Dutch investigators and Australia's special envoy in Ukraine have downplayed suggestions there could be up to 100 bodies still at the MH17 crash site or otherwise missing as the grim task of identifying remains gets under way in the Netherlands.


EINDHOVEN, Netherlands - Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has left open the possibility that Australian peacekeepers could be dispatched to help secure the MH17 crash site.

EINDHOVEN, Netherlands - Australian relatives and friends of MH17 victims were among those on hand in Eindhoven, in the Netherlands, to meet the arrival of the first 40 bodies.

DOHA - Hamas has rejected a ceasefire to end 16 days of deadly fighting with Israel unless the blockade on the Gaza Strip is lifted.

WASHINGTON, July 23 AFP - Major airlines have shunned Israel for a second day, while Washington renewed a ban on US flights to Tel Aviv due to the Gaza conflict.

TAIPEI - At least 42 people have been killed in a plane crash in Taiwan, officials said, with witnesses and local media reporting the flight came down in a storm after an aborted landing.

BAGHDAD - Iraqi lawmakers have postponed choosing a new president for their ailing country while air strikes, suicide car bombs and summary executions continue to claim lives.