Section: Australia
- ABC News (Australia) (310)
- NEWS.com.au (Australia) (203)
- SBS (Australia) (245)
- The West Australian (Australia) (2,557)
US army walks cultural minefield training Ukraine troops (AFP)
Yavoriv (Ukraine) (AFP) – US paratrooper Gregory Crocker is giving a group of Ukrainian soldiers lesson one in dealing with an unexploded bomb: don’t touch it until the experts arrive. …read more Source: The West...
Dutch expert fired after showing MH17 victim photos (AFP)
The Hague (AFP) – A Dutch expert helping to identify victims from last year’s MH17 airliner crash in Ukraine has been fired after showing photographs of the dead at a public lecture, the government said Thursday. …read more Source: The West...
Ukrainians see rebel colours in Elle magazine cover (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Women’s magazine Elle has angered patriotic Ukrainians by putting on its front page the US actress Michelle Williams dressed in the colours of the pro-Russian separatist movement that their government is fighting. …read more Source: The West...
OSCE says little point expanding Ukraine mission at present (AFP)
Vienna (AFP) – The chief OSCE monitor in eastern Ukraine said Thursday there was little point increasing the size of its mission while its access to conflict areas remains restricted, saying the situation remains “fragile”. …read more Source: The West...
France will pay back Russia if warships not delivered: Hollande (AFP)
Paris (AFP) – President Francois Hollande said Wednesday that France will reimburse Russia if it fails to deliver two Mistral warships in a deal frozen over the Ukraine conflict. …read more Source: The West...
‘Many’ human remains found at MH17 site (AFP)
The Hague (AFP) – Dutch investigators have recovered “many” more body parts and pieces of wreckage after resuming their search at the MH17 plane crash site in Ukraine, the Netherlands said Wednesday. …read more Source: The West...
Dutch investigators recover human remains from MH17 crash site (AFP)
The Hague (AFP) – Dutch investigators have recovered “many” more body parts and pieces of wreckage after resuming their search at the MH17 plane crash site in Ukraine, the Netherlands said Wednesday. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine soldier killed by rebels: army (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – A Ukrainian soldier was killed in fighting with pro-Russian separatists in the east, the army said Tuesday, its first fatality in nearly a week as shelling rumbled on despite a ceasefire deal. …read more Source: The West...
Russia PM estimates economy shrank by 2% in first quarter (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russia’s Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday estimated that the Russian economy shrank by two percent in the first quarter under pressure from Western sanctions over Ukraine and low oil prices. …read more Source: The West...
US paratroopers to train Ukrainians
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko welcomed US troops who will assist the fight against pro-Russian rebels. …read more Source: THE...
