Section: Malaysia
MH17: Winter snowfall to complicate probe, says Zahid
PUTRAJAYA: The tripartite disaster investigation (DIV) team in Ukraine has some 45 days to enter the MH17 crash site in Donetsk before winter snowfall compounds the on-going probe. …read more Source: New Straits...
Poroshenko says most Russian troops have left Ukraine
KIEV: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said today that Russia had withdrawn most of the troops it allegedly sent across the border to back a bloody pro-Kremlin uprising. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Hishammuddin in Russia to discuss crash probe
MOSCOW: Malaysia’s defence minister said today he has arrived in Moscow for talks over a probe into the crash of flight MH17 in Ukraine, which killed 298 people. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Different versions of the shot-down flight
THE HAGUE: Conflicting claims surround the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, which was downed in rebel-held east Ukraine on July 17 en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, killing all 298 people aboard. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: No body, no end to grieving for family
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands: Seven weeks after MH 17 was blown out of the sky above Ukraine, Bryce Fredriksz and Daisy Oehlers’ bedroom is still a mess. …read more Source: New Straits...
Poroshenko says Ukraine ‘frees’ 1,200 people captured by rebels
KIEV: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Monday that Kiev had managed to “free” 1,200 people taken captive by pro-Russian rebels during their five-month separatist uprising. …read more Source: New Straits...
Hisham leaves for Kiev to negotiate for safe access
KUALA LUMPUR: Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein left for Kiev yesterday to push through investigations into the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Hishammuddin off to Ukraine tonight
KUALA LUMPUR: Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein is scheduled to leave for Kiev, Ukraine tonight to ensure the safety of Malaysia’s security forces when entering the crash site of Malaysia Airlines (MAS) Flight MH17. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Cold season may hamper investigations at crash site
KUANTAN: Investigations at the Malaysia Airlines flight (MAS) MH17 crash site in eastern Ukraine must be done fast as the cold season to envelope the region soon could make the process difficult. …read more Source: New Straits...
Prolonged shelling heard near Donetsk airport, near Eastern Ukraine
DONETSK: A Reuters witness heard prolonged shelling in an area north of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine’s largest city, and saw plumes of black smoke filling the sky today morning, in a further test for a ceasefire that is barely 40 hours old. …read more Source: New Straits...
