Section: US & Canada
Flight 17 victims’ bodies finally heading home
4 days after Malaysia Airlines jet shot down over eastern Ukraine, train carrying most victims reaches gov’t territory for identification …read more Source:...
2 dogs among casualties of Malaysia Airlines crash
A cargo manifest revealed that two dogs were among the casualties of the doomed Malaysian jet that fell from the sky in eastern Ukraine this week. …read more Source:...
Rebels turn over MH17 black boxes
Moscow-backed rebels allow bodies from the jet crash to leave Ukraine. …read more Source: USA...
U.N. Security Council unanimously approves probe of crash in Ukraine
The United Nations Security Council, increasing pressure on Russia over the downing of a jetliner of Ukraine, adopted a resolution Monday calling for investigators to have unfettered access to the crash site and demanding a cease-fire in the area. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Dutch families enraged over treatment of crash victims
The relatives of Dutch citizens blown out of the sky above Ukraine poured out their grief and anger Monday at a meeting with their monarch and political leaders. The Dutch have widely condemned the way the bodies of the victims have been treated in Ukraine after the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 killed 298 passengers and crew, including...
Flight MH17: Europe Unlikely to Enforce Tougher Sanctions on Russia
On Tuesday, European Union (E.U.) foreign ministers will meet to discuss increasing sanctions against Russia following the downing of flight MH17. The U.S. has blamed the incident on separatist rebels who, it claims, shot the plane down using weapons supplied to them by Moscow. MoreOverruled: Russia Caves to World on Jet Crash Investigation NBC...
In pictures: Ukrainian rebels turn over black boxes
Controversy continues over access to crash site amid concerns over integrity of evidence …read more Source: The Globe and...
UN Calls for Probe of Plane Downed Over Ukraine
(UNITED NATIONS) — The U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution Monday demanding international access to the site of the plane downed over eastern Ukraine and an end to military activities around the area, following intense pressure on a reluctant Russia to support the measure. MoreU.N. Security Council Holds Urgent Meeting on...
Grieving Father Writes Open Letter To Putin: ‘Thank You For Murdering My Child’
The father of a 17-year-old passenger aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 wrote a heartbreaking public letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin. “Thank you very much, Mr. Putin, separatist leaders and Ukrainian government! For murdering my sweet and only child,” Hans de Borst starts his letter, published on his Facebook page and in...
New satellite imagery shows MH17 crash site
New satellite imagery released Monday shows the crash site of the Malaysia Airlines flight that went down in eastern Ukraine July 17. The photos, released to journalists by Google, were taken by a third-party firm July 20 and 21 as international aviation experts were still making their way to the rebel-controlled region of Ukraine to investigate...
