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Emirates airline says will not fly over Iraq after MH17 tragedy
LONDON: Emirates will stop flying over Iraq due to concerns over jihadist missile attacks following the MH17 air disaster in Ukraine, the airline’s president Tim Clark told The Times today. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Ukraine army wrests control of part of crash site
DONETSK: The Ukrainian army has seized control of part of the vast crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in the east of the country, pro-Russia rebels said today. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Ukraine says recorders show “massive compressive decompression” brought down airliner
KIEV: Analysis of the black box flight recorders from a downed Malaysian airliner show it was destroyed by shrapnel coming from a rocket blast and went down because of “massive explosive decompression“, a Ukrainian security official said today. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Downing of flight may amount to “war crime” – UN
KUALA LUMPUR: The downing of the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 aircraft in eastern Ukraine “may amount to a war crime“, said United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay. …read more Source: New Straits...
Satellite images show ‘Russian rockets, artillery used in Ukraine’
The United States has stepped up pressure on Moscow by releasing satellite images it says show that rockets have been fired from Russia into neighbouring eastern Ukraine and that heavy artillery for pro-Russian separatists has crossed the border. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Emirates airline says will not fly over Iraq after MH17
July 28, 2014 8:05 PMLONDON (AFP) – Emirates will stop flying over Iraq due to concerns over jihadist missile attacks following the MH17 air disaster in Ukraine, the airline’s president Tim Clark told The Times on Monday. …read more Source: The Straits...
MH17 Black Boxes Show Crash Caused by Rocket Shrapnel: Kiev
Black boxes recovered from downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in rebel-held east Ukraine show shrapnel from a rocket explosion caused the passenger jet to crash. …read more Source:...
Ukraine Troops Advance as Experts Renew Attempt to Reach Crash Site
At least three civilians were killed in overnight fighting in eastern Ukraine and government troops pressed ahead with their campaign against pro-Russian rebels, taking a strategic point close to wher… …read more Source:...
Japan to step up sanctions against Russia
Japan’s top government spokesman said Monday that the country is stepping up sanctions against Russia over the unrest in Ukraine. The sanctions include the freezing of assets held in Japan by individuals and groups supporting the separation of Crimea from Ukraine, as well as a ban on Crimean imports, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga...
Pushing locals aside, Russians take top rebel posts in east Ukraine
As Ukrainian troops gained ground in eastern Ukraine in early July, separatist leader, Aleksander Borodai, a Russian national, left for Moscow for political consultations. After what he described as successful talks with unnamed people there, he returned to the rebel stronghold of Donetsk to introduce a new senior figure in his self-proclaimed...
