Section: Malaysia
MH17: Russia says will cooperate with probe led by Netherlands
KUALA LUMPUR: Russia will cooperate with the investigation into the downing of a Malaysian airliner a week ago and is satisfied that the Netherlands, rather than Ukraine, is leading the effort, the country’s ambassador to Malaysia said on Thursday. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: British experts examine second black box
LONDON: British investigators have started examining the second black box from Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 which was shot down over Ukraine, the transport ministry said Thursday. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: ’This is how to honour the dead’: Dutch papers
THE HAGUE: “This is how you honour the dead,” Dutch daily NRC headlined Thursday, contrasting the solemn return to the Netherlands of the first MH17 bodies with the traumatic chaos of the plane’s crash site in rebel-held Ukraine. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Australia readies 50 police to send to Ukraine
CANBERRA, Australia : Australia has sent 50 police to London in anticipation of deploying them to Ukraine to secure the Malaysian plane crash site as part of a potential U.N. team that’s under consideration, the Australian prime minister said Thursday. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Ukraine fighting rages as EU mulls Russia sanctions
DONETSK: Fighting between Ukrainian troops and rebels raged today near the crash site of Malaysian flight MH17, as experts in Britain begin analysing crucial data from the downed airliner’s black boxes. …read more Source: New Straits...
Russian officials brush off sanctions impact
MOSCOW: Russian officials on Wednesday lined up to dismiss the economic impact of Western sanctions imposed for Moscow’s role in the Ukraine crisis, saying they were “peanuts” compared to what their country had to face during Soviet times. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Australia vows help to secure crash site
CANBERRA: Australia’s foreign minister says her country stands ready to provide whatever resources are needed to secure the Malaysian airliner’s crash site in Ukraine, as newspapers report Australian troops and police could soon be sent. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Voice recorder in good condition: ICAO
OTTAWA: The cockpit voice recorder of the Malaysian airliner downed over Ukraine is in good condition, the U.N. civil aviation body said on Wednesday, adding that it was holding talks with airlines and states on how to assess the danger posed by conflicts. …read more Source: New Straits...
A sombre and moving affair
EINDHOVEN: THE first batch of 40 caskets carrying the remains of those who died in the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 tragedy arrived here late yesterday afternoon from Kharkiv, Ukraine, on board two military transports. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Ukraine rebel commander acknowledges fighters had BUK missiles
DONETSK: A powerful Ukrainian rebel leader has confirmed that pro-Russian separatists had anti-aircraft missiles of the type Washington says were used to shoot down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17. …read more Source: New Straits...
