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MH17: Sombre moment as PM Najib briefs a distraught nation
SEPANG: As Muslims rose this morning for Sahur ahead of the 20th day of Ramadhan, Datuk Seri Najib Razak was getting ready to officially break a “terrible and shocking” news unfolding several hours earlier in a troubled corner of Ukraine./ …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: UN chief Ban urges full probe over crash
UNITED NATIONS, United States : UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called Thursday for a full international investigation of the Malaysia Airlines disaster in east Ukraine. …read more Source: New Straits...
Malaysia plane with 295 passengers shot down over eastern Ukraine
HRABOVE, Ukraine—A Malaysia Airlines passenger plane carrying 295 people was shot down over eastern Ukraine on Thursday, Ukrainian officials said, and both the government and the pro-Russia separatists fighting in the region denied any responsibility for downing the aircraft. As plumes of black smoke rose up near a rebel-held village of...
Delta stops routing flights through Ukrainian airspace
U.S. carrier Delta Air Lines said Thursday it was no longer sending flights through Ukrainian airspace after the crash of a Malaysia Airlines passenger plane in rebel-held eastern Ukraine. “Out of an abundance of caution, Delta is not routing flights through Ukrainian airspace and is monitoring the situation involving Malaysia Airlines...
MH17: US govt believes plane was hit by surface-to-air missile
WASHINGTON: A U.S. official said the United States believes a surface-to-air missile brought down the Malaysian airliner that crashed on Thursday in eastern Ukraine, killing all 295 people aboard. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Did a missile down the Malaysian jet over Ukraine?
WASHINGTON : If a Malaysian airliner was shot down over Ukraine on Thursday as alleged by Kiev, military analysts say a medium-range missile was the most likely culprit. …read more Source: New Straits...
Shocking carnage at east Ukraine airliner crash site
GRABOVE: Body parts strewn through kilometres of debris, luggage littered down country roads, smouldering remnants of a passenger plane in a cornfield: the terrible carnage at the east Ukraine crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Ukraine rebels say ready for temporary truce after plane crash
GRABOVE, Ukraine : A top rebel leader in eastern Ukraine said insurgents were prepared to agree to a short ceasefire to allow a recovery operation for the Malaysian airliner that crashed in territory they control. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: World leaders in ‘shock’, demand probe after crash
PARIS : World leaders expressed shock on Thursday after a Malaysian airliner carrying 295 people crashed in eastern Ukraine, calling for an international investigation to determine the cause of the disaster. …read more Source: New Straits...
European airlines steer clear of Ukraine after MH17 crash
European airlines steered clear of Ukraine’s airspace after a Malaysia Airlines plane crashed on Thursday in the restive east of the former Soviet state. …read more Source: Channel...
