Section: US & Canada
Rebels Release Train With Bodies, Black Boxes From Downed Malaysia Airlines Plane
HRABOVE, Ukraine—Bowing to international pressure Monday, pro-Moscow separatists released a train packed with bodies and agreed to hand over the black boxes from the downed Malaysia Airlines plane, four days after it plunged into rebel-held eastern Ukraine. With body parts decaying in sweltering heat and signs that evidence at the crash...
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...
Ukraine crash: Bodies leaving separatist-held area by train, Kiev says
The bodies of all 298 victims of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 are aboard two trains in eastern Ukraine and set to be moved to Kharkhiv, a city controlled by the country’s central government, officials in Kiev said Monday. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Rebels to give Flight 17 black boxes to Malaysia
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak says the leader of the pro-Russian rebels has agreed to hand over both black boxes from Flight 17 to Malaysian investigators who are in Ukraine. …read more Source: Miami...
Malaysian PM says rebels to give Flight 17 black boxes to Malaysia investigators
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak says the leader of the pro-Russian rebels has agreed to hand over both black boxes from Flight 17 to Malaysian investigators who are in Ukraine. …read more Source: FOX...
Ukrainian Military and Rebel Fighters Clash in Donetsk
The fighting in the regional capital between the Ukrainian military and pro-Russian separatists was said to be intense, with a witness reporting heavy shelling and damage at a children’s hospital. …read more Source: The New York...
Obama on Plane Crash in Ukraine
The president discussed developments in the investigation of the Malaysia Airlines crash in Ukraine and urged Russia to push separatist rebels for access to the wreckage site. …read more Source: The New York...
