Section: Australia
- ABC News (Australia) (310)
- NEWS.com.au (Australia) (203)
- SBS (Australia) (245)
- The West Australian (Australia) (2,557)
Dutch probe secret service role ahead of MH17 crash (AFP)
The Hague (AFP) – The Netherlands wants to know whether its intelligence services warned airlines of danger about flying over war-torn Ukraine prior to the downing of flight MH17 in July, officials said Tuesday. …read more Source: The West...
13 Ukraine soldiers killed in road crash in east (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Thirteen Ukrainian soldiers were killed and 17 injured when the bus they were travelling in collided with military trucks in bad weather in the war-torn east, officials said on Tuesday. …read more Source: The West...
Hollande: Russia sanctions should end ‘if Ukraine progress’ (AFP)
Paris (AFP) – French President Francois Hollande said Monday that biting Western sanctions against Russia should be lifted if progress were made in resolving the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The West...
Fears for children in Ukraine
MILITIA rebels in Ukraine reportedly recruiting child soldiers to fight against Russian troops and tanks. …read more Source:...
Ukraine TV lands in hot water over Russian pop songs (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – One of Ukraine’s biggest TV networks faced the threat Friday of being taken off air for filling its highly-rated New Year’s Eve show with Russian pop songs beamed live from Moscow. …read more Source: The West...
Thousands of Ukraine nationalists march in Kiev (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Thousands of Ukrainian nationalists held a torchlight procession across Kiev on Thursday in honour of a 1940s anti-Soviet insurgent branded by Moscow as a Nazi collaborator whom Europe must reject. …read more Source: The West...
France wants signs of Ukraine peace before Russia warship delivery (AFP)
Paris (AFP) – France would only deliver two warships ordered by Russia if there were concrete signs of lasting peace in Ukraine, the French defence minister said Thursday. …read more Source: The West...
Poroshenko tells Ukrainians ‘we will win this war’ (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko promised to defeat the “cruel-hearted foe” trying to break his former Soviet republic apart, in a traditional New Year’s message. …read more Source: The West...
Pussy Riot member arrested as Putin lauds milestone year
A member of punk rock protest group Pussy Riot is among hundreds arrested during a demonstration in central Moscow as president Vladimir Putin addresses the nation saying Crimea has “returned home”. …read more Source: ABC...
Little hope for future as east Ukraine ends nightmare year (AFP)
Marinivka (Ukraine) (AFP) – Larissa Pogorelka began the year looking forward to seeing her son graduate college and planning for the future with cautious optimism. …read more Source: The West...
