Section: AsiaOne (Singapore)
People responsible for MH17 ‘confirmed’ by 2017: Australia
SYDNEY- The names of people being investigated for playing “an active role” in the downing of flight MH17 will be confirmed by early 2017, Australia’s foreign minister said Sunday as she raised the prospect of a Lockerbie-style prosecution. Australia is part of the Dutch-led criminal inquiry into the crash of the Malaysia...
Australia says MH17 missile suspects might be confirmed by year-end
SYDNEY – Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said on Sunday the names of those responsible for shooting down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine in 2014 might be confirmed by the end of the year. “By the end of the year, maybe early next year, the list of those that we believe should be held accountable will be confirmed...
MH17 downed by missile transported from Russia: Inquiry
Nieuwegein, Netherlands – The missile which brought down Flight MH17 two years ago over eastern Ukraine was transported into the area from Russia, a Dutch-led investigation found Wednesday.”Based on the criminal investigation we have concluded that flight MH17 was downed by a BUK missile of the series 9M83, that came from the...
MH17: Ukraine police arrest man suspected of shooting chief investigator
PETALING JAYA: Police in Ukraine have arrested a man over the shooting of the chief forensic expert in the MH17 investigations.According to report in Britain’s Independent, Oleksandr Ruvin, who is Ukraine’s most senior forensic scientist, was shot in the leg last year in an attack that the authorities suspect was connected to his part...
EU slams Ukraine violence after monitors attacked
KIEV – The European Union on Sunday criticised the “unprecedented level of violence” in eastern Ukraine after international monitors came under fire despite a truce between government forces and pro-Russian separatists.”The significant increase of ceasefire violations in the Donetsk region represents an unprecedented level...
When Europeans say ‘no’
Paris – The Dutch rejection of a European pact with Ukraine is the latest popular vote to highlight anti-EU sentiment.Britain is to hold a referendum in June on whether or not to remain in the European Union, a question with serious implications for the 28-member bloc.National referendums have often determined the direction taken by the EU,...
Australia says ready to approve uranium sales to Ukraine
Australia is set to approve sales of uranium to Ukraine under an agreement to be signed ahead of a nuclear security summit led by US President Barack Obama later this week.Australia has no nuclear industry of its own, but supplies about a tenth of the world’s uranium and has been steadily increasing the number of countries cleared to buy it...
Coach carrying foreign students crashes in Spain, killing 13
SPAIN – Thirteen students were killed and dozens more injured in Spain Sunday (March 20) when the driver of their coach lost control and crashed into an oncoming car as they returned from a festival.The bus was carrying students aged between 20 and 32 – many on a European exchange programme in the northeastern region of Catalonia...
World’s first Pele shrine shines in war-torn Ukraine
Lugansk, Ukraine – In the heart of an eastern Ukrainian city shaken by echoes of guns stands the world’s first shrine to football legend Pele that miraculously survived nearly two years of war.The creator of the unlikely Lugansk museum — painted in Brazilian gold and green and adorned by a bronze statue of Pele and a giant...
Hunger-striking Ukrainian pilot could die before Russia sentences her
A hunger-striking Ukrainian pilot on trial in Russia over the killing of two Russian journalists could die before a Russian court sentences her as the state of her health is worsening, her lawyer said.Nadezhda Savchenko, 34, was captured by in eastern Ukraine in June 2014 during fighting between Ukrainian forces and pro-Moscow separatists, and...
