Section: Malaysia
MH17: Plane carrying bodies leaves Ukraine for Netherlands
KHARKIV, Ukraine: The first plane carrying bodies from downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 on today left eastern Ukraine for the Netherlands following a sombre ceremony, an AFP journalist at the scene said. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Dutch ready to send police to crash site
KIEV: The Netherlands and other countries that lost citizens in the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 are proposing sending police officers to secure the crash site in rebel-held east Ukraine, authorities in Kiev have said. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Possible more bodies with wreckage: Tony Abbott
SYDNEY: Australia’s Prime Minister Tony Abbott today it was possible that many bodies from the MH17 crash were still lying in the open in Ukraine. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: We will try to bring back bodies before Raya, assures Hisham
KUALA LUMPUR: The Defence Ministry is monitoring the remains of the Flight MH17 crash victims, as they are being transported from Torez, Ukraine to the Netherlands where forensic identification will be carried out. …read more Source: New Straits...
Oil extends losses in Asian trade
SINGAPORE: Oil extended losses in Asia Wednesday as a stronger US currency discouraged buying in the dollar-priced commodity and concerns over the geopolitical fallout from the downing of flight MH17 in Ukraine eased. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Black boxes handed to Dutch investigators
THE HAGUE: Malaysian officials have handed over the black boxes from flight MH17 to Dutch lead investigators of the crash in rebel-held Ukraine, the Netherlands government said. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Evidence mounts of MH17 missile strike, but proof elusive – AFP
THE HAGUE: With evidence mounting that a surface-to-air missile brought down flight MH17 in Ukraine, experts warned Tuesday that proof remains a long way off and only satellite images can identify who pushed the button. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Remains of crash victims must be treated with respect
KUALA LUMPUR: Barisan Nasional (BN) Youth and several non-governmental organisations here today urged the Ukrainian government to see that the remains of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash victims be treated with respect. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: US to present intelligence data
WASHINGTON: The United States says it is preparing to present data from the U.S. intelligence community laying out what’s known about the Malaysia Airlines plane that was shot down in Ukraine. …read more Source: New Straits...
Malaysia quietly worked back channels to secure bodies, black boxes – Reuters
KUALA LUMPUR: As Western leaders increasingly pointed the finger of blame at pro-Russian separatists, and Moscow itself, over the shooting down of a Malaysia Airlines plane in eastern Ukraine, the government in Kuala Lumpur said little. …read more Source: New Straits...
