Section: AsiaOne (Singapore)
MH17 judges reject request to investigate alternative crash scenarios
AMSTERDAM – Judges hearing the case against four defendants in the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine rejected on Wednesday (Nov 25) a defence request for more time to investigate alternative explanations for the crash. MH17 was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur when it was shot down by a missile fired...
Suspect in downing of flight Malaysia Airlines’ MH17 in Ukraine denies any involvement at trial
THE HAGUE – One of four suspects being tried in absentia for the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 has denied any involvement with firing or supplying the missile used in its destruction, a lawyer said in court on Monday (Sept 28). MH17 was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur when it was shot down by a missile fired from...
Black box transcript confirms illegal interference with Ukrainian jet downed in Iran
KYIV – The transcript from the black boxes of a Ukrainian jet accidentally shot down by Iran on Jan 8 confirm illegal interference with the plane, Ukraine’s Deputy Foreign Minister wrote on Twitter on Friday (July 24). Mr Yevhenii Yenin said Kyiv was expecting an Iranian delegation to visit Ukraine next week for talks. The Canadian...
Man seizes bus, takes 20 passengers hostage in western Ukraine
KYIV – A man who said he was armed with weapons and explosives seized control of a bus in the western Ukrainian city of Lutsk on Tuesday (July 21) and took about 20 people on board hostage, police said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Facebook that “shots were heard, the bus was damaged”. The man’s demands were...
Robbers grab 100,000 surgical masks at gunpoint as Ukraine enters shutdown
KIEV – Ukrainian shops, restaurants and transport shut down on Tuesday as the country tightened restrictions to contain the spread of the coronavirus, while police arrested five people suspected of trying to rob 100,000 surgical masks at gunpoint in Kiev. The country has seven confirmed cases of the coronavirus so far, including one death....
Dutch trial seeks justice for MH17 families
The Netherlands will put four people on trial next week over the downing of flight MH17 over Ukraine in 2014, giving families hope of justice even if the suspects are not in the dock. For more than five years relatives have called for the prosecution of those responsible for shooting down the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 with the loss of all 298...
Netherlands says it rejected Moscow offer for MH17 prosecution
THE HAGUE – The Netherlands has turned down an offer by Russia to prosecute three men suspected of involvement in the 2014 downing of a passenger jet over eastern Ukraine, the Dutch justice minister said on Wednesday (Feb 12). Ferd Grapperhaus said Moscow sent a letter in October last year in which it asked whether the Dutch would consider...
In political triumph, Trump acquitted of all impeachment charges
US President Donald Trump drew on staunch Republican support to defeat the gravest threat yet to his three-year-old presidency on Wednesday, winning acquittal in the Senate on impeachment charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Only the third US leader ever placed on trial, Trump readily defeated the Democratic-led effort to expel...
New video shows two Iranian missiles hit Ukraine plane in Iran: NYT
WASHINGTON – New security camera footage shows two Iranian missiles, fired 30 seconds apart, hit a Ukrainian commercial airliner after takeoff from Tehran on Jan. 8, the New York Times reported on Tuesday. The missiles were launched from an Iranian military facility eight miles away from the plane, the newspaper said. Neither missile took...
Iran plane crash: Ticket change in Teheran saves Ukrainian’s life
KYIV, Ukraine – A Ukrainian political analyst who was in Iran’s capital for an international conference planned to head home when it was done, but then chose to stay one more day and do some sightseeing. The decision saved his life. Andrey Buzarov told the Associated Press on Sunday that his original plan would have put him on the...
