Section: Africa&ME
Russia transfering rocket system to Ukraine rebels
The Pentagon says the transfer of heavy calibre multiple launch rocket systems from Russia to Ukrainian separatists appeared to be imminent, with the arms close enough to the border they could be handed over soon. …read more Source:...
Ukraine PM’s resignation adds to crisis
Unarmed Dutch military police head for MH17 crash site as Australia says its close to sending its own …read more Source: Gulf...
EU set to up the ante on Russia sanctions
European Union ambassadors have reached a preliminary agreement to push ahead with hard-hitting economic sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source:...
Ex-rebel Ukraine city uncovers ‘mass grave’
The city of Slavyansk in eastern Ukraine, a former rebel stronghold back under Ukrainian military control, has found its first mass grave. …read more Source:...
Ukraine says soldiers under fire from Russia
Army says it was attacked by rebels in seven different locations overnight, but also claims to have retaken a key town. …read more Source: AL...
Parents head to Ukraine to find MH17 victim
Convinced daughter, their only child, somehow survived the disaster …read more Source: Gulf...
Parents convinced MH17 daughter still alive
The parents of an Australian victim of the MH17 disaster are clinging to hopes their daughter may still be alive, travelling to Ukraine to find her, reports say. …read more Source:...
MH17 probe complicated as PM resigns
Ukraine’s prime minister has resigned after his governing coalition collapsed, plunging the former Soviet state into political limbo as it struggles to quell a deadly rebellion in the east. …read more Source:...
Planes with MH17 bodies leave Ukraine
KHARKIV, Ukraine — Two military aircraft carrying remains of victims from the Malaysian plane disaster departed for the Netherlands Thursday, while Australian and Dutch diplomats joined to promote a plan for a UN team to secure the crash scene which has been controlled by pro-Russian rebels. All 298 people aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 17...
IMF lowers global growth forecast
The International Monetary Fund warned yesterday that geopolitical risks in Ukraine and the Middle East are looming over a global economy already hit by slowdowns in the US and China. …read more Source: Gulf...
