Section: AsiaOne (Singapore)
Australia ‘sickened’ as new MH17 footage emerges
SYDNEY – Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop Friday said she was ‘sickened’ after new footage emerged allegedly of Russian-backed rebels ransacking the luggage of passengers killed after Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine.The video was obtained by Sydney’s Daily Telegraph and published on the...
Putin tells Dutch PM MH17 tribunal would be counterproductive: Kremlin
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday told Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte that establishing an international tribunal to prosecute those behind the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine would be counterproductive. …read more Source:...
UN ‘best option’ for trying MH17 suspects: Dutch PM
THE HAGUE – Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte called Friday for the creation of an international tribunal to try those responsible for downing a Malaysian airliner over Ukraine last year.”A UN tribunal is the best option for prosecuting those responsible for the MH17 disaster, as it is the best chance to get them before a court of...
NATO warns of risk of more heavy fighting in Ukraine
BRUSSELS – NATO head Jens Stoltenberg warned Thursday there was still a risk of heavy fighting in Ukraine and urged Russia to halt its support for pro-Moscow rebels.In recent weeks there has been an upsurge in fighting in a conflict which has already killed some 6,500 people, despite a February ceasefire brokered in Minsk which has been...
Netherlands, Malaysia push for UN tribunal for MH17 culprits
UNITED NATIONS, United States – The Netherlands, Malaysia and three other countries want a UN tribunal to be set up to try those responsible for the downing of the Malaysia Airlines flight over Ukraine last year, a senior diplomat said Wednesday.Malaysia is expected to present a draft resolution to the Security Council next month on setting...
NATO won’t be ‘dragged into arms race’ with Russia: Stoltenberg
BRUSSELS – NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday the alliance will not get dragged into an arms race with Russia but must counter Moscow’s “aggressive actions” in Ukraine.Defence ministers are due to approve measures including the more than doubling of NATO’s rapid response force, while the US on...
Japan PM calls on Putin to work towards Ukraine peace
TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called on Russian President Vladimir Putin Wednesday to play a constructive role in finding “peaceful and diplomatic solutions” to the crisis in Ukraine, after the EU agreed to prolong sanctions against Russia.During a 30-minute evening teleconference, Abe requested that Putin implement...
Int’l tribunal looks like best chance for MH17 justice
AMSTERDAM – The Netherlands is discussing with its allies an international tribunal to prosecute those suspected of downing a Malaysian airliner over rebel-held eastern Ukraine last year, sources familiar with the discussions have told Reuters.The chance of a successful prosecution is considered slim at best but the Dutch still hope that,...
Some Ukraine refugees in Russia yearn to return, others settle
PRIMORKA, Russia – Marina Balatskaya watched as her three children played in the Russian holiday camp that has become their home since they fled the fighting in east Ukraine.For some seven months the single mother, 35, and her family have been living alongside refugees from the conflict in the government-run settlement on the shore of the...
After midnight in the library, Putin sets out his world view
ST PETERSBURG, Russia – It was two minutes before midnight when Russian President Vladimir Putin finally entered the meeting room in the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library, more than three hours late, to be interviewed by a dozen exhausted journalists.His retinue seemed wearily accustomed to the late-night regimen, but Putin himself –...
