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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...
Russian former leader of Ukraine rebels warns of ‘big war’
MOSCOW – A ceasefire is likely to collapse in east Ukraine and Russia could be drawn into a “big war” to cleanse the “sore on its borders”, the former leader of the region’s pro-Russian separatists said. Violence has eased but not halted in east Ukraine under… …read more Source:...
Netherlands, Malaysia push for UN tribunal for MH17 culprits
June 24, 2015 11:40 PMUNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) – The Netherlands, Malaysia and three other countries want a UN tribunal to be set up to try those responsible for the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine last year, a senior diplomat said Wednesday. …read more Source: The Straits...
Nearly half of MH17’s wreckage still in Ukraine: Rebel
June 24, 2015 11:00 PMKIEV (AFP) – A top pro-Russian rebel said Wednesday that nearly half the wreckage of the Malaysia Airlines jet shot down over Ukraine last year remains strewn across fields controlled by the separatists. …read more Source: The Straits...
Russia’s President Putin extends ban on Western food imports by one year
June 24, 2015 9:40 PMMOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin has extended Russia’s ban on food imports from the West by one year, longer than had been expected, in retaliation to the extension of European sanctions against Moscow over Ukraine. …read more Source: The Straits...
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,...
Netherlands looks to international tribunal as best chance for justice over MH17: Sources
June 24, 2015 5:52 PMAMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Netherlands is discussing with its allies over forming 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. …read more Source: The Straits...
Ukraine appeals to EU over ‘illegal’ Gazprom-Slovak pipeline contract
Kiev has appealed to the European Union over an agreement between Slovak pipeline operator Eustream and Russia’s Gazprom that it says violates EU law in allowing Gazprom to prevent reverse flows back to Ukraine in a key pipeline, according to a document seen by Reuters. …read more Source: Channel...
