Section: The West Australian (Australia)
India sentences 35 crew of US anti-piracy ship (AFP)
Chennai (India) (AFP) – An Indian court Monday sentenced 35 sailors, including several from Britain, Estonia and Ukraine, for illegally entering Indian waters carrying weapons aboard a US-operated anti-piracy boat in 2013. …read more Source: The West...
Two Ukrainian troops, two rebels first killed in east in 2016 (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Two Ukrainian soldiers and two rebels have been killed in eastern Ukraine, marking the first deaths this year in the war-torn region, Kiev and breakway officials said Sunday in separate tolls. …read more Source: The West...
Dutch ‘no’ to Kiev-EU accord could trip crisis: Juncker (AFP)
The Hague (AFP) – European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker urged Dutch voters Saturday not to oppose an EU cooperation deal with Ukraine, saying such a move “could open the doors to a continental crisis”. …read more Source: The West...
Hungary would block EU sanctions on Poland: Orban (AFP)
Budapest (AFP) – Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a key ally of Warsaw’s conservative government, said Friday that Budapest would move to block any EU sanctions on Poland. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine into Hopman Cup final (AFP)
PERTH (AUSTRALIA) (AFP) – Ukraine advanced to their second Hopman Cup final with a 2-1 win over Australia Gold in Perth on Thursday. …read more Source: The West...
Coca-Cola blames ad agency for map showing Crimea as part of Russia (Reuters)
MOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) – U.S. drinks firm Coca-Cola on Wednesday blamed a marketing agency for a map used in an online advertising campaign that showed Crimea to be part of Russia and whic… …read more Source: The West...
IT experts say Ukraine blackout caused by a cyberattack (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – A power failure that plunged parts of western Ukraine into the dark last month was caused by a cyberattack, IT experts said Tuesday, and one source called it a world first. …read more Source: The West...
Eastern Ukrainian villages change hands despite truce (AFP)
Pavlopil (Ukraine) (AFP) – Clashes between pro-Russian rebels and government forces in eastern Ukraine have dwindled but villages in the buffer zone around the frontline have been surreptitiously changing hands, raising fears that the tenuous ceasefire could unravel. …read more Source: The West...
Dutch investigators to study citizen journalism probe into MH17 (AFP)
The Hague (AFP) – Dutch prosecutors said Sunday they would “seriously study” claims by citizen journalists to have identified Russian soldiers implicated in the crash of flight MH17, shot down over eastern Ukraine in July 2014. …read more Source: The West...
Russia says Ukraine defaulted on $3 billion Eurobond (Reuters)
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia will file a lawsuit against Ukraine after Kiev failed to repay a $3 billion (£2 billion) Eurobond and $75 million of interest by Dec. 31, the Russian finance ministry said l… …read more Source: The West...
