KIEV: Ukraine today accused Russia of helping separatist insurgents they say shot down Malaysian airliner MH17 try to destroy evidence at the crash site.
BEIRUT: Jihadists have killed 270 Syrian regime fighters, civilian security guards and employees since seizing a gas field in Homs province, a monitoring group said today.
GRABOVE: Ukraine and pro-Russian insurgents agreed today to set up a security zone around the crash site of a Malaysian jet whose downing in the rebel-held east has drawn global condemnation of the Kremlin.
BEIJING: A super typhoon has killed eight people in China since making landfall on Friday afternoon, state media said on Saturday, after hitting parts of the Philippines and leaving 77 dead.
KUALA LUMPUR: An emergency Parliamentary sitting on the downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, which had gone down at Donestk in the eastern Ukraine, will convene this Wednesday.
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories: Israeli air strikes killed 20 people in Gaza today, taking the death toll to more than 300, as UN chief Ban Ki-moon headed to the region to bolster truce efforts.
DONETSK, Ukraine: Rebels and international observers have yet to agree on a security zone around the site where a Malaysian airliner crashed in eastern Ukraine, they said today, complicating efforts to secure evidence.
KUANTAN: The Human Resources Ministry will ensure the next-of-kin of the Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight MH17 crew will receive appropriate compensation, particularly from the Social Security Organisation (Socso), said its deputy minister Datuk Seri Ismail Abd Muttalib.
BERLIN: At least nine people were killed and dozens hurt today, police said, as a coach carrying Polish holidaymakers collided with another coach near the eastern German city of Dresden.
KIEV: Malaysian ambassador to Ukraine Chuah Teong Ban was set to meet the leaders of the various agencies that arrived here early today for a special briefing on the current situation regarding the loss of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17.
TURIN: Real Madrid striker Alvaro Morata is poised to seal a move to Italian champions Juventus for a reported fee of 18 million euros (US$24.3 million).
LONDON: The Malaysian community in The Netherlands are in deep shock after hearing the news of the fate of MH17, fearing the worst for their friends whom they knew to be on the flight.
KOTA KINABALU: The son of slain marine policeman Corporal Abd Rajah Jamuan at Mabul island attack would call out "baba" several time while asleep at night.
KUALA LUMPUR : United Arab Emirates (UAE) President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a message of condolence to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah on the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 tragedy.
KUALA LUMPUR: The tragic incident of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, which crashed in Ukraine near the Russian border was the main story on the front pages of many newspapers around the globe.