Section: Malaysia
Party of Ukraine's president leads opinion poll ahead of July vote
KIEV (Reuters) – The new party set up by Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who took office last month, could win the most seats in a parliamentary election due on July 21, an opinion poll showed on Wednesday. …read more Source: The...
EU to extend sanctions against Russia by six months over Crimea annexation
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders are likely to extend sanctions against Russia over the annexation of Crimea by another 6 months on Thursday, senior EU official said. …read more Source: The...
Russia says findings of MH17 investigation are groundless
People gather near a monument for the victims of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 plane crash to mark the fourth anniversary of the accident near the village of Hrabove (Grabovo) in Donetsk Region, Ukraine. (Reuters pic)MOSCOW: Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday that it regretted the findings of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17...
Britain calls for Russia’s full cooperation with MH17 prosecution
MH17 was brought down in 2014 over territory held by pro-Russian separatist forces in eastern Ukraine as it flew from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, killing all 298 people on board. (Reuters pic)LONDON: Britain said Russia must cooperate fully with the murder prosecution of three Russians and a Ukrainian for downing Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over...
Four charged with murder over MH17 crash (Updated)
NIEUWEGEIN, NETHERLANDS: International investigators on Wednesday charged four people with murder over the 2014 shooting down of flight MH17 above rebel-held eastern Ukraine in which 298 people were killed.The Dutch-led team said it was going to prosecute Russian nationals Igor Girkin, Sergey Dubinskiy and Oleg Pulatov, and Ukrainian Leonid...
Evidence shows Russia supplied missile used to shoot down MH17 – investigator
NIEUWEGEIN, Netherlands (Reuters) – Investigators have collected enough evidence to show that Russia provided the missile launcher used to shoot down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014, they said on Wednesday. …read more Source: The...
MH17 investigators name three Russian suspects, one Ukrainian
NIEUWEGEIN, NETHERLANDS: International investigators said Wednesday they were issuing arrest warrants for three Russians and one Ukrainian suspect over the downing of flight MH17 in July 2014.The Dutch-led probe said it was going to prosecute Russian nationals Igor Girkin, Sergey Dubinskiy and Oleg Pulatov as well as Ukrainian Leonid Kharchenko...
Netherlands set to prosecute suspects in MH17 airliner downing
NIEUWEGEIN, Netherlands (Reuters) – International investigators are set on Wednesday to launch criminal proceedings against suspects in the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine nearly five years ago. …read more Source: The...
US announces US$250m in military aid to Ukraine
WASHINGTON: The United States announced Tuesday a US$250 million military aid package for war-torn Ukraine to strengthen the former Soviet republic’s naval and land capabilities.The amount is part of a series of Pentagon payments now totalling US$1.5 billion to the country since 2014, when Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula and a conflict...
Captain in fatal Budapest boat crash was sober
The search continues for three victims and will continue as long as there is any hope of finding the bodies. (Twitter pic from @BBMohanty7)BUDAPEST: Hungarian police said on Tuesday they had found no evidence of alcohol or drug abuse by the captain of a cruise ship that struck and sank a small tourist vessel last month, killing 28 mostly Korean...
