Section: Malaysia
Fifteen Ukrainian soldiers killed in fighting in past 24 hours – defence minister
KIEV (Reuters) – Fifteen Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in fighting against Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine in the past 24 hours, Defence Minister Stepan Poltorak said on Saturday. …read more Source: The...
Aviation leaders seek new safety mandate after deadly 2014
MONTREAL: Aviation leaders will try to secure a mandate to implement new safety standards when they meet next week after a string of high-profile accidents around the world made 2014 the deadliest year for commercial airlines in almost a decade. Efforts to adopt new standards for global plane tracking and co-operation on the risks of flying over...
Russia wants U.N. Security Council help on conflict zone flight risk
TORONTO (Reuters) – Russia is calling on the United Nations Security Council to help protect civilian jets from anti-aircraft weapons after the downing of a Malaysian airliner in Ukraine last year. …read more Source: The...
U.S.'s Kerry to visit Ukraine next week – State Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will visit Kiev on Thursday for talks with President Petro Poroshenko and other Ukrainian officials, the U.S. State Department said on Friday. …read more Source: The...
Russian activist charged with treason after phoning Ukrainian embassy
VYAZMA, Russia (Reuters) – Nine months after Russian activist Svetlana Davydova called the Ukrainian embassy in Moscow to warn that Russian soldiers were making their way to Ukraine, an investigator with an order for her arrest showed up at her door. …read more Source: The...
NATO set to create new joint units in eastern Europe
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO defence ministers are expected to agree next week to set up command units, staffed with national and NATO soldiers, in six eastern European allies as part of a new strategy in response to the Ukraine crisis, NATO’s chief said on Friday. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine peace talks aborted as civilians die in east
DONETSK, Ukraine/MINSK (Reuters) – Civilians were killed on both sides in heavy fighting in eastern Ukraine on Friday, while an attempt to reopen peace talks in neighbouring Belarus was aborted before it began. …read more Source: The...
Russia opens fresh case against Ukrainian pilot – lawyers
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Nadezhda Savchenko, a Ukrainian army pilot under arrest in Moscow, said through her lawyers on Friday that Russia had opened a fresh case against her alleging that she had illegally crossed the border from Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
France, Poland, urge Russia to stop all support to Ukraine separatists
PARIS (Reuters) – France and Poland urged Russia on Friday to stop all forms of support to separatists in Ukraine and called for an immediate ceasefire, warning that sanctions on Moscow would be maintained and could be extended as long as no political solution was found. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine military blames separatists for attack on Donetsk cultural centre
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s military blamed separatists for a shell attack on a cultural centre in Donetsk where humanitarian aid was being given out and which it said killed at least seven people on Friday. …read more Source: The...
