Section: Malaysia
MH17: EU to impose new Russia sanctions as fighting blocks probe
SHAKHTARSK, Ukraine: The EU is set to approve punishing sanctions against Russia Tuesday over its role in the Ukraine crisis, after Kiev seized control of part of the MH17 crash site in fighting that blocked an international effort to recover victims’ remains. …read more Source: New Straits...
Ukraine claims more territory as fight intensifies with rebels
KIEV: Ukraine said today its troops had wrested more territory from pro-Russian rebels, advancing towards the site where Malaysian flight MH17 was brought down, which international investigators said they could not reach because of the fighting. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Ukraine says recorders show “massive compressive decompression” brought down airliner
KIEV: Analysis of the black box flight recorders from a downed Malaysian airliner show it was destroyed by shrapnel coming from a rocket blast and went down because of “massive explosive decompression“, a Ukrainian security official said today. …read more Source: New Straits...
Emirates airline says will not fly over Iraq after MH17 tragedy
LONDON: Emirates will stop flying over Iraq due to concerns over jihadist missile attacks following the MH17 air disaster in Ukraine, the airline’s president Tim Clark told The Times today. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Ukraine army wrests control of part of crash site
DONETSK: The Ukrainian army has seized control of part of the vast crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in the east of the country, pro-Russia rebels said today. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Ukraine says recorders show “massive compressive decompression” brought down airliner
KIEV: Analysis of the black box flight recorders from a downed Malaysian airliner show it was destroyed by shrapnel coming from a rocket blast and went down because of “massive explosive decompression“, a Ukrainian security official said today. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Downing of flight may amount to “war crime” – UN
KUALA LUMPUR: The downing of the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 aircraft in eastern Ukraine “may amount to a war crime“, said United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay. …read more Source: New Straits...
Ukraine troops advance as experts renew attempts to reach crash site
KIEV: At least three civilians were killed in overnight fighting in eastern Ukraine and government troops pressed ahead with their campaign against pro-Russian rebels, taking a strategic point close to where Malaysian flight MH17 crashed, officials said today. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Australian police to renew bid to access Ukraine crash site
SYDNEY: A joint Australian-Dutch probe team will renew efforts today to gain access to the crash site of a Malaysian airliner in eastern Ukraine, Australian Federal Police said, after fierce fighting kept them away the previous day. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Ukraine fighting prevents crash site visit despite Malaysian deal with separatists
DONETSK: Fighting around the site of the Malaysian airliner downed in Ukraine prevented a visit by international experts today, although Malaysia said separatists had agreed to allow in international police and investigators. …read more Source: New Straits...
