Section: The Straits Times (Singapore)
Dutch identify all foreign MH17 crash victims
December 11, 2014 6:53 PMTHE HAGUE (AFP) – Dutch authorities have identified two more victims of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash in Ukraine, with just four of the 298 dead still unidentified, all of them Dutch, officials said Thursday. …read more Source: The Straits...
Dutch to begin assembling flight MH17 wreckage for investigation
December 10, 2014 12:41 AMAMSTERDAM (REUTERS) – Crash investigators will try to reconstruct the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 that was shot down over eastern Ukraine in July from wreckage that was brought by truck to a Dutch air force hangar on Tuesday. …read more Source: The Straits...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel blasts Russia as bloody Ukraine clashes rage
December 08, 2014 2:26 AMKIEV (AFP) – Ukraine on Sunday reported the death of eight more civilians and two soldiers in fighting with pro-Russian insurgents as German Chancellor Angela Merkel accused the Kremlin of interfering in Kiev’s pro-European drive. …read more Source: The Straits...
West, Russia must avoid new ‘walls’, Hollande tells Putin
December 06, 2014 10:19 PMMOSCOW (AFP) – French President Francois Hollande told Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Saturday that Moscow and the West must prevent new walls from separating them, as the two met to discuss the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The Straits...
Poroshenko says new talks with pro-Russia rebels in Minsk
December 06, 2014 9:25 PMCHUGUIV (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said Saturday that his envoy would attend a crucial round of peace talks with pro-Russian rebels in the Belarussian capital Minsk next week. …read more Source: The Straits...
Hollande to discuss Ukraine crisis with Putin in Moscow
December 06, 2014 5:01 PMALMATY, Kazakhstan (AFP) – French President Francois Hollande will make an unscheduled stop in Moscow later on Saturday to discuss the Ukraine crisis with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, his office said. …read more Source: The Straits...
MH17 wreckage to be reassembled in Netherlands for investigation
December 01, 2014 8:07 PMAMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 recovered from its crash site in eastern Ukraine will be reassembled for an investigation at a military base in the Netherlands, Dutch authorities said on Monday. …read more Source: The Straits...
Unauthorised convoy of 106 vehicles enter east Ukraine from Russia – Ukrainian military
November 30, 2014 10:11 PMKIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine said on Sunday that a convoy of 106 vehicles had entered its eastern territory from Russia without Kiev’s permission and accused Moscow of once again using humanitarian aid shipments to send weapons and ammunition to separatist rebels. …read more Source: The Straits...
Mother of German MH17 victim takes Ukraine to court for not closing air space, sues for $1.3m
November 30, 2014 9:24 AMBERLIN (AFP) – The mother of a victim of downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 has begun legal proceedings against Ukraine at the European Court of Human Rights, accusing Kiev of failing to close the country’s air space, a German daily reported on Sunday. …read more Source: The Straits...
MH17 remains arrive in Netherlands from Ukraine
November 29, 2014 12:28 AMEINDHOVEN, Netherlands (AFP) – Six more coffins carrying body parts of victims from downed Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 arrived in the Netherlands from Ukraine on Friday, with nine victims of the July disaster still unidentified. …read more Source: The Straits...
