Section: Malaysia
MH17: Rebels agree to security zone at Ukraine crash site
GRABOVE: Ukraine and pro-Russian insurgents agreed today to set up a security zone around the crash site of a Malaysian jet whose downing in the rebel-held east has drawn global condemnation of the Kremlin. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Emergency Parliament sitting on Wednesday
KUALA LUMPUR: An emergency Parliamentary sitting on the downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, which had gone down at Donestk in the eastern Ukraine, will convene this Wednesday. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Deadlock on security zone
DONETSK, Ukraine: Rebels and international observers have yet to agree on a security zone around the site where a Malaysian airliner crashed in eastern Ukraine, they said today, complicating efforts to secure evidence. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17 made headlines across the globe
KUALA LUMPUR: The tragic incident of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, which crashed in Ukraine near the Russian border was the main story on the front pages of many newspapers around the globe. …read more Source: New Straits...
Ukraine: OSCE negotiating safe passage to crash site
GENEVA: The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe said today it was negotiating safe passage to the Malaysia Airline crash site with rebels controlling eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: MAS to avoid Ukrainian airspace entirely
SEPANG: Malaysia Airlines will now avoid Ukranian airspace entirely following the crash of MH17 bound for Kuala Lumpur earlier this morning. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Smart crew leaving to crash site tonight
SEPANG: The first Malaysia Special Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (Smart) will be leaving for Kiev, Ukraine at 8pm tonight to assist the investigation of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 tragedy. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: PM Najib cancels all his morning programmes
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said he had cancelled all his morning programmes in the wake of the incident that had occurred on Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight MH17, which had gone down in eastern Ukraine on Thursday night. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: PDRM to send forensics team to crash
SHAH ALAM: The Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) is sending a team of 21 forensic scientists and officers to examine the site of downed Malaysian Airlines MH17 in conflict-ridden eastern Ukraine to kick-start its …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: 181 bodies found at crash site- Official
KIEV: Emergency workers, police officers and even off-duty coal miners — dressed in overalls and covered in soot — spread out today across the sunflower fields and villages of eastern Ukraine, searching the wreckage of the Malaysian plane shot down as it flew miles above the country’s battlefield. …read more Source: New...