Section: Australia
- ABC News (Australia) (310)
- NEWS.com.au (Australia) (203)
- SBS (Australia) (245)
- The West Australian (Australia) (2,557)
Russia backflips over MH17
A Russian missile maker has concluded the Malaysian Airlines flight was downed by a missile in service in Ukrainian arsenals. …read more Source: THE...
MH17 plane was shot down by a Buk missile, Russian weapons manufacturer says
The claim confounds previous Kremlin claims that the flight was shot down by a Ukrainian fighter jet. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ukraine talks postponed as Kiev blames Russian ‘sabotage’ (AFP)
Minsk (AFP) – Kiev on Tuesday accused Moscow of sabotaging Ukraine crisis talks, after a meeting in Minsk aimed at resolving the conflict in eastern Ukraine was postponed. …read more Source: The West...
Ivanovic sails into French Open semi-finals
Former champion Ana Ivanovic was at her brilliant, aggressive best as the seventh seed swept aside Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina 6-3, 6-2 on Tuesday to storm into the French Open semi-finals. …read more Source: ABC...
Russian missile maker says BUK rocket downed MH17 (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – The Russian firm making missiles similar to the one the West claims downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in Ukraine said on Tuesday the passenger jet was likely hit by a BUK missile system. …read more Source: The West...
Young nurses swap studies for Ukraine frontline (AFP)
Pisky (Ukraine) (AFP) – Dressed in camouflage shorts and with her short hair dyed bright red, Nika looks more like a rock fan than a nurse at a makeshift Ukrainian hospital. …read more Source: The West...
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:...
Georgia threatens to strip ex-leader Saakashvili’s citizenship (AFP)
Tbilisi (AFP) – Georgia has threatened to revoke pro-Western former president Mikheil Saakashvili’s citizenship after he was granted a Ukrainian passport and appointed as governor of the strategic Odessa region. …read more Source: The West...
NATO flexes muscles in Baltics, Poland (AFP)
Vilnius (AFP) – US-led NATO drills began Monday in the Baltic states and Poland, a move intended to reassure Russia’s nervous neighbours amid tensions over Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Russian FM dimisses ‘absurdity’ of EU anger over entry bans (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday dismissed the “absurdity” of EU complaints over a travel ban imposed by Moscow on 89 Europeans over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The West...
