Section: Malaysia
Ukraine rebels allow access to MH17 crash site
BERLIN: Separatists rebels in eastern Ukraine said they would allow investigators access to the crash site of Malaysia Airlines MH17, a news report said today. The Ukrainian rescue team would be allowed to collect personal items from the crash site and from local residents, Jean Fransman, a spokesman for the Dutch Justice Ministry, was quoted as...
Despite fighting, Dutch experts help recover MH17 crash items
HRABOVE Ukraine (Reuters) – Four Dutch police experts visited the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 on Monday to help recover belongings and human remains despite fighting nearby in east Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine's Poroshenko proposes National Guard commander for defence minister
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Monday proposed National Guard commander Stepan Poltorak for defence minister, the presidential website said. …read more Source: The...
Abbott will confront Putin at G20 over MH17 ‘murders’
SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Monday that he would use an upcoming G20 leaders summit to confront Russian President Vladimir Putin over the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 and the “murder” of Australian citizens. Allegations that the jetliner was downed by pro-Russian separatists armed with surface-to-air missiles...
Australia PM vows to ‘shirtfront’ Putin at G20 over MH17
SYDNEY: Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Monday vowed to “shirtfront”, or confront, Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit next month over the loss of Australian lives in the MH17 crash over Ukraine. Australia is hosting the summit in Brisbane and there had been question marks over whether Putin would take part. But Treasurer...
Putin orders troop pullback from border
Putin (centre) chairs a meeting of the Security Council at the Bocharov Ruchei state residence in Sochi. — Reuters photoMOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his defence minister to pull thousands of troops from the border with Ukraine, ahead of key talks on a fragile truce in the ex-Soviet country.The announcement by the Kremlin...
Ukrainian teams to search MH17 crash site for remains
AMSTERDAM: Ukrainian search teams will comb the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, which went down on July 17, and return human remains and belongings to the Netherlands, Dutch television reported. Dutch current affairs program Nieuwsuur said on Sunday an agreement had been reached between Dutch and Ukrainian officials and the teams...
US concerned over Kobani, will take time to confront Islamic State
CAIRO: Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday the United States was deeply concerned about what he called the “tragedy” in the Syrian town of Kobani, where Islamic State fighters have been tightening their grip. Speaking at a conference in Cairo on the rebuilding of Gaza, Kerry said it would take time to bring a coalition fully together to...
Ukrainian teams to search MH17 crash site for remains – Dutch TV
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Ukrainian search teams will comb the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, which went down on July 17, and return human remains and belongings to the Netherlands, Dutch television reported. …read more Source: The...
Ukrainian president accepts defence minister's resignation
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has accepted the resignation of Defence Minister Valery Heletey, the presidential website said on Sunday. …read more Source: The...
