Section: The West Australian (Australia)
World leaders commemorate WWI outbreak (AFP)
Liege (Belgium) (AFP) – World leaders marked the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of World War I on Monday warning of the lessons to be learned in the face of today’s many crises, including Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
27,000 Russians stranded abroad after tour operator fails (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – More than 27,000 Russian tourists have been stranded abroad, a tour operators association said Monday, as the latest in a series of travel companies failed amid strains over the Ukrainian crisis. …read more Source: The West...
Ukrainians scour rebel-held city for vanished relatives (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Olga, a blonde woman in a black-and-white patterned summer dress, stares ahead tearfully as she says: “My son is lost.” …read more Source: The West...
Civilians suffer in Ukraine clashes as MH17 probe gathers pace (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Fighting between government forces and pro-Russian rebels left at least 10 civilians dead in eastern Ukraine on Sunday as an international probe at the crash site of downed flight MH17 made headway. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine fighting rages as MH17 probe gathers pace (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Fighting between government forces and pro-Russian rebels left at least 10 civilians dead in eastern Ukraine on Sunday, as international experts pushed on with their grim hunt for remains at the crash site of downed flight MH17. …read more Source: The West...
Sniffer dogs and experts comb MH17 wreckage amid fighting (AFP)
Grabove (Ukraine) (AFP) – A sniffer dog zigzagged swiftly across a field overgrown with grass as police experts in blue uniforms fanned out to methodically work their way across a debris-strewn field in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Experts find more MH17 remains despite shelling in east Ukraine (AFP)
Grabove (Ukraine) (AFP) – International experts with sniffer dogs on Saturday recovered the remains of more victims from the downed Malaysia Airlines jet in east Ukraine despite shelling limiting access to some parts of the vast crash site. …read more Source: The West...
Experts comb MH17 crash site as Ukraine fighting rages (AFP)
Kirovske (Ukraine) (AFP) – Dutch and Australian experts finally got to work at the crash site of downed flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine on Friday, after fighting between government troops and pro-Russian rebels killed 14 people. …read more Source: The West...
Large police contingent heads to MH17 site (AAP)
A 14-vehicle convoy is on its way to the MH17 crash site in eastern Ukraine to recover bodies and personal items after a safe route was found. …read more Source: The West...
14 killed in clash near MH17 crash site (AFP)
Fourteen people were killed, including at least 10 government soldiers, in fighting overnight close to the crash site of downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, a Ukrainian military spokesman says. …read more Source: The West...
