Section: Voice of America (USA)
Malaysian Transport Minister to Ukraine to Investigate Crash
Malaysia’s transport minister is heading to Ukraine to join officials of his government already there preparing to assist in the investigation of the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. Malaysia is expressing alarm that the site, where a passenger jet of its flag carrier was apparently shot down by a missile, is not secure, and that...
AIDS Society Mourns Researchers, Experts Killed in Crash
The International AIDS Society has confirmed that at least six high-level researchers and AIDS experts were among those killed on the Malaysia Airlines flight downed Thursday over volatile eastern Ukraine. The victims include the former president of the society, which is holding its annual week-long conference beginning Sunday in Melbourne....
China Hesitant to Accuse Russia for Plane Crash
The missile attack against a civilian airliner high above eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 aboard, is already seen as a pivotal moment in the Ukraine crisis. China has said the conflict is an internal struggle that should be negotiated peacefully, but has resisted joining Western-led sanctions against Moscow. After the MH17 crash, China joined...
Top AIDS Researcher Killed in Malaysia Plane Crash
The international AIDS community is reeling from the loss of many as 100 researchers who died when Malaysia Airlines flight 17 crashed in eastern Ukraine. They were en route to an AIDS conference that is about to begin in Australia. Among the dead, a leader in AIDS research, Dr. Joep Lange. Dr. Joup Lange changed the world’s view on who...
Diplomatic Crisis Grows Over MH17 Plane Crash
The Malaysia Airlines crash in eastern Ukraine is drawing reaction from leaders around the world. With suspicions growing that a surface-to-air missile shot down the aircraft, there are increasing tensions in the international community over who is to blame. Strewn across the conflict zone of eastern Ukraine, the belongings of 298 innocent...
Ukraine: Russia Helping to Destroy Crash Evidence
Ukraine has accused Russia of assisting pro-Russian separatists in destroying evidence at the crash site of the Malaysia Airlines flight shot down with 298 people onboard. The government said Saturday the rebels have removed 38 bodies from the site and taken them to the insurgent-controlled city of Donetsk. Ukraine said the separatist rebels were...
US Confident Missile Came From Separatist Held Territory
The United States says it is confident the missile that took down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was launched from territory held by Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine. The task of determining exactly who pulled the trigger, however, now falls to investigators, who will face some challenges. The ominous pillar of black smoke, debris...
US Confident Missile Came From Separatist-Held Territory
The United States says it is confident the missile that took down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was launched from territory held by Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine. The task of determining exactly who pulled the trigger, however, now falls to investigators, who will face some challenges. VOA’s Jeff Seldin reports from the...
US Calls On Putin to Withdraw Support of Ukrainian Separatists
The United States on Friday called for an independent international investigation into the downing of the Malaysian passenger plane over eastern Ukraine, and for an immediate ceasefire in the conflict. VOA’s Sharon Behn reports on Washington’s growing concern over the rapidly deteriorating security situation in the region. …read...
Malaysia Reeling: Second Air Disaster in Four Months
Malaysia is reeling from the second air disaster in four months involving the country’s flag carrier. Flight 340 vanished in March and despite an extensive search, no debris has been found. And on Thursday, Flight 17, likely hit by a surface-to-air missile, came apart over eastern Ukraine. The two incidents together have left more than 500...
