Section: New Straits Times (Malaysia)
MH17: Learning the Ukraine conflict
KUALA LUMPUR: As for most Malaysians the conflict in Ukraine was not their concern, at least until July 17 when Malaysia Airlines’ flight MH17 from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was shot down over Ukraine. …read more Source: New Straits...
Ukraine forces take another strategic city: Kiev
KIEV: Ukrainian troops have retaken the strategically-important city of Lysychansk in eastern Ukraine, as they press on with their offensive to stamp out a pro-Russian rebellion, President Petro Poroshenko said. …read more Source: New Straits...
Australia to sent 100 police, troops to Ukraine, says Tony Abbott
SYDNEY: Australia will send 100 additional police and some defence force personnel to Europe to join a planned Dutch-led international security force to secure the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 crash site, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said today. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Dutch sending police, want to secure crash site
THE HAGUE: The Netherlands is sending 40 unarmed police to the crash site of flight MH17 in rebel-held Ukraine and seeking means to “further stabilise the area“, Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Thursday. …read more Source: New Straits...
Russia military likely reluctant participations in Ukraine – US general
ASPEN, Colorado:Russia’s military is likely a reluctant participant in Ukraine’s conflict, the top U.S. military officer said on Thursday, adding that although he had not spoken to his Moscow counterpart in about two months he was keeping an open line of communication. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Parents head to Ukraine convinced daughter still alive
SYDNEY: The parents of an Australian victim of the MH17 disaster are clinging to hopes their daughter may still be alive, travelling to Ukraine to find her, reports said today. …read more Source: New Straits...
Russia firing artillery on Ukraine troops: US
WASHINGTON: The United States on Thursday said it had evidence Russian forces were firing artillery from inside Russia on Ukrainian troops, in what officials called a “clear escalation” of the conflict. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Obama, Rutte agree more sanction needed on Russia
WASHINGTON: U.S. President Barack Obama spoke by phone with Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Thursday and the White House said both agreed on the need to impose more sanctions on Russia for continuing to arm pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Black box data downloaded, no evidence of tampering
THE HAGUE: Dutch investigators into the shooting down over Ukraine of flight MH17 said Thursday they had downloaded data from the black box flight recorder and that it had not been tampered with. …read more Source: New Straits...
Ukraine’s PM resigns amid deadly rebellion complicating MH17 probe
DONETSK: Ukraine’s prime minister resigned Thursday after his governing coalition collapsed, plunging the former Soviet state into political limbo as it struggles to quell a deadly rebellion in the east. …read more Source: New Straits...
