Section: Malaysia
Airlines need to improve despite ‘safest’ year: IATA chief
Last year was the safest ever for commercial aviation despite high-profile incidents such as the disappearance of Flight MH370 -© AFP/File HONG KONG: Last year was the safest ever for commercial aviation despite high-profile incidents such as the disappearance of Flight MH370, but the industry is still working on new technologies to improve its...
Putin says plan to take Crimea hatched before referendum
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he ordered officials to start work on taking control of Crimea weeks before a referendum which, the Kremlin has asserted until now, prompted the region’s annexation from Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Mine director arrested over blast in east Ukraine – rebel media
DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – A director of a mine in a rebel-held part of east Ukraine has been arrested over a blast that killed 34 miners last week, separatist press service DAN reported on Monday, quoting prosecutors. …read more Source: The...
German foreign minister sees reduction of violence in east Ukraine
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Violence in eastern Ukraine has reduced significantly since a ceasefire deal was agreed in Minsk, Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Monday during a visit to Romania. …read more Source: The...
Japan, Germany want Russia to bring diplomatic solution to Ukraine situation
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday he has agreed with German Chancellor Angela Merkel to strongly ask Russia to play a constructive role to bring a “peaceful and diplomatic solution” to the Ukraine situation. …read more Source: The...
Air travel ‘safer’ in 2014 despite Malaysia disasters: IATA
LAST YEAR was by some measures the safest in the history of commercial aviation, despite two high-profile crashes involving Malaysia Airlines aircraft in which hundreds of people were killed, a leading industry body said on Monday according to a Reuters report. While more people died in air accidents in 2014 than the average in recent years, the...
Air travel “safer” in 2014 despite M’sia disasters: IATA
SINGAPORE: Last year was by some measures the safest in the history of commercial aviation, despite two high-profile crashes involving Malaysia Airlines aircraft in which hundreds of people were killed, a leading industry body said on Monday. While more people died in air accidents in 2014 than the average in recent years, the number of fatal...
Putin describes secret operation to seize Crimea
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin has revealed the moment he says he gave the secret order for Russia’s annexation of Crimea and described how Russian troops were ready to fight to rescue Ukraine’s deposed, pro-Moscow president. In a trailer shown Sunday for an upcoming documentary on state-run Rossiya-1 television called Homeward...
Two charged with Nemtsov killing include Chechen officer
MOSCOW: Russian authorities said on Sunday they were holding five men over the killing of Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov, one of whom served in a police unit in the Russian region of Chechnya, according to a law enforcement official. The five men were frogmarched into a Moscow courtroom on Sunday, forced by masked security officers gripping their...
Putin describes secret operation to seize Crimea
President Vladimir Putin has revealed the moment he says he gave the secret order for Russia’s annexation of Crimea and described how Russian troops were ready to fight to rescue Ukraine’s deposed, pro-Moscow president. In a trailer shown Sunday for an upcoming documentary on state-run Rossiya-1 television called “Homeward...
