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Australia to Summon Russian Ambassador Over Crash: PM
An armed pro-Russian separatist stands on part of the wreckage of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plane after it crashed near the settlement of Grabovo in the Donetsk region of Ukraine on July 17, 2014. (Reuters Photo/Maxim Zmeyev) [Updated at 9:10 a.m. on Friday, July 18, 2014 in Jakarta] Sydney. Australia will on Friday summon the Russian...
Malaysian Jet Shot Down by Surface-to-Air Missile: US
Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 flight MH17 with the registration number 9M-MRD flies over Poland from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur in this April 12, 2012 photo. (Reuters Photo/Tomasz Bartkowiak) Washington. A Malaysian airliner with 298 people on board was shot down over Ukraine by a surface-to-air missile Thursday but it was unclear who fired the...
Australian PM points finger at Russia over downed Malaysian plane
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott blamed Russia on Friday over the shooting down of a Malaysia Airlines passenger jetliner over eastern Ukraine that killed all 298 people on board. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Singapore Airlines flights not using Ukraine airspace
Flight tracking website FlightRadar24 published an image showing an SIA flight 25km from where MH17 was last seen on radar. …read more Source: Channel...
What is known about the Malaysian Airlines plane crash in Ukraine
Here’s what is known, and what has been claimed, about Thursday’s downing of a Malaysian jetliner carrying 298 people in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: South China Morning...
White House calls for immediate ceasefire in Ukraine following MH17 tragedy
Given context of a crisis in Ukraine “fuelled by Russian support for the separatists”, Press Secretary Jay Carney urges Russia to take “concrete steps to de-escalate the situation in Ukraine”. …read more Source: Channel...
Asian shares fall on news of Ukraine air tragedy
HONG KONG – Asian markets tumbled on Friday after a Malaysia Airlines plane came down in battle-wracked Ukraine, sparking geopolitical tensions and sending Wall Street tumbling. …read more Source: Bangkok...
At least 154 Dutch citizens killed in Ukraine air disaster
At least 154 Dutch citizens have been killed in the Malayssian passenger crash in the eastern part of Ukraine on Thursday, the airlines European head said. …read more Source:...
Missile took down jet in Ukraine: source
American intelligence authorities believe a surface-to-air missile took down a passenger jet in eastern Ukraine on Thursday, a U.S. official said, but the Obama administration was still scrambling to confirm who launched the strike and whether there were American citizens killed in the crash. Vice President Joe Biden said the incident was...
Some Asian carriers quit Ukraine airspace months ago
The Malaysian airliner apparently shot down over rebel-held eastern Ukraine was flying over airspace that a number of other Asian carriers abandoned months ago because of security concerns. …read more Source: Channel...
