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MH17: Australian police to renew bid to access Ukraine crash site
SYDNEY: A joint Australian-Dutch probe team will renew efforts today to gain access to the crash site of a Malaysian airliner in eastern Ukraine, Australian Federal Police said, after fierce fighting kept them away the previous day. …read more Source: New Straits...
Downing of Flight MH17 ‘May Amount to a War Crime’: UN
The downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 “may amount to a war crime”, the UN said Monday, adding that fighting in east Ukraine has claimed over 1,100 lives with both government and rebel forces us… …read more Source:...
UN Says 1,100 Killed in Ukraine Since Mid-April
At least 1,129 people have been killed and 3,442 wounded in the Ukraine conflict since mid-April, U.N. monitors in the country said in their fourth monthly report on Monday. …read more Source:...
Russia Says Hopeful Malaysia Jet Crash Investigation will be Objective
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday Moscow was hopeful an investigation into a downed airliner over eastern Ukraine would be objective and respect a presumption of innocence. …read more Source:...
Dutch, Australian Police Head for MH17 Crash Site
Dutch and Australian police headed on Monday for the crash site of Malaysian flight MH17 in a fresh bid to reach the insurgent-held east Ukraine location after fierce fighting nearby scuppered their p… …read more Source:...
No Dutch military mission to Ukraine crash site: PM
The Dutch government decided not to send a military mission to the MH17 plane crash site in eastern Ukraine, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said late Sunday after a cabinet meeting. …read more Source:...
Malaysia marks grim Eid after MH17 crash
Malaysia on Monday marked a solemn Eid al-Fitr, Islam’s biggest festival, as families of those aboard downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 mourned the dead.Prime Minister Najib Razak expressed his “extreme sadness, most profound sympathy and deepest condolences” to MH17 families, as well as relatives of those aboard another...
US images: Russia has fired rockets into Ukraine
WASHINGTON—The US stepped up pressure on Moscow on Sunday by releasing satellite images it says show that rockets have been fired from Russia into neighboring eastern Ukraine and that heavy artillery for pro-Russian separatists has crossed the border. The images, which came from the US Director of National Intelligence and could not be...
Fighting complicates MH17 crash probe
Russia accused the US of hindering the OSCE’s work in Ukraine, as fighting raged around the crash site of flight MH17 and the Netherlands scrapped plans for an armed international mission to secure the area. …read more Source: Channel...
Australia says chance of MH17 site visit not good
The chances of Dutch and Australian police reaching the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 are not good, and the effort could take days, a senior Australian official said Monday.An unarmed team of Dutch and Australian officers was forced to drop their plans to visit the site Sunday as heavy bombardments rocked towns close to the area...
