Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Ukraine rebels watch Scotland vote with envy (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – “Why isn’t England bombing the Scottish separatists,” demands one supporter of the pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine in a Twitter post under a picture of the Scottish flag. …read more Source: The West...
Russian and American astronauts return to Earth (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut returned to Earth on Thursday after spending more than six months working together aboard the International Space Station, as tensions between their countries soared over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine says Russia withdrawing, EU delays sanctions (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said Wednesday that Russia had withdrawn the bulk of its forces from his country and he pledged greater automony for the separatist east in moves that could help sustain a fragile truce. …read more Source: The West...
Malaysia calls for new MH17 search for victims’ remains (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Malaysia’s defence minister on Wednesday called for experts to carry out a final search at the crash site of downed flight MH17 in east Ukraine to recover any remains left behind before winter hits. …read more Source: The West...
At airport checkpoint, Donetsk rebels dismiss truce (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – At the last checkpoint before the airport in Ukraine’s main insurgent bastion of Donetsk, separatist fighters manning the barricades are dismissive of suggestions that the ceasefire is holding. …read more Source: The West...
Poroshenko pledges autonomy for east Ukraine (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – President Petro Poroshenko pledged Wednesday to give separatist regions in eastern Ukraine more autonomy but said he would not allow the country to be ripped apart. …read more Source: The West...
If Scotland independence recognised, Crimea wants the same (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Crimea’s Kremlin-loyal leader on Wednesday said that if the world recognises an independent Scotland, then it should also offer similar recognition to the Black Sea peninsula which has joined Russia. …read more Source: The West...
Putin says Ukraine crisis used by West to ‘revive’ NATO (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday accused Western countries of creating the Ukrainian crisis and using it to revive NATO. …read more Source: The West...
Poroshenko vows no break up of Ukraine (AFP)
Poroshenko has pledged to give east Ukraine more autonomy, but vow to protect the integrity of the country, as the EU meets on sanctions against Russia. …read more Source: The West...
EU’s Juncker gives France, Britain key economic jobs (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – France and Britain secured top positions on Wednesday in incoming European Commission President Jean Claude-Juncker’s new team, which must tackle a stagnant economy, rising euroscepticism and the Ukraine crisis on its borders. …read more Source: The West...
