The prime minister of Ukraine resigned from his position in the face of the many challenges faced by the country, including their fight with pro-Russian rebels as well as the Malaysia Airlines crash in rebel-controlled territory.
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Cause of South Korea ferry businessman’s death cannot be determined: agency
SEOUL Thu Jul 24, 2014 9:35pm EDT (Reuters) – South Korea’s forensic agency said on Friday it was impossible to determine the cause of death of a businessman linked to a ferry that capsized and killed more than 300 people in April. An autopsy and DNA tests were conducted on the badly decomposed body of Yoo Byung-un and there was no evidence to believe he was poisoned, forensic agency head Seo Joong-seok told a news […]
Shelling of Gaza school kills at least 15; toll nears 800
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ori Lewis GAZA/JERUSALEM Thu Jul 24, 2014 9:29pm EDT (Reuters) – Gazan authorities said Israeli forces shelled a shelter at a U.N.-run school, killing at least 15 people, as the Palestinian death toll in the conflict reached 796 and attempts at a truce remained elusive. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed horror at the Thursday attack on the school at Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza strip. “Many have been killed […]
International community must focus on a ceasefire in Middle East – Obama
An alarmed United States is poised to take a more active role in imposing a ceasefire between Israel and the Hamas.
DFA raises alert level 2 in Israel and west bank
Threats to security caused by the worsening conflict between Israel and Hamas, has prompted the Department of Foreign Affairs to issue alert level 2 in Israel and the West Bank.
Ten killed in air strike north of Baghdad
BAGHDAD Mon Jul 21, 2014 4:30pm EDT (Reuters) – Ten people were killed, including a mother and three children, in a government air strike on a militant-controlled town north of Baghdad on Monday, hospital sources and witnesses said. The attack targeted the town of Hawija, 230 km (140 miles) from the capital, which is controlled by Sunni Muslim insurgents from the Islamic State and other groups opposed to Iraq’s Shi’ite-led government. A tribal leader and […]
Bodies, black boxes handed over from Ukraine crash site
By Anton Zverev and Peter Graff DONETSK Ukraine Mon Jul 21, 2014 11:04pm EDT (Reuters) – The remains of some of the nearly 300 victims of the Malaysia Airlines plane downed over Ukraine were making their way to the Netherlands on Tuesday as a senior Ukrainian separatist leader handed over the plane’s black boxes to Malaysian experts. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte told a news conference on Monday that a train carrying around 200 body […]
Body belongs to fugitive ferry businessman: South Korea police
SEOUL Mon Jul 21, 2014 10:48pm EDT (Reuters) – South Korean police said on Tuesday that a body found last month in the south of the country was that of a fugitive businessman who headed the family that owned the operator of a ferry that capsized in April, killing more than 300 people. Police said a badly decomposed body found on June 12 had been identified by DNA evidence as well as fingerprints as that […]
Typhoon gathers fury as it approaches southern China
BEIJING Fri Jul 18, 2014 2:22am EDT (Reuters) – A typhoon heading toward southern China has strengthened as it approaches the provinces of Hainan and Guangdong and is now a super typhoon, the government said on Friday, ordering that all efforts be made to prevent loss of life. Typhoon Rammasun, which has already killed at least 54 people in the Philippines, is expected to make landfall between the two provinces on Friday afternoon, the National […]
International probe demanded after Malaysian airliner downed over Ukraine, 298 dead
By Anton Zverev HRABOVE Ukraine Fri Jul 18, 2014 2:10am EDT (Reuters) – World leaders demanded an international investigation into the shooting down of a Malaysian airliner over eastern Ukraine in which all 298 people on board were killed, a tragedy that could further heighten tensions between Russia and the West. One U.S. official said Washington strongly suspected a surface-to-air missile that downed the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 on a flight from Amsterdam to Kuala […]
Ukraine says Malaysian airliner shot down, 295 dead: agency
(Reuters) – A Malaysian airliner was shot down over eastern Ukraine by militants on Thursday, killing all 295 people aboard, a Ukrainian interior ministry official was quoted as saying by Interfax-Ukraine news agency. The aircraft, which other sources said was a Boeing 777 flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, came down near the city of Donetsk, stronghold of pro-Russian rebels, Anton Gerashchenko said, adding that it was hit by a ground-to-air missile. There was no […]
Explosions, gunfire heard near Kabul airport: Reuters witness
By Mirwais Harooni and Abdul Saboor KABUL Wed Jul 16, 2014 9:37pm EDT (Reuters) – Explosions and bursts of gunfire were heard near Kabul International Airport in the Afghan capital after dawn on Thursday and black smoke rose above the facility, which is used by civilians and the military. The attack on the airport comes at a time of great uncertainty for Afghanistan as votes from the second round of a disputed presidential election are […]
