Section: Malaysia
Russia submits alternative UN resolution on MH17
NEW YORK: Russia on Monday introduced an alternative draft resolution at the UN Security Council in a bid to thwart the creation of a tribunal that would prosecute those responsible for the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over rebel-held east Ukraine. The Netherlands, whose citizens made up the majority of the 298 people killed in the...
Russia makes rival U.N. move on MH17 probe after dismissing tribunal bid
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Russia is pushing for a greater U.N. role in an investigation into what caused the downing of a passenger plane in eastern Ukraine after dismissing a proposal by Malaysia, Australia, the Netherlands, Belgium and Ukraine for a U.N.-backed tribunal. …read more Source: The...
Daughter of ex-Russian PM, defying Kremlin, eyes top post in key Ukraine region
KIEV (Reuters) – The daughter of a former Russian prime minister on Monday defended her decision to assume a top post in a key Ukrainian region, describing Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea as amoral and denouncing “Soviet-style banditry”. …read more Source: The...
8,000 HIV patients at risk in Eastern Ukraine
VANCOUVER: Some 8,000 people with HIV in war-torn eastern Ukraine face a critical shortage of medicine and their supply will run out in mid-August unless a blockade is lifted, a UN AIDS envoy has warned. Speaking to AFP ahead of the International AIDS Society (IAS) conference, which opened Sunday, Michel Kazatchkine called on key nations to...
Three killed, hospital shelled in east Ukraine
DONETSK, (Ukraine): Two civilians and a soldier have been killed in the latest fighting in eastern Ukraine, pro-Russian rebels and the government said Sunday, with Kiev warning of a “deteriorating” situation in the rebel-held city of Donetsk. …read more Source: New Straits...
Three killed, hospital shelled in east Ukraine
DONETSK, Ukraine: Two civilians and a soldier have been killed in the latest fighting in eastern Ukraine, pro-Russian rebels and the government said Sunday, with Kiev warning of a “deteriorating” situation in the rebel-held city of Donetsk. A man was killed during shelling Saturday night in Donetsk and a female doctor was injured when...
Ukraine, rebels trade blame over shelling of central Donetsk
DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – The Ukrainian military and pro-Russian separatists accused each other on Sunday of shelling residential districts of separatist-held Donetsk overnight, the first attack on central parts of the city since a February ceasefire agreement. …read more Source: The...
Intensified shelling in east Ukraine kills four civilians, soldier
Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels accused each other yesterday of shelling residential areas despite a ceasefire, reporting four civilians and one soldier killed following a week of the deadliest fighting in over a month. Separatists said one man was killed by shelling from Ukrainian forces in central Donetsk. A Reuters witness reported...
Intensified shelling in east Ukraine kills four civilians, soldier
DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels accused each other on Saturday of shelling residential areas despite a ceasefire, reporting four civilians and one soldier killed following a week of the deadliest fighting in over a month. …read more Source: The...
Russia's Putin orders formation of new military reserve force
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the creation of a new reserve armed force as part of steps to improve training and military readiness at a time of international tensions with the West over Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
