Section: New Straits Times (Malaysia)
MH17: 3 police officers to be based in Netherlands, Ukraine to follow up with investigations
SEPANG Three police officers would be based in the Netherlands and Ukraine to follow up with the investigation and meetings pertaining to the Malaysia Airlines (MAS) MH17 crash. …read more Source: New Straits...
‘US knows but it is not telling’
KUALA LUMPUR: The United States government “knows a lot more” than it is revealing about the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, which crashed in eastern Ukraine last month, said a former US Republican congressman. …read more Source: New Straits...
Brent rises above US$105
LONDON:Brent crude oil strengthened above US$105 a barrel yesterday as a political showdown in Iraq and a warning from NATO of a probable Russian invasion of eastern Ukraine underscored political risks. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Dutch will push ahead with inquiries
AMSTERDAM: Dutch officials said Monday they will push ahead with both an investigation into the cause of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 disaster and a criminal investigation into the persons responsible, despite not being able to access the site where the plane went down in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: First crash report ‘in weeks’: Dutch investigators
THE HAGUE: Dutch air crash investigators said Monday they expect to release an initial report into what brought down flight MH17 over Ukraine with the loss of 298 lives “in a few weeks.” …read more Source: New Straits...
KL shares close broadly higher
KUALA LUMPUR: Share prices on Bursa Malaysia closed broadly higher today in line with most regional markets on a technical rebound as the easing of tensions in Ukraine helped boost investors’ appetite. …read more Source: New Straits...
Further correction likely this week
THE local stock market saw a profit-taking correction last week, forcing the blue-chip benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) down to a near five-month low, sparked by escalating geopolitical tensions after the United States airstrikes in Iraq and concerns over growth due to expanding economic sanctions from the Ukraine-Russian conflict....
1 killed, 10 injured as fighting rages in Ukraine
DONETSK, Ukraine: Fighting is raging in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, one day after pro-Russian rebels there said they were ready to agree to a cease-fire in order to prevent a “humanitarian catastrophe.” …read more Source: New Straits...
Ukraine rebel leader asks for aid, cease-fire
DONETSK: Ukraine’s rebels are surrounded and ready to agree to a cease-fire to prevent a “humanitarian catastrophe,” the insurgents’ new leader said Saturday as conditions deteriorated in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk, artillery thundering through deserted streets. …read more Source: New Straits...
Govt waits for confirmation from Netherlands on identification of two bodies
DUNGUN: Not wanting to be hasty, the Malaysian Government is still waiting for confirmation from its counterpart in the Netherlands over the identification of bodies of two Malaysians who were on board Malaysia Airlines (MAS) Flight MH17 which went down in eastern Ukraine on July 17. …read more Source: New Straits...
