Section: The West Australian (Australia)
UN seeks to shore up Ukraine truce as fighting flares (AFP)
United Nations (United States) (AFP) – The United Nations on Friday urged all sides in Ukraine to fully uphold a Europe-brokered ceasefire, as the warring parties accused each other of jeopardizing the truce. …read more Source: The West...
UN holds emergency meeting over fresh Ukraine fighting (AFP)
New York (AFP) – The UN Security Council on Friday urged all sides in Ukraine to respect a Europe-brokered ceasefire, as the warring parties accused each other of endangering the truce. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine requests UN emergency meeting over fresh fighting (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – The UN Security Council will on Friday discuss an upsurge in fighting in east Ukraine that rattled the official truce. …read more Source: The West...
G7 will discuss extending sanctions on Russia – EU official (Reuters)
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The G7 summit in Germany starting on Sunday will discuss extending European Union sanctions on Russia, probably for six months, a senior EU official said on Friday. … …read more Source: The West...
G7 summit to discuss wars, jihadists, Grexit fears (AFP)
Berlin (AFP) – The Bavarian Alps venue may look tranquil, but global turmoil — from Ukraine to Islamist militants and the Greek crisis — dominates the agenda of the G7 summit, which is being held without Russia. …read more Source: The West...
Prominent Soviet dissident Leonid Plyushch dies (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Communist-era Ukrainian dissident Leonid Plyushch, who was detained for almost three years in a psychiatric ward by the Soviet authorities, died Thursday aged 76 close to Paris, a friend told AFP. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine truce ‘very fragile’: NATO chief (AFP)
Oslo (AFP) – Fresh fighting between Ukraine government forces and pro-Russian rebels is proof that a February truce is “very fragile”, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday, citing Moscow’s “special responsibility”. …read more Source: The West...
Poroshenko warns of ‘colossal threat’ of new Ukraine fighting (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Thursday warned of the “colossal threat” of major new attacks by pro-Moscow rebels. …read more Source: The West...
New private zoo helps Ukrainians forget conflict (AFP)
Demydiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – A young girl in a bright pink dress tiptoes around the edge of a cage containing a white Bengal tiger, as couples stroll by with pushchairs. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine peace deal under ‘constant threat’ of breakdown: Lavrov (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russia said on Thursday that a fragile peace deal for eastern Ukraine faced a “constant threat” of breaking down because of Kiev’s actions, as fighting surged in the ex-Soviet state. …read more Source: The West...
