Section: Malaysia
Malaysia, Australia urge UNSC to support MH17 tribunal
PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia, Australia, Belgium, Netherlands and Ukraine call upon members of the United Nations Security Council to support the establishment of an international criminal tribunal as a mean to seek justice for the victims of downed Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight MH17. …read more Source: New Straits...
Ukrainian pilot held in Russia faces 25 years in jail
MOSCOW: Russian investigators said Monday that a Ukrainian pilot controversially detained in Moscow faces up to 25 years in prison for her alleged involvement in the killing of two Russian journalists. Nadezhda Savchenko, Ukraine’s first female military pilot, has been accused of abetting the deaths of Russian journalists Igor Kornelyuk and...
Australia urges support UN tribunal plan for MH17
SYDNEY: Australia urged the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday to support the establishment of an international tribunal to prosecute those suspected of downing Malaysia Airlines jet MH17 in eastern Ukraine last year. Malaysia, part of the 15-member council until 2016, distributed a draft resolution on the tribunal last week, which it...
U.S. considers training Ukrainian army troops – general
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. officials are considering expanding the American military training mission in Ukraine to include army and special operations troops, likely focusing on issues like tactics and combat medicine, a top U.S. Army general said on Monday. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine's Poroshenko says 'illegal groups' must disarm after standoff
KIEV (Reuters) – President Petro Poroshenko ordered Ukraine’s security services and police on Monday to disarm “illegal groups”, saying they threatened to further destabilise a country fighting separatists in its east. …read more Source: The...
Poroshenko faces new security crisis in western Ukraine
KIEV: President Petro Poroshenko confronted a fresh crisis Monday as a deadly standoff continued between interior ministry units and armed Ukrainian ultra-nationalists in a western enclave near Hungary. The EU-backed leader planned to convene his “military cabinet” of top generals Monday to try and diffuse tensions between two forces...
Far right group challenges Ukrainian government after shootout
A Ukrainian far right group demanded the resignation of the interior minister and said it would block roads around Kiev on Sunday in a standoff over a fatal gun battle that challenges the authority of the government. Kiev has called on Right Sector, which played a prominent role in protests that toppled Moscow-backed President Viktor…...
Far right group challenges Ukraine government after shootout
KIEV (Reuters) – A Ukrainian far right group demanded the resignation of the interior minister and said it would block roads around Kiev on Sunday in a standoff over a fatal gun battle that challenges the authority of the government. …read more Source: The...
As first anniversary looms, MH17 families demand justice
SEPANG: Families of those killed when Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine last year demanded justice Saturday at an emotional memorial ceremony ahead of the first anniversary of the disaster. The sombre memorial service at Kuala Lumpur International Airport was attended by Prime Minister Najib Razak, and relatives of those...
India, Pakistan to join China, Russia in security group
India and Pakistan began accession to a regional security group led by China and Russia on Friday after two days of summits which President Vladimir Putin held up as evidence Moscow is not isolated in the world. The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, meeting in the Russian city of Ufa a day after the BRICS emerging economies held a summit there,...
