Section: The Borneo Post (Malaysia)
Bodies of crash victims arrive in Russia
Head of air transport agency says the aircraft disintegrated in the air while flying at a high altitude Russian Ministry for Emergency Situations employees prepare to load the bodies of the victims from the ministry’s plane at the airport in St Petersburg. — AFP photo A woman reacts in central Saint Petersburg as people gather to light...
Moscow protest against Russia role in Syria
MOSCOW: Around 200 people demonstrated in Moscow on Saturday against Russia’s campaign of air strikes in Syria, with one protester arrested by police. The rally by people mainly in their 50s and 60s in a small central park passed off amid tight security as the authorities threw up a strong security cordon. The demonstrators oppose...
MH17 prosecutors now face tricky task of catching culprits
The wrecked cockpit of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 is presented to the press during a presentation of the final report on the cause of the its crash, at the Gilze Rijen airbase October 13, 2015 – AFP Photo THE HAGUE: A Dutch-led criminal probe to find those responsible for shooting down flight MH17 has now become the top priority after the...
MH17 wreckage reveals horror of plane’s last moments
The wrecked cockpit of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 is presented to the press at the Gilze Rijen airbase on October 13, 2015 – AFP Photo GILZE-RIJEN, NETHERLANDS: A partial reconstruction of a Malaysia Airlines jet made of wreckage found strewn across eastern Ukraine told the graphic story Tuesday of its violent last moments after being hit by a...
Russia says ‘serious doubts’ about goal of Dutch MH17 probe: ministry
© AFP | The wrecked fuselage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 is presented to the press during a presentation of the final report on the cause of its crash, at the Gilze Rijen airbase October 13, 2015 MOSCOW: Russia on Tuesday said it had “serious doubts” about the goal of a Dutch inquiry into the downing of a Malaysia Airline plane that was shot...
‘MH17 shot down by missile from war-torn Ukraine’
GILZE-RIJEN, Netherlands: Air crash investigators concluded yesterday that Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down by a missile fired from rebel-held eastern Ukraine last year, killing all 298 people on board. Even before the highly-anticipated release of the official report on the disaster by a Dutch-led investigation, Russian officials were...
MH17 shot down by missile from war-torn Ukraine
GILZE-RIJEN, NETHERLANDS: Air crash investigators concluded Tuesday (Oct 13) that Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down by a missile fired from war-torn eastern Ukraine last year, killing all 298 people on board. Even before the highly-anticipated release of the official report on the disaster by a Dutch-led investigation, Russian officials...
Russian maker of missile that destroyed MH17 to explain disaster
© AFP/File | A picture taken on October 15, 2014 shows the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 near the village of Rassipnoe MOSCOW: The Russian manufacturer of the missile system blamed for shooting down flight MH17 said Friday it would unveil the “real reasons” for the disaster on the same day Dutch investigators present their final...
Five-nation treaty for tribunal over MH17 in the works
Local workers stand next to pieces of wreckage from a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plane outside the Prosecutor General’s office in Donetsk, Ukraine, Sept 30 before the wreckage, believed to be from MH17, were transferred to Dutch investigators. — Reuters file photo NEW YORK: Malaysia may sign a treaty with four other nations to set up an...
Five-nation treaty for tribunal over downed flight MH17 in the works
NEW YORK: Malaysia may sign a treaty with four other nations to set up an independent tribunal to try people responsible for last year’s downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine. Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said a meeting was held among leaders of the five nations on the sidelines of the United...
