Section: Malaysia
MH17: Bodies of Malaysians killed in crash may arrive only next month: official
SEPANG: It may take up to two or three weeks more for the bodies of Malaysians killed in the Malaysia Airlines (MAS) plane crash in Ukraine to be brought to Malaysia, according to one of the Malaysian investigators of the crash. …read more Source: New Straits...
Ukraine lawmakers to hold special session over PM resignation
KIEV: Ukraine’s lawmakers will meet in a special session on Thursday to decide whether to accept or reject the sudden resignation of the prime minister, the presidency said. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: M’sian search and recovery team arrived
SEPANG: Some 65 members of the Malaysian search and recovery team for the ill-fated Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight MH17 had returned home after a week-long mission in Ukraine. …read more Source: New Straits...
UN says 230,000 have fled homes in Ukraine crisis
GENEVA: A total of 230,000 people have fled their homes during the spiralling armed conflict in eastern Ukraine, the United Nations refugee agency said today. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: UN urged to tighten control at crash site to prevent tampering of evidence
KUALA LUMPUR: The United Nations (UN) has been urged to tighten control at the Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight MH17 crash site in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, to ensure that all evidence in the area will not will not be tampered with so that they can be used in court. …read more Source: New Straits...
“Mass grave” uncovered in Ukraine ex-rebel stronghold
SLAVYANSK, Ukraine: Local authorities say they have uncovered the first mass grave in the former separatist bastion of Slavyansk in eastern Ukraine, containing the bodies of at least four civilians they say were executed by pro-Russian rebels. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Learning the Ukraine conflict
KUALA LUMPUR: As for most Malaysians the conflict in Ukraine was not their concern, at least until July 17 when Malaysia Airlines’ flight MH17 from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was shot down over Ukraine. …read more Source: New Straits...
Ukraine forces take another strategic city: Kiev
KIEV: Ukrainian troops have retaken the strategically-important city of Lysychansk in eastern Ukraine, as they press on with their offensive to stamp out a pro-Russian rebellion, President Petro Poroshenko said. …read more Source: New Straits...
Australia to sent 100 police, troops to Ukraine, says Tony Abbott
SYDNEY: Australia will send 100 additional police and some defence force personnel to Europe to join a planned Dutch-led international security force to secure the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 crash site, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said today. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Dutch sending police, want to secure crash site
THE HAGUE: The Netherlands is sending 40 unarmed police to the crash site of flight MH17 in rebel-held Ukraine and seeking means to “further stabilise the area“, Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Thursday. …read more Source: New Straits...
