Section: Malaysia
Malaysia wants a tribunal for MH17 crash
UNITED NATIONS: Malaysia told the UN Security Council on that it plans to submit a resolution soon that would establish an international tribunal to prosecute those responsible for shooting down a Malaysia Airlines plane (MH17) over Ukraine last year. …read more Source: New Straits...
Milan sign Brazil hotshot Luiz Adriano
MILAN: Brazilian striker Luiz Adriano’s goalscoring exploits for Ukrainian side Shakhtar Donetsk in last season’s Champions League earned him a move to Italian giants AC Milan on Thursday, the buying club announced on its website. …read more Source: New Straits...
M’sia tells UN Security Council of push for MH17 tribunal
UNITED NATIONS: Malaysia told the United Nations Security Council on Thursday it plans to push for a UN-backed tribunal to prosecute those suspected of downing a passenger airliner last year in eastern Ukraine, though Russia described the move as premature, diplomats said. Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down in July last year with 298...
MH17: Russia dissatisfied with Dutch Safety Board report
MOSCOW: A Russian aviation official says a draft Dutch report into last year’s crash of Malaysian Airlines flight 17 in eastern Ukraine “raises more questions than it gives answers.” …read more Source: New Straits...
Russia fumes at expulsion of TV reporter from Ukraine
KIEV: A new public-relations war raged Thursday between Moscow and Kiev after Ukraine deported a reporter with Russia’s Channel One television for allegedly running “destructive” stories about the crisis-torn ex-Soviet state. Ukraine’s State Security Service (SBU) said it had expelled Alexandra Cherepnina for basing one of...
Russia says new U.S. military strategy is confrontational
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia said on Thursday a new U.S. military strategy was confrontational and would not help improve relations with Moscow, strained by the crisis in Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine, creditors say aim to reach deal 'as soon as possible' – statement
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s Finance Ministry and its creditors said on Wednesday restructuring talks in Washington had been productive, leading to an agreement to continue negotiations under confidential terms, in an effort to reach a deal as soon as possible. …read more Source: The...
Two MH17 victims’ remains ‘unlikely’ to be found: Dutch minister
The wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 on July 19, 2014, two days after it crashed in a sunflower field near the village of Rassipnoe, in rebel-held eastern Ukraine -© AFP/File THE HAGUE: Chances of finding human remains of the last two victims of last year’s MH17 air crash in Ukraine were “unlikely”, Dutch Justice Minister Ard van...
Two MH17 victims’ remains ‘unlikely’ to be found: Dutch minister
THE HAGUE: Chances of finding human remains of the last two victims of last year’s MH17 air crash in Ukraine were “unlikely”, Dutch Justice Minister Ard van der Steur said Tuesday. International investigators have so far matched identities with the remains of 296 of the 298 victims on board the Malaysia Airlines flight. The jetliner was...
Dutch confident MH17 prosecution will succeed
ROTTERDAM: The Dutch prosecutor leading the investigation into the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine last year said on Tuesday he was confident of concluding his investigation successfully but was not yet ready to issue arrest warrants. The plane with 298 passengers on board, two-thirds of them Dutch, was shot down in July and...
