Section: Malaysia
Ukraine reports first military death of 2015
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine on Friday reported its first military death of 2015 in its conflict with pro-Russian separatists, saying a soldier had been killed and five others wounded in attacks by the rebels. …read more Source: The...
Searchers hopeful in AirAsia search
PANGKALAN BUN: Indonesian recovery teams narrowed the search area for AirAsia Flight 8501 Friday, hopeful they were closing in on the plane’s crash site, with a total of 16 bodies and more debris recovered from the sea. French and Singaporean investigators with equipment for detecting the signal from the plane’s black boxes were set...
Thousands of Ukraine nationalists march in Kiev
Thousands of Ukrainian nationalists hold a torchlight procession across Kiev in honour of Stepan Bandera, a World War II anti-Soviet insurgent. (Photo: AFP/Genya Savilov KIEV: Thousands of Ukrainian nationalists held a torchlight procession across Kiev on Thursday (Jan 1) in honour of a 1940s anti-Soviet insurgent branded by Moscow as a Nazi...
Weather stalls search for black boxes; first victim buried
PANGKALAN BUN/SURABAYA: Heavy seas stopped divers reaching the possible wreck of an AirAsia Indonesia jet off Borneo on Thursday and an aviation official said it could be a week before the black box flight recorders are found. Nine bodies have so far been recovered from the Airbus A320-200, which crashed on Sunday en route to Singapore from the...
118 journalists, media staff killed in 2014 — IFJ
BRUSSELS: One hundred and eighteen journalists and media staff were killed around the world in 2014, with Pakistan and Syria the deadliest countries, the International Federation of Journalists said Wednesday. The IFJ said those killed, 13 more than in 2013, were either targeted for their work or caught in the cross-fire while another 17 died in...
Ukraine says rebels keep up attacks into New Year
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian separatists carried out sporadic attacks on government forces as the New Year began, wounding three soldiers, the Kiev military said, as President Petro Poroshenko told the nation to brace for a year that would “not be easy”. …read more Source: The...
Poroshenko tells Ukrainians ‘we will win this war’
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko promised to defeat the “cruel-hearted foe” trying to break his former Soviet republic apart, in a traditional New Year’s message. The pro-Western leader delivered the midnight television address surrounded by soldiers and volunteers who handed out food during protests last winter that ousted...
Search for missing black box could “take a week”
PANGKALAN BUN/SURABAYA: Divers waiting to inspect the possible wreck of an AirAsia Indonesia jet off Borneo were unable to resume operations because of heavy seas on Thursday and an aviation official said it could take a week to find the black box flight recorders. Crews were on standby to descend to a large object detected by sonar on the ocean...
Indonesia vows ‘all-out effort’ in search for AirAsia victims
PANGKALAN BUN: Indonesian searchers promised an “all-out effort” Thursday to locate bodies from AirAsia Flight QZ8501 as international investigators joined the hunt for the ill-fated plane. Seven bodies have so far been retrieved in the search for the Airbus A320-200, which crashed into the Java Sea with 162 people on board during a storm Sunday...
Sydney fireworks set off New Year do
Fireworks light up the Sydney Opera House during an early light show before the new year. — Reuters photo SYDNEY: Australia’s biggest city yesterday led the world in welcoming the New Year with spectacular fireworks over Sydney Harbour, defying terrorist fears days after a deadly siege. From Hong Kong to London, New York to Rio, millions...
