation in Ukraine. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Malaysia will send search team to crash site
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia aims to send a search team to the crash site in Ukraine of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 before winter sets in to gather physical evidence to prove that it was shot down, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said today. …read more Source: New Straits...
EU could delay sanctions on Russia
BRUSSELS: The European Union was set to agree on new economic sanctions against Russia today but could suspend them if Moscow withdraws its troops from Ukraine and observes a ceasefire, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said. …read more Source: New Straits...
Rebels reaffirm plan to split from Ukraine
MINSK: Pro-Russia rebels today said they had agreed a ceasefire with the Ukrainian government but stressed they still wanted to split from the ex-Soviet country. …read more Source: New Straits...
Ukraine's president confirms signing of ceasefire deal
KIEV: Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko confirmed on his Twitter account that envoys meeting in Minsk to end fighting between Kiev’s forces and pro-Russian separatists had signed a ceasefire agreement that would come into effect later today. …read more Source: New Straits...
Ukraine ceasefire talks start in Minsk: official
MINSK: Ukraine, Russia and pro-Russian insurgents opened ceasefire talks in Minsk today in an attempt to stop nearly five months of war that have plunged Russian-Western relations into crisis. …read more Source: New Straits...
