Section: Malaysia
MH17: Netherlands says 10 more passengers identified
THE HAGUE: Medical experts have now identified 272 of the 298 people aboard the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 shot down in Ukraine in July, the Dutch justice ministry said today. …read more Source: New Straits...
Serbia backs jail terms for Serbs fighting in foreign conflicts
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Serbia’s parliament approved on Friday jail terms of up to eight years for anyone found guilty of fighting in foreign wars, in an effort to dissuade citizens from joining conflicts in Syria, Ukraine and elsewhere. …read more Source: The...
Families of MH17 victims to seek damages from Dutch state, says lawyer
Dutch relatives of victims of Malaysia Airlines MH17, downed over Ukraine in July, will hold the Dutch government liable for damages for its handling of the aftermath of the crash, a lawyer representing families said on Friday. There were 196 Dutch nationals onboard the Boeing 777 when it crashed on July 17 over eastern Ukraine, killing...
MH17: 43rd Malaysian victim identified as Shaliza Zaini Dewa
KUALA LUMPUR: The remains of another Malaysian citizen who perished in the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 tragedy in Ukraine on July 17, have been identified. …read more Source: New Straits...
Belarus detains Ukrainian soccer fans for anti-Putin chants
MINSK (Reuters) – Belarus police detained dozens of Ukrainian and Belarussian football fans who shouted patriotic Ukrainian slogans and chanted abuse against Russian President Vladimir Putin at a match, a rights organisation and local media said on Friday. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine poll foresees big election win for pro-Poroshenko bloc
KIEV (Reuters) – A bloc supporting President Petro Poroshenko looks set to register a strong win in a parliamentary election in Ukraine overshadowed by the separatist conflict in the east, according to a poll published on Friday. …read more Source: The...
Families of MH17 victims to seek damages from Dutch state
AMSTERDAM: Dutch relatives of victims of Malaysia Airlines MH17, downed over Ukraine in July, will hold the Dutch government liable for damages for its handling of the aftermath of the crash, a lawyer representing families said today. …read more Source: New Straits...
Families of MH17 victims to seek damages from Dutch state – lawyer
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch relatives of victims of Malaysia Airlines MH17, downed over Ukraine in July, will hold the Dutch government liable for damages for its handling of the aftermath of the crash, a lawyer representing families said on Friday. …read more Source: The...
Special report – Flaws found in Ukraine's probe of Maidan massacre
KIEV (Reuters) – For millions of Ukrainians, it was a crime against humanity. In February, more than 100 protesters were gunned down in the Maidan uprising that toppled the president, Viktor Yanukovich. The victims are now known as “the Heavenly Hundred.” …read more Source: The...
MH17 victim found with oxygen mask
THE HAGUE: One of the people on the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 shot down in Ukraine in July was found wearing an oxygen mask, the Dutch foreign minister and prosecutors said, raising the possibility that some passengers might have known their plane was doomed. …read more Source: New Straits...
