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Russia blocks MH17 tribunal
RUSSIA has promised to fight a UN resolution to establish a tribunal that would prosecute whoever shot down MH17 over Ukraine last year, killing 298 people. …read more Source:...
‘Persons of interest’ in MH17 probe
DUTCH prosecutors say they have identified many “persons of interest” in their probe into the shooting down of flight MH17 over Ukraine …read more Source:...
Putin’s revenge for EU sanctions
THE EU has extended sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine conflict in a move branded as ‘Russophobic’. Now Vladimir Putin has retaliated. …read more Source:...
Putin: ‘God gave me perfect judgment’
RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin claims he has been blessed by God in a bizarre interview as he discusses the Ukraine crisis with the Pope. …read more Source:...
Massive blaze engulfs fuel depot
FIREFIGHTERS are frantically working to contain a deadly inferno engulfing a Ukrainian fuel depot before it reaches a nearby military air base. …read more Source:...
MH17 ‘key witness’ revealed
“IT WAS in the wrong place at the wrong time.” A mechanic in the Ukrainian Air Force has come forward to provide his version of events. …read more Source:...
MH17 admission no comfort to families
RUSSIA’S admission that a Buk missile was to blame for MH17 but it belonged to Ukraine has provided cold comfort to the families of those killed. …read more Source:...
Crimea standoff: Crisis or creation?
THE United States and Russia are again facing-off in disputed waters off occupied Crimea, with a major clash between combat jets and the destroyer USS Ross. Or was there? …read more Source:...
Ukraine pres: ‘Russia at war with us’
UKRAINE’s president says the country is fighting a “real war” with Russia after the capture of two alleged Russian soldiers in the ex-Soviet state. …read more Source:...
Putin: ‘I don’t regret a thing’
RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin said he has no regrets over his decision to take over Crimea from the Ukraine, because it righted a ‘historical injustice’. …read more Source:...