Section: Malaysia
Ukraine points finger at Russia as families mark downing of MH17
HRABOVE, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukraine’s president accused Russia’s military on Friday of ordering the missile strike that brought down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 one year ago, as relatives gathered from the Netherlands to Australia to remember the 298 passengers and crew. …read more Source: The...
Ukrainian villagers gather at MH17 crash site on anniversary
Around 200 Ukrainian villagers gathered today on a field that was cleared of the scattered charred remains and personal belongings of 298 people killed aboard Flight MH17 one year ago. The locals – nearly all of them bused in by pro-Russian separatists who control parts of eastern Ukraine – waved flags of the self-proclaimed Donetsk...
Australia ‘sickened’ as new MH17 footage emerges
SYDNEY: Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop Friday said she was ‘sickened’ after new footage emerged allegedly of Russian-backed rebels ransacking the luggage of passengers killed after Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine. The video was obtained by Sydney’s Daily Telegraph and published on the one-year...
New footage emerges of direct aftermath of MH17 crash
New footage that emerged publicly on Thursday (July 16) appeared to show the direct aftermath of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 that was shot down over eastern Ukraine one year ago leaving all 298 passengers and crew dead. …read more Source: The...
MH17: Australia ‘sickened’ by new footage on anniversary
SYDNEY: Australia Friday said it was ‘sickened’ after new footage emerged allegedly of Russian-backed rebels ransacking the luggage of passengers killed after Flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine, as a ceremony marked the disaster’s one-year anniversary. The video was obtained by Sydney’s Daily Telegraph and published...
MH17 families sue Ukrainian rebel for USD900 million
Relatives of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 crash victims have filed a nearly USD900 million (RM3.4 billion) suit against a one-time leader of Ukrainian insurgents over the shooting down of the jet over the rebel-held east of the country last year. A writ filed in Chicago yesterday claimed that Igor Strelkov, a Russian also known as Igor Girkin,...
Britain calls for international tribunal in downing of MH17 victims
LONDON (Reuters) – British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond on Friday backed calls for an international tribunal to prosecute those suspected of shooting a Malaysian airline out of the sky over rebel-held eastern Ukraine a year ago. …read more Source: The...
A year after MH17 downed, families want justice
AMSTERDAM/HRABOVE, Ukraine (Reuters) – One by one, the names of the 298 passengers and crew who died aboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 will be read aloud by relatives on Friday, a year after the passenger jet was shot out of the sky over rebel-held eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Putin tells Dutch PM MH17 tribunal would be counterproductive: Kremlin
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday told Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte that establishing an international tribunal to prosecute those behind the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine would be counterproductive. “Vladimir Putin in detail explained the Russian position regarding the premature and...
Russia, U.S. agree fishing ban in Arctic as sea ice melts
OSLO (Reuters) – The United States, Russia and other Arctic nations signed an agreement deal on Thursday to bar their fishing fleets from fast-thawing seas around the North Pole, an agreement delayed more than a year by tensions over Ukraine.The accord, also signed in Oslo by the ambassadors of Canada, Norway and Denmark, is a response to...
