Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Selfie star cop dies from tuberculosis after thug spat in her face (Yahoo7 News)
A Ukraine policewoman who became an Internet star due to her glamorous selfies has died from tuberculosis after a vile thug spat in her face. …read more Source: The West...
Trump supports Russia’s taking of Crimea (AP)
Donald Trump says he would support Russia in annexing Crimea if it helped the US-Russian relationship and the fight against Islamic State. …read more Source: The West...
Journalist killed in Kiev car bombing buried in Belarus (AFP)
Minsk (AFP) – Thousands of mourners in Belarus on Saturday bid farewell to prominent independent journalist Pavel Sheremet, killed by a car bomb in Kiev, as he was buried back in the homeland where he clashed with the authorities. …read more Source: The West...
Hundreds pay homage to slain Ukraine reporter (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Hundreds of mourners shed tears and laid flowers on Friday at the open casket of a top reporter whose targeted car-bomb slaying sent shock waves through Ukraine’s tight-knit journalistic community. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine rebels train locals to fight armed international police (AFP)
Shakhtarsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Pro-Russian insurgents in war-torn eastern Ukraine have staged sabre-rattling training exercises in preparation for the possible deployment of an armed international police force in rebel-held areas. …read more Source: The West...
Leader of top piracy site arrested in Poland, charged in US (AFP)
Washington (AFP) – US authorities unveiled criminal charges Wednesday against a Ukrainian alleged to be heading the world’s biggest online piracy site, Kickass Torrents, distributing over $1 billion worth of illegally copied films, music and other content. …read more Source: The West...
Renowned pro-Western journalist killed in Kiev car bomb (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – A car bomb in central Kiev on Wednesday morning killed well-known pro-Western journalist Pavel Sheremet, with the crisis-hit nation’s president demanding the perpetrators are brought to justice. …read more Source: The West...
Seven Ukraine troops die in worst clashes in two months (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine said Tuesday seven of its soldiers had been killed and 14 wounded in “very heated” fighting that marked the bloodiest clashes with pro-Russian separatists in two months. …read more Source: The West...
Ukrainians take to Facebook to break taboo over rape (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – It was yet another online discussion blaming a rape victim for provoking her attacker that prompted Ukrainian activist Anastasiya Melnychenko’s campaign to shatter taboos in her homeland and neighbouring Russia. …read more Source: The West...
Two years on, Ukraine villagers mourn at MH17 crash site (AFP)
Petropavlivka (Ukraine) (AFP) – Dozens of villagers carried flowers and lit candles on Sunday at the site in rebel-held eastern Ukraine where flight MH17 crashed two years ago, killing all 298 people on board. …read more Source: The West...
