Section: Malaysia
Ukraine unlikely to receive IMF loan tranche this year – finance minister
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine is unlikely to receive a second tranche of a $17-billion (10.5 billion pounds) loan programme from the International Monetary Fund this year as expected, Finance Minister Oleksander Shlapak said on Tuesday, in the latest economic blow to the debt-ridden country. …read more Source: The...
MH17 prosecutor open to theory another plane shot down airliner – Der Spiegel
AMSTERDAM: Dutch prosecutors investigating the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 believe the aircraft might have been shot down from the air but that a ground-to-air missile attack is more likely, a senior prosecutor said in a German media interview.The Russian government has always said it has radar imagery proving the fully laden Boeing...
Preliminary Report: MH17 broke apart mid-air
CNN reported that Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 broke apart in the air after it was hit by a burst of “high-energy objects” from outside, a preliminary report by Dutch aviation investigators said Tuesday.Flight 17 came down in eastern Ukraine on July 17 in an area controlled by pro-Russian separatists. Of the 298 people killed, around two-thirds...
Poland says to beef up military on its eastern border
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland said on Tuesday it is drawing up a long-term plan to shift some of its military strength towards its eastern border, closer to Ukraine and Russia, in response to Russia’s intervention in Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
IGP: 500kg of personal items retrieved
SEREMBAN: MORE than 500kg of personal items belonging to Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 victims have been collected from the crash site in Ukraine. …read more Source: New Straits...
Pro-West parties secure big win in Ukraine election
KIEV: Pro-Europe parties secured a big win in an election in Ukraine, a partial vote count showed yesterday, with President Petro Poroshenko hailing people’s support for his plan to end a separatist war and pursue democratic reforms sought by the West.Early figures from the vote count showed that Poroshenko’s bloc and the party of his...
Prosecutor open to theory another plane shot down MH17
AMSTERDAM: Dutch prosecutors investigating the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 believe the aircraft might have been shot down from the air but that a ground-to-air missile attack is more likely, a senior prosecutor said in a German media interview. The Russian government has always said it has radar imagery proving the fully laden Boeing...
U.S. and EU hail pro-West election outcome in Ukraine, Russia guarded
KIEV (Reuters) – Pro-Western parties will dominate Ukraine’s parliament after an election handed President Petro Poroshenko a mandate to end a separatist conflict and to steer the country further away from Russia’s orbit towards mainstream Europe. …read more Source: The...
EU must prepare for Russia's 'hybrid warfare' – Danish foreign minister
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Russia poses no direct military threat to the European Union but its intervention in Ukraine is a type of ‘hybrid warfare’ the bloc should fight using coordinated energy policy and media to counter “massive propaganda”, Denmark’s foreign minister said on Monday. …read more Source:...
Heavy shelling near rebel-held Ukraine city after poll
Heavy shelling erupted Monday near the separatist held city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, ending a relatively calm period during the weekend parliamentary election. Several dozen Grad multiple rockets could be heard firing early in the morning from the area of Putilovsky, a neighbourhood near the city’s ruined airport, AFP...
