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Clashes in Donetsk as Ukraine makes gains against rebels
Mortar blasts rocked the outskirts of rebel stronghold Donetsk on Tuesday as Ukrainian soldiers clashed again with pro-Russian insurgents a day after five civilians were reported killed by shelling in the area. …read more Source: Channel...
MH17: US to present intelligence data
WASHINGTON: The United States says it is preparing to present data from the U.S. intelligence community laying out what’s known about the Malaysia Airlines plane that was shot down in Ukraine. …read more Source: New Straits...
EU to have new Ukraine sanctions list Thursday
The European Union will produce a new wider list of Ukraine sanctions targets on Thursday (July 24), including Russian personalities and entities, EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton said. …read more Source: Channel...
UNSC demands “unrestricted” MH17 crash site access
The United Nations Security Council on Monday unanimously passed a resolution calling for international investigators at the crash site of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 in Ukraine to have unfettere… …read more Source: The...
EU threatens Russia with more sanctions, but words ring hollow
European Union foreign ministers threatened Russia on Tuesday with harsher sanctions over Ukraine, but tougher talk may not be matched by much action after France’s president signaled the disputed delivery of a warship to Moscow would go ahead.Russia condemns ‘primitive’ US sanctions over UkraineWhy the EU can’t...
Train Carrying MH17 Bodies on Final Journey Reaches Ukraine City
A train carrying the remains of many of the 298 victims of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 arrived in a Ukrainian government-held city on Tuesday on the first leg of their final journey home to be recla… …read more Source:...
Mixed views in Moscow on MH17 crash
Russian President Vladimir Putin has maintained that Ukraine is to blame for the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, and that the disaster must not be used for political ends. But not all Russians share their government’s defiance. …read more Source: Channel...
Malaysia quietly worked back channels to secure bodies, black boxes – Reuters
KUALA LUMPUR: As Western leaders increasingly pointed the finger of blame at pro-Russian separatists, and Moscow itself, over the shooting down of a Malaysia Airlines plane in eastern Ukraine, the government in Kuala Lumpur said little. …read more Source: New Straits...
Asian shares rise as Ukraine fears ease
HONG KONG–Asian markets picked up Tuesday with traders welcoming news that pro-Russian rebels had handed over the black boxes from downed flight MH17, helping to ease geopolitical concerns. Hong Kong rallied 1.69 percent, or 394.97 points, to close at 23,782.11– its highest level since December–and Shanghai rose 1.02 percent, or...
Malaysians rally outside embassies in first major public expression of outrage over MH17
Hundreds of Malaysians demonstrated outside the Russian and Ukrainian embassies in Kuala Lumpur yesterday demanding justice over a Malaysia Airlines jet shot down over rebel-controlled eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: South China Morning...
