Section: Australia
- ABC News (Australia) (310)
- NEWS.com.au (Australia) (203)
- SBS (Australia) (245)
- The West Australian (Australia) (2,557)
Bishop in thick of UN talks on Syria (AAP)
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop is representing Australia at the United Nations General Assembly where Syria, Iraq and Ukraine will figure high on the agenda. …read more Source: The West...
Netherlands to repatriate more MH17 bodies (AFP)
The Hague (AFP) – The Dutch government said Friday it would repatriate more remains of victims from last year’s Malaysia Airlines MH17 air crash over Ukraine, as it prepared to publish a report into the cause. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine bans Russian airlines as part of war sanctions (Reuters)
By Pavel Polityuk KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine is banning flights by Russian airlines from Oct. 25 as part of a wave of sanctions against Russia over its support for separatists in the east… …read more Source: The West...
Global aid groups voice outrage at ban by Ukraine rebels (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Global relief organisations voiced outrage and disbelief on Friday over Ukrainian separatists’ decision to ban 10 Western health groups for “grave violations” of local laws. …read more Source: The West...
Global aid groups express outrage at ban by Ukraine rebels (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Global relief organisations voiced outrage and disbelief on Friday over Ukrainian separatists’ decision to ban 10 Western health groups for “grave violations of local laws”. …read more Source: The West...
Pro-Moscow rebels order UN to leave east Ukraine stronghold (AFP)
United Nations (United States) (AFP) – Pro-Russian rebels have ordered UN agencies working in the separatist stronghold of Lugansk in east Ukraine to leave the area by Friday, the UN aid chief said. …read more Source: The West...
Obama and Putin to meet, but differ over whether Ukraine or Syria tops agenda (Reuters)
WASHINGTON/MOSCOW (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet in New York next week at a time of high tension in Europe and the Middle East, but the Kremlin … …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine rebels ban 10 Western health relief groups (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s pro-Russian rebels in the separatist Lugansk region on Thursday banned 10 Western health relief groups for “grave violations” of local laws. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine’s pro-Russia rebels stage rare tank exercises (AFP)
Ternove (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine’s pro-Moscow insurgents showed off their military prowess on Thursday by launching exercises involving heavy tanks that Kiev claims they had covertly received from Russia. …read more Source: The West...
Rejecting Putin’s offer of talks with Obama would be ‘irresponsible’: US official (AFP)
Washington (AFP) – Despite clashes over Syria and Ukraine, President Barack Obama has agreed to meet Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin next week, a senior US official said Thursday, saying to reject the offer of talks would be “irresponsible.” …read more Source: The West...
