Section: Australia
- ABC News (Australia) (310)
- NEWS.com.au (Australia) (203)
- SBS (Australia) (245)
- The West Australian (Australia) (2,557)
Putin extends Russia’s ban on Western food ban for one year
Russian president Vladimir Putin extends a retaliatory ban against most Western food imports, including those from Australia, just days after EU officials prolong sanctions against Moscow over the Ukraine conflict. …read more Source: ABC...
Netherlands, Malaysia push for UN tribunal for MH17 culprits (AFP)
United Nations (United States) (AFP) – The Netherlands, Malaysia and three other countries want a UN tribunal to be set up to try those responsible for the downing of the Malaysia Airlines flight over Ukraine last year, a senior diplomat said Wednesday. …read more Source: The West...
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:...
Japan PM calls on Putin to work towards Ukraine peace (AFP)
Tokyo (AFP) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called on Russian President Vladimir Putin Wednesday to play a constructive role in finding “peaceful and diplomatic solutions” to the crisis in Ukraine, after the EU agreed to prolong sanctions against Russia. …read more Source: The West...
‘Nearly half’ of MH17’s wreckage still in Ukraine (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – A top pro-Russian rebel said Wednesday that nearly half the wreckage of the Malaysia Airline jet shot down over Ukraine last year remain strewn across fields controlled by the separatists. …read more Source: The West...
Putin extends Western food import ban for one year (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday extended a ban against most Western food imports for a year after EU foreign ministers agreed to prolong sanctions against Moscow over the Ukraine conflict until January 2016. …read more Source: The West...
Putin extends counter sanctions against West for one year (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday extended counter sanctions against the West for a year after EU foreign ministers agreed to prolong punitive measures against Moscow over the Ukraine conflict until January 2016. …read more Source: The West...
Viktor Yanukovych accepts blame for Ukraine bloodshed, defends zoo
They say history is written by the victors. Deposed Ukrainian leader Viktor Yanukovych has guaranteed himself at least a paragraph of his own with his latest interview. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ukraine rebels train child soldiers in the making (AFP)
Khartsyzk (Ukraine) (AFP) – He is only 14 but already knows how to assemble a Kalashnikov rifle. …read more Source: The West...
‘Normandy’ group of foreign ministers call for ceasefire in Donbass – Fabius (Reuters)
PARIS (Reuters) – The foreign ministers of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine expressed their concerns about the worsening security situation in the Donbass region at a meeting in Paris on Tuesday, F… …read more Source: The West...
