Section: New Straits Times (Malaysia)
Europe: Equities edge up
LONDON: Europe’s stock markets edged higher yesterday in subdued deals, as traders eyed the prospect of more European Union (EU) sanctions on Russia over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: New Straits...
Hits highest in a week
LONDON: Gold hit its highest in a week yesterday as violence flared in the Middle East and Ukraine, but gains were capped by uncertainty ahead of a United States Federal Reserve policy meeting and important US data later this week. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Pray for PM’s well-being in handling crisis
SEMPORNA: Regional and Rural Development Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal wants the people to pray for Prime Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Najib Razak’s well-being in handling the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 incident in Ukraine. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Dutch police receive 150 crash images, videos
THE HAGUE: Witnesses have uploaded 150 photos and videos to a Dutch police server set up to help piece together the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over east Ukraine, a spokeswoman said. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: EU to impose new Russia sanctions as fighting blocks probe
SHAKHTARSK, Ukraine: The EU is set to approve punishing sanctions against Russia Tuesday over its role in the Ukraine crisis, after Kiev seized control of part of the MH17 crash site in fighting that blocked an international effort to recover victims’ remains. …read more Source: New Straits...
Ukraine claims more territory as fight intensifies with rebels
KIEV: Ukraine said today its troops had wrested more territory from pro-Russian rebels, advancing towards the site where Malaysian flight MH17 was brought down, which international investigators said they could not reach because of the fighting. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Ukraine says recorders show “massive compressive decompression” brought down airliner
KIEV: Analysis of the black box flight recorders from a downed Malaysian airliner show it was destroyed by shrapnel coming from a rocket blast and went down because of “massive explosive decompression“, a Ukrainian security official said today. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Ukraine says recorders show “massive compressive decompression” brought down airliner
KIEV: Analysis of the black box flight recorders from a downed Malaysian airliner show it was destroyed by shrapnel coming from a rocket blast and went down because of “massive explosive decompression“, a Ukrainian security official said today. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Downing of flight may amount to “war crime” – UN
KUALA LUMPUR: The downing of the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 aircraft in eastern Ukraine “may amount to a war crime“, said United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay. …read more Source: New Straits...
Emirates airline says will not fly over Iraq after MH17 tragedy
LONDON: Emirates will stop flying over Iraq due to concerns over jihadist missile attacks following the MH17 air disaster in Ukraine, the airline’s president Tim Clark told The Times today. …read more Source: New Straits...
