Section: The Borneo Post (Malaysia)
Chronology of developments in 2015 on MH370, MH17 tragedies
KUALA LUMPUR: Following is the chronology of developments in 2015 on the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 that vanished on March 8, 2014, and MAS Flight MH17 that was shot down over Ukraine on July 17, 2014: MH370: Police carry a piece of debris from an unidentified aircraft found in the coastal area of Saint-Andre de la Reunion on July 29, 2015. –...
Ukraine, rebels accuse each other of violating latest truce
Over 9,000 people have been killed since the start of the conflict in eastern Ukraine in April 2014. – AFP File Photo KIEV: Ukrainian authorities and pro-Russian rebels accused each other of violating a holiday ceasefire Wednesday, just hours after it came into force in the war-torn country’s east. “Illegal armed groups have already...
EU’s Juncker recommends visa liberalisation for Ukraine, Georgia, Kosovo
Jean-Claude Juncker says the European Commission is in favour of “liberalisation” of visas for Georgia, Kosovo and Ukraine (AFP Photo/Emmanuel Dunand) BRUSSELS: European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker said Friday the EU should offer visa-free short-stay travel to the bloc for Ukraine, Georgia and Kosovo, all three locked in bitter disputes...
Ukraine minister throws water in governor’s face in new row
© AFP/File | Ukraine’s Interior Minister Arsen Avakov wrote in his Facebook that he had thrown a glass of water at the reformist governor and former president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili during a government meeting behind closed doors KIEV: Ukraine’s Interior Minister Arsen Avakov threw water at the reformist governor and former...
Stolen Dutch art found in Ukraine ‘risks being sold illegally
© AFP/File | Five months ago, two men claiming to be from the ultra-nationalist Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists militia entered the Dutch embassy in Kiev claiming to have stumbled upon the complete collection of paintings THE HAGUE: Two dozen 17th-century Dutch paintings stolen a decade ago have resurfaced in Ukraine, a Dutch museum...
Britain’s Fury much to prove against heavyweight champion Klitschko
© DPA/AFP/File / by Ryland James | Ukraine’s Wladimir Klitschko (L) and Britain’s Tyson Fury pose during a press conference on November 24, 2015 in Duesseldorf, western Germany, ahead of their fight for the WBA, WBO and IBF titles BERLIN: Tyson Fury faces the acid test of his boasts that he will end Wladimir Klitschko’s...
‘Two jihadists’ killed, two arrests in Paris shootout
A man is taken away from the scene by French special police forces during an operation in Saint-Denis, near Paris, France, to catch fugitives from Friday night’s deadly attacks in the French capital. — Reuters photo SAINT-DENIS, France: Two suspected jihadists were killed, including a woman who blew herself up, in a shootout yesterday in...
‘Two jihadists’ killed, two arrests in north Paris shootout
SAINT-DENIS: Two suspected jihadists were killed, including a woman who blew herself up, in a shootout Wednesday (Nov 18) in north Paris with police hunting the mastermind of last week’s attacks on the French capital, sources said. As troops patrolled the streets, heavily-armed police swapped gunfire with people holed up in an apartment in...
MH17 families plan Dutch memorial for victims
THE HAGUE: The families who lost loved ones in the shooting down of flight MH17 Saturday began voting on where to build a national memorial in the Netherlands to honour the dead. Three proposals were unveiled Saturday for monuments to remember the 298 people, mostly Dutch nationals, killed in the 2014 air disaster. Dutch-led investigators...
Plane that crashed in South Sudan was in no state to fly: Antonov
© AFP | People gather at the site of a cargo plane crash, on a small island in the White Nile river, close to Juba airport, in the Hai Gabat residential area, on November 4, 2015 KIEV: The Antonov plane that crashed Wednesday in South Sudan, killing at least 36 people, “was is no state to fly”, Ukraine-based Antonov said. “The An-12B was is no...
