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MH17

US Supreme Court starts new term, with major Trump cases in store

People walk past the US Supreme Court building on the first day of their new session in Washington, US, on Oct 6, 2025.
People walk past the US Supreme Court building on the first day of their new session in Washington, US, on Oct 6, 2025.

Europe’s top rights court finds Russia responsible for downing of MH17, rights abuses in Ukraine

A 2014 photo showing wreckage of  Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 lying in a field in eastern Ukraine.
A 2014 photo showing wreckage of  Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 lying in a field in eastern Ukraine.

The world’s worst air crashes in recent years

Most recently on Jan 29, more than 60 were killed when an American Airlines jet collided with a US Army helicopter (top left).
Most recently on Jan 29, more than 60 were killed when an American Airlines jet collided with a US Army helicopter (top left).

Russia rejects ‘biased’ UN ruling on 2014 downing of Malaysian airliner

Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014.
Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014.

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, May 13, 2025

The three-month lowering of import duties will give the countries time to negotiate a broader agreement on trade.
The three-month lowering of import duties will give the countries time to negotiate a broader agreement on trade.

Russia downed Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, UN aviation body rules

FILE PHOTO: People hold flags at a memorial to victims of the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 plane crash during a ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the accident, near the village of Hrabove (Grabovo) in the Donetsk region, Russian-controlled Ukraine, July 17, 2024. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: People hold flags at a memorial to victims of the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 plane crash during a ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the accident, near the village of Hrabove (Grabovo) in the Donetsk region, Russian-controlled Ukraine, July 17, 2024. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko/File Photo

Russia's Sberbank disagrees with US court allowing MH17 case to move forward

FILE PHOTO: Debris from a Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 that crashed on Thursday lies on the ground near the village of Rozsypne in the Donetsk region July 18, 2014. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Debris from a Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 that crashed on Thursday lies on the ground near the village of Rozsypne in the Donetsk region July 18, 2014. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev/File Photo

Family of American killed on Malaysian Airlines flight can sue Russian bank, US court rules

FILE PHOTO: Debris from a Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 that crashed on Thursday lies on the ground near the village of Rozsypne in the Donetsk region July 18, 2014. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev//File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Debris from a Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 that crashed on Thursday lies on the ground near the village of Rozsypne in the Donetsk region July 18, 2014. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev//File Photo

Netherlands commemorates 10th anniversary of downing of MH17 airline

People hold flags at a memorial to victims of the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 plane crash during a ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the accident, near the village of Hrabove (Grabovo) in the Donetsk region, Russian-controlled Ukraine, July 17, 2024. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
People hold flags at a memorial to victims of the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 plane crash during a ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the accident, near the village of Hrabove (Grabovo) in the Donetsk region, Russian-controlled Ukraine, July 17, 2024. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

Hopes for justice fade as relatives mourn 10th anniversary of MH17 downing

(FILES) This photograph shows flowers, left by parents of an Australian victim of the crash on a piece of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, near the village of Hrabove (Grabove), in the Donetsk region on July 26, 2014. The families of the victims of the downing of flight MH17 in war-torn eastern Ukraine are this week commemorating ten years since the tragedy, with dwindling hopes of seeing those responsible behind bars. (Photo by Bulent KILIC / AFP)
(FILES) This photograph shows flowers, left by parents of an Australian victim of the crash on a piece of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, near the village of Hrabove (Grabove), in the Donetsk region on July 26, 2014. The families of the victims of the downing of flight MH17 in war-torn eastern Ukraine are this week commemorating ten years since the tragedy, with dwindling hopes of seeing those responsible behind bars. (Photo by Bulent KILIC / AFP)

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.