Section: Malaysia
MH17 lawyer tells Putin to ‘make amends’ over crash
SYDNEY: Russian President Vladimir Putin must “make amends” for those killed on a Malaysia Airlines jet shot down over Ukraine, the lawyer representing victims said Wednesday ahead of the third anniversary of the disaster. The jet was downed in conflict-torn eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014, killing all 298 people on board, including 38...
MH17 lawyer tells Putin to ‘make amends’ over crash
Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine in July 2014, killing all 298 people on board. AFP file photo SYDNEY: Russian President Vladimir Putin must “make amends” for those killed on a Malaysia Airlines jet shot down over Ukraine, the lawyer representing victims said Wednesday ahead of the third anniversary of the disaster. The...
3 tigers resettled in France after Lebanon rescue
AFP / by Maya Gebeily | One of three Siberian tigers to be resettled in France growls in a cage at a centre of the Animals Lebanon NGO on June 10, 2017, before they are flown to their new sanctuary -AFP photo EIRUT: Three Siberian tigers rescued in Lebanon from an attempt to smuggle them into war-ravaged Syria were being resettled to France on...
Berlin worries Trump's Russia problems hampering policy
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany welcomes signs the United States is engaging with Russia on Ukraine and Syria, but worries it will struggle to play a constructive role as long as its policy aims remain confused and the furore rages on over Moscow’s role in the U.S. election, a senior German official said. …read more Source: The...
OSCE member states, including Russia, reach deal to fill vacant posts
VIENNA (Reuters) – Members of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), which monitors the conflict in eastern Ukraine, overcame months of deadlock on Tuesday on filling top posts, its chairman said, praising Russia’s “constructive” role. …read more Source: The...
Russia calls EU-Ukraine pact an 'exemplary' breach of WTO rules
GENEVA (Reuters) – Russia has indicated a potential new legal salvo in its trade war with Ukraine and the European Union, telling the World Trade Organization that a trade deal between Kiev and Brussels breaks the rules by penalising Russia. …read more Source: The...
Russian aid centre in Serbia rebuffs spy fears
NIS, Serbia: Showing off tents, lifeboats and other rescue equipment at the Russian-Serbian Humanitarian Centre, co-director Viacheslav Vlasenko laughs at Western suspicions that his workplace is a front for a spy operation. “We are very open here,” the cordial 70-year-old Russian told AFP at the base in the strategically-located town...
Kremlin says power turbines in Crimea are made in Russia
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Monday that power turbines being installed in Crimea had been made in Russia using Russian components. …read more Source: The...
Siemens takes legal action over turbines in Crimea – source
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s Siemens has taken legal action to prevent the installation of its electricity turbines in Crimea, a region subject to EU sanctions for energy technology, a company source with knowledge of the situation told Reuters on Monday. …read more Source: The...
Kremlin – Possible NATO membership for Ukraine won't boost stability
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Monday that Ukraine’s potential membership of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) would not boost stability and security in Europe. …read more Source: The...
