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Ukraine says Malaysian Airliner shot down near Russian border
Pro-Russian rebels shot down a Malaysian jet carrying 295 people over eastern Ukraine near its border with Russia, an Interior Ministry official said. …read more Source: Thanh Nien...
Malaysian passenger plane crashes in Ukraine near Russian border: Ifax
A Malaysian passenger airliner with 295 people on board crashed in Ukraine near the Russian border on Thursday, the Interfax news agency cited an aviation industry source as saying. …read more Source: Thanh Nien...
European markets fall on fresh Ukraine worries
LONDON – Europe’s stock markets fell on Thursday after the United States and European Union announced that they would slap further sanctions on Russia owing to the crisis in Ukraine. …read more Source: Bangkok...
LIVE BLOG: Malaysian passenger plane crash in Ukraine
Reports say a Malaysian airliner carrying 295 people has crashed in eastern Ukraine and may have been shot down by militants. It comes as Malaysian Airlines says it has lost contact with MH17 from Amsterdam. …read more Source: Channel...
West escalates Russia sanctions
WASHINGTON (AP) ― Both the U.S. and European Union imposed new economic sanctions on Russia Wednesday, with President Ba …read more Source: The Korea...
Kiev accuses Russian jet of shooting down its plane
Kiev on Thursday accused a Russian air force jet of shooting down a Ukrainian warplane over its territory Wednesday, ratcheting up tensions along the volatile border between the two ex-Soviet states. …read more Source: Thanh Nien...
Russia condemns ‘primitive’ US sanctions over Ukraine
Russia condemned new US sanctions on Thursday as a primitive attempt to take revenge on Moscow over the Ukraine crisis and accused Washington of blackmailing the European Union into agreeing more sanctions. …read more Source: The Times of...
US, EU stiffen sanctions against Russia over its support for Ukraine separatists
The US and EU strengthened sanctions on Russia over Ukraine on Wednesday, with President Obama taking his first direct swipes in the finance, military and energy sectors of the Russian economy. The move drew an angry threat of serious retaliation from Moscow. …read more Source: South China Morning...
US, EU escalate economic sanctions on Russia
WASHINGTON — Both the U.S. and European Union imposed new economic sanctions on Russia July 16, with President Barack Obama declaring that Russian leaders must see that their actions supporting Ukraine’s rebels “have consequences.” Though the American and European sanctions were coordinated, they nonetheless exposed...
U.S., Europe expand economic sanctions on Russia to hit key energy firms, banks
Both the U.S. and European Union imposed new economic sanctions on Russia Wednesday, with President Barack Obama declaring that Russian leaders must see that their actions supporting Ukraine’s rebels “have consequences.” Though the American and European sanctions were coordinated, they nonetheless exposed fissures in what the...
