Section: Malaysia
Dutch prosecutors probe ‘persons of interest’ in MH17 crash
All 298 passengers and crew on Flight MH17 died when the plane was shot down over rebel-held eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014 -© AFP/File ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS: Dutch prosecutors said Tuesday they have identified many “persons of interest” in their probe into the shooting down of flight MH17 over Ukraine, but no definite suspects. “We have a...
Dutch confident MH17 prosecution will eventually succeed
ROTTERDAM (Reuters) – The head of the team of Dutch prosecutors looking into the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine last year said on Tuesday he was “confident” of concluding his investigation successfully, but was not ready to bring charges. …read more Source: The...
Rights group doubts captured Russian soldier had quit army
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A soldiers’ rights group cast doubt on Monday on denials by military prosecutors in Moscow that a Russian serviceman was on active duty when captured fighting in Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Cautious Merkel on verge of biggest risk with ‘Grexit’
BERLIN: “If you break it, you own it,” former US Secretary of State Colin Powell warned President George W. Bush before his invasion of Iraq. Whether it will ever be fair to blame Angela Merkel for “breaking” Greece is debatable. But if the euro zone’s weakest link does default this week and is eventually forced out...
Ukraine debt envoy ratchets up payment suspension warning
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Ukraine could suspend its debt payments almost immediately if an important meeting with creditors on Tuesday ends in stalemate, the country’s chief debt envoy Vitaly Lisovenko said. …read more Source: The...
Armenia president suspends electricity price hike after protests
YEREVAN: Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian (pix) on Saturday suspended a controversial hike in electricity prices but the move failed to appease protesters who vowed to keep up with the largest anti-government demonstrations the ex-Soviet nation has seen in years. Thousands have taken to the streets of the capital Yerevan since June 19 to...
China says changing position on sea dispute would shame ancestors
BEIJING: Changing position on China’s claims over the South China Sea would shame its ancestors, while not facing up to infringements of Chinese sovereignty there would shame its children, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Saturday. China has become increasingly assertive in the South China Sea, building artificial islands in areas over...
Victims of the Tunisia beach slaughter
TUNIS: Thirty-eight people were killed and 39 wounded Friday in an attack on a tourist resort in Port el Kantaoui in eastern Tunisia that was claimed by the Islamic State group. The attack on the beach and pools of the Riu Imperial Marhaba Hotel near Sousse, 140 kilometres (90 miles) south of Tunis, was the bloodiest of its kind in recent...
China: Changing position on sea would shame ancestors
BEIJING: Changing position on China’s claims over the South China Sea would shame its ancestors, while not facing up to infringements of Chinese sovereignty there would shame its children, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said yesterday. China has become increasingly assertive in the South China Sea, building artificial islands in areas over which...
US compares China’s South China Sea moves to Russia’s in Ukraine
WASHINGTON: The US State Department’s number two diplomat on Friday compared China’s behaviour in pursuit of territory in the South China Sea to that of Russia in eastern Ukraine. Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken called China’s large scale reclamation projects in the South China Sea, “a threat to peace and stability.” He...
