Section: Pattaya Mail (Thailand)
MH17 investigators want to speak to Ukrainian prisoner
In this July 17, 2014 file photo, people walk amongst the debris at the crash site of a passenger plane near the village of Grabovo, Ukraine. Prosecutors investigating the downing five years ago of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine want to speak to a man being held by Ukrainian authorities, calling him a “person of interest” in...
Iranian tanker sought by US heads to unknown destination
Renamed Adrian Aryra 1 super tanker hosting an Iranian flag sails in the waters in the British territory of Gibraltar, Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Marcos Moreno)GIBRALTAR (AP) — An Iranian supertanker hauling $130 million worth of light crude oil that the U.S. suspects to be tied to a sanctioned organization lifted its anchor and begun...
Gibraltar releases Iran supertanker that US sought to seize
A view of the Grace 1 supertanker in the British territory of Gibraltar, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, seized last month in a British Royal Navy operation off Gibraltar. (AP Photo/Marcos Moreno)Madrid (AP) — The British overseas territory of Gibraltar released a seized Iranian supertanker Thursday over last-minute objections from the U.S., potentially...
Pilot hailed as hero after bird strike disables Russian jet
In this video grab provided by the RU-RTR Russian television, a Russian Ural Airlines’ A321 plane is seen after an emergency landing in a cornfield near Ramenskoye, outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019. (RU-RTR Russian Television via AP)Moscow (AP) — A Russian pilot was being hailed as a hero Thursday for safely landing his...
Relatives of victims mark 5th anniversary of MH17 downing
A girl holds a flower as friends and family of victims from Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 plane crash attend a ceremony marking the fifth anniversary of the tragedy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wednesday, July 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)Vijfhuizen, Netherlands (AP) — With songs, speeches and solemn silence, relatives and friends on Wednesday...
German leader Merkel seen shaking for 3rd time in a month
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Prime Minister of Finland Antti Rinne listen to the national anthems at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, July 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)Berlin (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s body shook visibly at a public event for the third time in less than a month on Wednesday, but...
Chernobyl nuclear confinement shelter has media preview
This June 1, 2019, file photo shows a view of the New Safe Confinement (NSC) movable enclosure at the nuclear power plant in Chernobyl, Ukraine. (Sergei Supinsky/Pool Photo via AP)Chernobyl, Ukraine (AP) — A new structure built to confine the Chernobyl reactor at the center of the world’s worst nuclear disaster was previewed for the media...
Malaysia: ‘No proof’ of Russian involvement in MH17 downing
In this file photo taken on Wednesday, July 23, 2014, Malaysian investigators along with members of the OSCE mission in Ukraine, examine a piece of the crashed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in the village of Petropavlivka, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)Putrajaya, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad...
4 charged in downing of Malaysian airliner over Ukraine
In this Thursday, July 17, 2014 file photo, a man walks amongst the debris at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 near the village of Hrabove, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)Nieuwegein, Netherlands (AP) — International prosecutors announced murder charges Wednesday against four men — three of them Russians with military or...
Hungary: Floating crane arrives to sunken Danube tour boat
A 200-ton lift capacity crane is pictured after its arrival at Margaret Bridge in Budapest, Hungary, Friday, June 7, June 2019. (Zoltan Balogh/MTI via AP)Budapest, Hungary (AP) — A huge floating crane has been placed in the heart of Budapest to help raise a sunken tour boat off the floor of the Danube River. Before the crane, which was positioned...
