MH370 search highlights intl security co-op: DM

The search for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane has showcased the need to strengthen international cooperation in non-traditional security areas, said a spokesman for China's Defense Ministry on Thursday.Geng Yansheng told a regular press briefing that international cooperation in this regard will continue to be an important part of Chinese military forces' external exchanges. "Chi...

Planes race to fresh MH370 search zone after 'credible new lead'

A multinational fleet of planes and ships raced Friday to a fresh search zone after a "credible new lead" that Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 was flying faster than first thought before it plunged into the remote Indian Ocean.Ten aircraft from six countries -- Australia, China, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea and the United States -- diverted to an area 1,100 kilometers (685 miles) northeast of ...

MH370 ends in southern Indian Ocean: Malaysian PM

New analysis of satellite data suggested that missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 had crashed in the southern Indian Ocean, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said on Monday.Najib released the sad news at a hastily-convened press conference in Kuala Lumpur, capital of Malaysia. The prime minister said the UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch and Inmarsat, the UK company that provided the ...

Chinese aircraft spots suspicious objects in MH370 search area

The crew aboard a Chinese IL-76 plane spotted some suspicious objects in the southern Indian Ocean on Monday in search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 off Australia.The crew has reported the coordinates -- 95.1113 degrees east longitude and 42.5453 south altitude -- to the Australian command center as well as Chinese icebreaker Xuelong, which was also part of the search mission and ha...

Satellite images may help solve mystery of missing flight

France provided satellite images to Malaysia on Sunday of objects that could be from a passenger jet that has been missing for more than two weeks, and officials are hoping they will help solve the mystery surrounding Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. The images show "potential objects in the vicinity of the southern corridor," Malaysia's Ministry of Transport said in a statement. That is thought t...

Hebei to ease pressure on Beijing population

North China's Hebei province plans to build 90,000 low-rent apartments for people who work in Beijing in an effort to ease the population pressure in the capital and boost the local economy. "The province has decided to build 90,000 apartments in nine cities and counties surrounding Beijing, such as Sanhe, Zhuozhou and Laishui county. During the first phase, 50,000 will be built," said Wang Fuq...

Xi, Abbott hold phone talks over new findings on missing jet

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott held a phone conversation Thursday over possible objects from a missing Malaysian jetliner.Abbott briefed Xi on the latest developments in Australia's search mission. Australia had dispatched aircraft and warships to the sea area in the southern Indian Ocean, more than 3,000 km southwest off Perth, where suspicious objects p...

Search operation over possible MH370 debris 'keeps getting better'

The search operation over two objects possibly related to the missing Malaysia Airlines MH 370 kept "getting better," an Australian maritime rescue staff member told Xinhua Thursday.It might take days before rescuers can finally confirm whether the suspicious objects belong to the missing plane, the staff member with the Australian Maritime Safety Authority, reached from Beijing, told Xinhua on ...

Australian authorities locate possible debris of missing MH370, dispatch aircraft

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced on Thursday that objects possibly related to the search for the missing Malaysian flight MH370 had been found in the southern Indian Ocean. Addressing Parliament, Abbott said new satellite images show two possible objects in the ocean and an Australian Orion aircraft is on its way to the area. "Following specialist analysis of this satellite image...

Chinese navy shifts MH370 search focus: spokesman

The Chinese navy has shifted the focus of the search for flight MH370 westward and increased area under scrutiny six fold, an official said Tuesday.Naval vessels on standby in the Gulf of Thailand headed north of the Singapore Strait on Monday evening and divided into two groups on Tuesday noon, said Liang Yang, a Navy spokesman. The Jinggangshan amphibious docking vessel led a fleet through th...