Section: The Straits Times (Singapore)
Search of Ukraine MH17 crash site is over: Dutch team
May 01, 2015 12:03 AMTHE HAGUE (AFP) – Dutch and international investigators have finished recovering human remains and wreckage from the MH17 plane crash site in eastern Ukraine, the mission’s head said on Thursday. …read more Source: The Straits...
Ukraine’s ceasefire under pressure amid reports of servicemen killed
April 27, 2015 5:21 PMUkraine is observing large-scale military drills in the southern Mykolaiv region under the watchful eye of President Petro Poroshenko. …read more Source: The Straits...
Berlin knew risk of flying above Ukraine before MH17 crash but did not inform airlines: Reports
April 27, 2015 9:02 AMFRANKFURT (AFP) – Berlin knew the risks of flying over war-torn east Ukraine before flight MH17 was shot out of the sky last year but did not inform German airlines, local media reported on Sunday. …read more Source: The Straits...
Rich get richer in British index of wealthiest people
April 26, 2015 5:43 AMLONDON (AFP) – Ukrainian businessman Len Blavatnik has been named the wealthiest man in Britain in a rich list being released Sunday studded with members of the international jet set living in London. …read more Source: The Straits...
Many more human remains found at MH17 crash site: Dutch ministry
April 22, 2015 7:25 PMTHE HAGUE (AFP) – Dutch investigators have recovered “many” more body parts and pieces of wreckage after resuming their search at the MH17 plane crash site in Ukraine, the Netherlands said Wednesday. …read more Source: The Straits...
ISIS is ‘Russia’s greatest enemy’, not US: Foreign Minister Lavrov
April 22, 2015 6:25 PMMOSCOW (AFP) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday that the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria group was Moscow’s greatest enemy, notwithstanding the strained relations with the United States over the Ukraine conflict. …read more Source: The Straits...
300 US troops in Ukraine to train Ukrainian forces: US Army
April 17, 2015 3:31 PMKIEV (AFP) – About 300 US paratroopers have arrived in Ukraine to train the Ukrainian National Guard which is fighting pro-Russian rebels in the east, the US Army said in a statement. …read more Source: The Straits...
Dutch team find more remains at Ukraine MH17 crash site
April 17, 2015 4:32 AMTHE HAGUE (AFP) – Dutch investigators have recovered more body parts at the MH17 plane crash site in Ukraine after searching a location that was previously inaccessible, the Netherlands announced on Thursday. …read more Source: The Straits...
Ukraine President Poroshenko orders probe into killings of journalist and ex-lawmaker
April 16, 2015 9:38 PMKIEV (REUTERS, AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Thursday ordered “a quick and transparent”investigation into the murders of a pro-Russian journalist and an ex-lawmaker loyal to ousted President Viktor Yanukovich. …read more Source: The Straits...
Russia’s Putin says economy has passed ‘peak’ of problems
April 16, 2015 5:52 PMMOSCOW (AFP) – President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said the worst was over for Russia’s crisis-hit economy, pointing to the recent rebound of the ruble despite Western sanctions over Ukraine. …read more Source: The Straits...
