Section: Sowetan (South Africa)
MH17 lawyer tells Putin to ‘make amends’ over crash
Russian President Vladimir Putin must “make amends” for those killed on a Malaysia Airlines jet shot down over Ukraine, the lawyer representing victims said Wednesday ahead of the third anniversary of the disaster. …read more Source: The...
Global cyber ransomware attack spreads
A global cyber attack‚ which was initiated in the Ukraine‚ spread on Wednesday to other countries in Europe‚ less than two months after the last worldwide ransom ware attack. …read more Source: The...
Cluster bombs kill more than 400 people, over a third of them children
More than 400 people were killed by cluster bombs in 2015, most of them dying in Syria, Yemen and Ukraine, which have not signed up to a treaty banning the weapon, an international anti-cluster bomb coalition said on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
Dozen wounded in blast outside Ukraine parliament
A powerful explosion on Monday outside Ukraine’s parliament wounded about a dozen protesters and police during clashes over reforms giving greater powers to rebels in the east, an AFP reporter saw. …read more Source: The...
Dutch air safety body to publish final MH17 crash report in October
The final report into the crash last July of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine will be published on Oct 13, the Dutch Safety Board said on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
Malaysia asks UN to set up MH17 tribunal
Malaysia on Wednesday circulated a draft UN resolution on establishing an international tribunal that it said would guarantee an independent trial for those behind the downing of flight MH17 over Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Forget about Rhodes, Ukraine wins at toppling statues – VIDEO
South Africa is still on a high after the success of the #RhodesMustFall movement in removing the statue of Cecil John Rhodes from the UCT campus – but we’re not the only country debating statues that are symbols of a painful past. …read more Source: The...
Greece and Ukraine to dominate EU summit
Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will plead with European counterparts at a summit in Brussels Thursday to release vital funds to help his debt-laden country stave off a looming cash crunch. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine truce hangs in balance after ‘difficult’ talks
The latest push for peace in Ukraine appeared moribund on Thursday after initial talks failed to agree when the warring sides should meet again to try ending their eight-month conflict. …read more Source: The...
White widow allegedly gunned down
Samantha Lewthwaite, nicknamed the ‘White Widow’, one of Britain’s most wanted people has reportedly been shot and killed in Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
