Section: Australia
- ABC News (Australia) (311)
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- SBS (Australia) (245)
- The West Australian (Australia) (2,557)
MH17 armed mission ‘unrealistic’ as Ukraine fighting kills 13 (AFP)
Grabove (Ukraine) (AFP) – Dutch authorities probing the downing of Malaysian flight MH17 said Sunday it was “unrealistic” to send armed troops to secure the crash site, after 13 people including two children were killed in fierce fighting in insurgent-held east Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Pope urges peace in Middle East, Ukraine for children’s sake (AFP)
Vatican City (AFP) – Pope Francis called Sunday on warring parties in the Middle East, Iraq and Ukraine to put an end to violence which is wounding and killing countless children. …read more Source: The West...
Strip Russia of 2018 World Cup: UK dep PM (AP)
British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has called for Russia to be stripped of the right to host the next World Cup after its actions in Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Shelling around MH17 site blocks international police (AFP)
Grabove (Ukraine) (AFP) – Heavy shelling around the crash site of downed Malaysian flight MH17 forced Dutch and Australian police to scrap a planned visit as they sought to secure the scene 10 days after the disaster. …read more Source: The West...
‘They won’t win’: War around MH17
AS Australians move in to the MH17 site, Ukraine’s army is about to stage a full-blown assault to blast the Russian-backed separatists out of the area. …read more Source:...
MH17: Tony Abbott says all Australia wants to do is recover the dead
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has sought to reassure Russia, the Ukraine and the Russian-backed rebels who control the MH17 crash zone that Australia has no other purpose than to recover the victims and leave. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
MH17: AFP on the ground in Ukraine as governments discuss legal standing
Dozens of Australian Federal Police have arrived in Donetsk, the regional centre nearest to the MH17 crash site, amid questions about why is Canberra sending so many and about the legal standing of the deployment before a vote of approval by the Ukrainian parliament. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Unarmed Australian police on “risky mission” to secure MH17 crash site
Unarmed Australian police will immediately enter and take control of the MH17 crash site in eastern Ukraine in what Prime Minister Tony Abbott has conceded is a “risky mission”. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
AFP to start work at MH17 crash site (AAP)
Australian Federal Police officers will be included in a Dutch-led humanitarian mission to the MH17 crash site in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
AFP to start work at MH17 crash site
Australian Federal Police officers will be included in a Dutch-led humanitarian mission to the MH17 crash site in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
