Section: Channel NewsAsia (Singapore)
Putin igniting dangerous nationalist fervor: US general
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s military intervention in Ukraine is fanning nationalist sentiments that could spread across the region with dangerous, unpredictable consequences, the US military’s top officer said Thursday (July 24). …read more Source: Channel...
MH17 black box data downloaded, no evidence of tampering
Dutch investigators into the shooting down over Ukraine of flight MH17 said on Thursday (July 24) they had downloaded data from the black box flight recorder and that it had not been tampered with. …read more Source: Channel...
‘Evidence’ Moscow firing from Russia on Ukraine troops: US
The United States has evidence that Russian troops are firing artillery from inside Russia on Ukrainian military positions, a US official alleged on Thursday (July 24). …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine fighting rages as Australia ready for MH17 site deployment
Fighting between Ukrainian troops and rebels raged Thursday (July 24) near the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, as countries which lost 298 citizens in the disaster moved to deploy their police to secure the impact zone. …read more Source: Channel...
More MH17 bodies arrive in Netherlands
Two planes carrying 74 coffins containing bodies recovered from the MH17 crash site in Ukraine were flown to the Netherlands on Thursday (July 24), a day after the first of the 298 dead arrived. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine prime minister resigns over coalition breakup
Ukraine’s Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk on Thursday resigned in a shock move in protest at the disbanding of the ruling parliamentary coalition, plunging the strife-torn nation into political uncertainty. …read more Source: Channel...
Australia ready to send police to secure MH17 site
The deployment of an international police force to secure the MH17 crash site in Ukraine is moving closer, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Thursday (July 24). …read more Source: Channel...
Donetsk residents flee as Ukraine conflict worsens
Donetsk residents are fleeing the area with Russia saying it has set up refugee camps on the other side of the border, as the conflict in eastern Ukraine stepped up a notch. …read more Source: Channel...
Toll rising from drug users in Russian-annexed Crimea
Russia’s annexation of Crimea has led to a surge in deaths among intravenous drug users, who no longer have access to vital therapy, specialists said at the world AIDS forum on Thursday (July 24). …read more Source: Channel...
First MH17 bodies arrive in Netherlands
The first bodies from flight MH17 arrived in the Netherlands on Wednesday (July 23), almost a week after it was shot down over Ukraine, as the conflict flared yet again near the Malaysian airliner’s crash site. …read more Source: Channel...
