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Australia monitors Russian ships off north coast
BRISBANE – Australia on Thursday said it was tracking four Russian naval vessels off its north coast, with relations between the two nations strained after the downing of Flight MH17 in Ukraine.The appearance of the fleet coincides with Vladimir Putin’s arrival at the G20 summit in Brisbane and follows a highly-anticipated exchange...
NATO says Russian troops in Ukraine amid fears of all-out war
Moscow denied the claims as “unfounded” and the deputy ambassador to the United Nations, Alexander Pankin, told an emergency Security Council meeting that the alliance was making “another foray into propaganda.” …read more Source: Channel...
UN warns of possible return to full-scale fighting in east Ukraine
“We are deeply concerned by the possibility of a return to full-scale fighting,” Assistant Secretary-General Jens Anders Toyberg-Frandzen told an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council. …read more Source: Channel...
Human remains found at MH17 site but no wreckage recovery
November 13, 2014 3:12 AMTHE HAGUE (AFP) – Dutch forensic experts recovered further human remains at the crash site of downed Flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday, but said they could not yet start salvaging the wreckage. …read more Source: The Straits...
Italy couple cannot keep child born to surrogate mother: Court
ROME – Italy’s supreme court has ruled that a baby born to a surrogate mother in Ukraine cannot be kept by the Italian couple who paid for it and must be put up for adoption, Italian media reports said Wednesday.Under Italian law, the person who gives birth to a baby is legally its mother, and the use of surrogate mothers is...
Ukraine says preparing for fresh combat in face of Russian military build-up across border
November 12, 2014 8:53 PMDONETSK, Ukraine (AFP) – Ukraine said on Wednesday it was readying for fresh combat operations in the war-torn east as Nato backed claims that Moscow has poured columns of military hardware across the border. …read more Source: The Straits...
Nato says it has seen Russian military equipment entering east Ukraine
November 12, 2014 7:26 PMSOFIA (AFP) – Nato has observed columns of Russian military equipment, including tanks, artillery and combat troops entering eastern Ukraine in the past two days, the military alliance’s supreme allied commander said on Wednesday. …read more Source: The Straits...
Heavy artillery fire around Ukraine rebel city Donetsk
East Ukraine’s main rebel bastion of Donetsk was rocked by heavy artillery fire on Wednesday (Nov 12), with the sound of artillery fire and explosions heard in all districts of the mining hub. …read more Source: Channel...
Finland Prime Minister warns of new ‘Cold War’
HELSINKI – Finnish Prime Minister Alexander Stubb warned Tuesday that the conflict in the Ukraine was bringing the world to the “brink of a Cold War” but that trade sanctions were the only credible weapon against Russia.”Russia’s foreign policy doctrine has Cold War elements,” he told public broadcaster...
Rouble continues slide after currency floated
THE rouble resumed its dramatic slide on Tuesday, a day after the Russian central bank floated the currency that has been driven sharply lower by falling oil prices and economic sanctions imposed over Russia’s policy in Ukraine. …read more Source: The Business...
