Section: Malaysia
Hisham: We’ll leave it to Holland, Australia
SEPANG: Dutch and Australian authorities should be given leeway to decide when to enter the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17’s crash site in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: New Straits...
Violence in eastern Ukraine strains ceasefire – U.S. official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Violence in eastern Ukraine between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists has put a strain on a ceasefire clinched nearly a month ago between the sides, the State Department said on Friday. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine ceasefire must be observed – Lavrov tells Kerry
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in a phone conversation on Friday that strict observance of conditions for a peace plan between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian rebels must be maintained. …read more Source: The...
Ukrainian rebels keep up attacks on government-held airport in Donetsk
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine accused Russian forces on Friday of helping separatists step up pressure on government troops holding the main airport in the eastern city of Donetsk, threatening a fragile ceasefire. …read more Source: The...
Russia says Swiss aid worker was killed by mortar fire from Ukraine-held area
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia said on Friday the mortar fire that killed a Swiss worker from the International Committee of the Red Cross in Donetsk in eastern Ukraine was fired from territory controlled by Ukrainian government forces. …read more Source: The...
Latvia holds election with Ukraine on its mind
RIGA: The Ukraine crisis looms large over Latvia’s parliamentary election on Saturday as the Baltic country worries over how best to deal with resurgent neighbour Russia. …read more Source: New Straits...
Ukraine and rebels trade blame for Red Cross death as fighting resumes
Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian forces were engaged in fresh clashes in the eastern city of Donetsk today as they traded blame over the death of a foreign aid worker four weeks into their shaky truce. Parliament speaker Oleksandr Turchinov claimed the ceasefire has been breached “over a thousand times” while the Kiev government...
MH17: Dutch, Aussies to help retrieve more remains
SEPANG: Malaysia is to leave it to the Dutch and Australian authorities to determine when personnel can be sent to eastern Ukraine to retrieve any more remains of the Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight MH17 tragedy, Defence Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said today. He said the decision was left to the two countries as their nationals comprised a...
MH17: Dutch and Australian govts to decide when they can enter crash site
SEPANG: Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said the Dutch and Australian authorities should be allowed to decide on when to enter the MH17 crash site in Ukraine as they still have a high number of victims yet to be identified. …read more Source: New Straits...
International Red Cross confirms Swiss killed in Donetsk
GENEVA (Reuters) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) confirmed that a Swiss staff member was killed on Thursday by a shell that landed close to its office in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
