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Japan to extend sanctions on Russia over Ukraine
Japan said Monday that it will impose additional sanctions against Russia over recent Ukrainian upheaval and called on members of the Group of Seven (G7) to work on probing Malaysian passenger plane that crashed in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
MH17 military mission ‘unrealistic’
GRABOVE, Ukraine (AFP) ― The Netherlands on Sunday scrapped plans to send an international armed mission to secure the c …read more Source: The Korea...
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...
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...
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...
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:...
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...
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...
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:...
MH17 investigators turn back amid reported explosions
Dutch and Australian forensic investigators on their way to the MH17 crash site in Ukraine turned back on Monday (July 28), after “explosions” in the area, a government spokeswoman in The Hague said. …read more Source: Channel...
