Section: Australia
- ABC News (Australia) (310)
- NEWS.com.au (Australia) (203)
- SBS (Australia) (245)
- The West Australian (Australia) (2,557)
Hounded and out of work, gay Ukrainians flee rebel east (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Oleksandr had already lost his job for being gay in the rebel Ukrainian bastion of Donetsk when he was approached by two Russian speakers with rifles dangling on their hips. …read more Source: The West...
US compares China’s South China Sea moves to Russia’s in Ukraine
Top US diplomat rejects unilateral and coercive changes to status quo in South China Sea and eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
MH17 tribunal idea is ‘counterproductive’: Russian official (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – A senior Russian official on Friday rejected calls for the establishment of a UN tribunal to try those responsible for the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine last year. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine, creditors exchange blows ahead of debt talks (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – A vicious fight broke out in the open Friday between Ukraine’s cash-strapped government and its foreign creditors over billions of dollars in debt that are up for negotiation next week. …read more Source: The West...
Putin out to seize control of Ukraine, says Kiev defence chief (Reuters)
KIEV (Reuters) – The West should not drop its guard over Ukraine, the country’s defence minister said on Friday, saying a build-up of Russian forces in support of separatists showed President Vladimir… …read more Source: The West...
MH17 crash: Australia, other countries want UN tribunal
The five countries investigating last year’s shooting down of a Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine are calling for an international tribunal to prosecute those responsible. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Obama, Putin discuss Iran, Islamic State, Ukraine in phone call (Reuters)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin phoned U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday, their first call since February, to discuss Iran nuclear talks, “the increasingly dangerous situ… …read more Source: The West...
Lone Russian activists battle to prove Kremlin troops in Ukraine (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Ruslan Leviyev clicks through the evidence on the computer in his Moscow flat that he says helps prove Russian President Vladimir Putin is lying when he denies his troops are fighting in Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
NATO warns of risk of more heavy fighting in Ukraine (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – NATO head Jens Stoltenberg warned Thursday there was still a risk of heavy fighting in Ukraine and urged Russia to halt its support for pro-Moscow rebels. …read more Source: The West...
Internal border closes on Ukrainians splintered by war (AFP)
ODRADIVKA (Ukraine) (AFP) – Irina grips a bag filled to bursting with fruit in each hand and begins the arduous trek across the shell-splattered no man’s land splitting pro-Russian militias from Ukrainian troops. …read more Source: The West...
