Section: New Zealand
UN Security Council ‘failed’ MH17 victims
Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully says the Security Council still offers the best chance of justice for the families of victims of Flight MH17, the Malaysian airliner shot down over Ukraine a little over a year ago. …read more Source: Radio New...
Austria turns back US troops over arms in luggage
VIENNA (AP) ” Austrian officials say legal authorities recently turned back nine U.S. soldiers en route to Ukraine from Washington after finding weapons in their luggage without the proper permits to transport them through Austria.Col…. …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Video: Basket of white lions bask in the sun
A foursome of rare white lion cubs have been put on show in the Crimean city of Sevastopol for the first time since being born two weeks ago. …read more Source:...
Ukraine will try again for Malaysia Airlines crash tribunal
UNITED NATIONS (AP) ” Ukraine’s foreign minister says the five countries investigating the downing of a Malaysia airlines plane over Ukraine a year ago will try again in a few months to get Security Council approval for an international… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
US fine-tunes sanctions on Russia over Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) ” The Obama administration moved Thursday to update and fine-tune sanctions on Russia, pro-Russian companies and people over the conflict in Ukraine.The Treasury Department announced it had placed the names of 26… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
After Russia UN veto, countries seek court for Flight MH17 prosecutions
The five countries investigating the downing of a Malaysian airliner over Ukraine a year ago are considering setting up an independent international tribunal after Russia vetoed attempts to establish a UN-backed court to prosecute suspects. …read more Source:...
Preliminary hearing underway for Ukrainian pilot in Russia
DONETSK, Russia (AP) ” A preliminary hearing in the trial of a Ukrainian officer charged in the deaths of two Russian journalists has started in Russia’s south.Russian investigators alleged that military pilot Nadezhda Savchenko… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
MH17 crash: Russia vetoes UN tribunal resolution
Russia has vetoed a UN Security Council draft resolution to prosecute those suspected of downing a Malaysia Airlines plane in eastern Ukraine last year. …read more Source: Radio New...
Russia vetoes Council’s proposal for MH17
Russia vetoed a United Nations Security Council draft resolution on Wednesday that would have set up an international tribunal to prosecute those suspected of downing a Malaysia Airlines passenger airliner last year in eastern Ukraine. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
Russia vetoes Security Council proposal on MH17 tribunal
UNITED NATIONS (AP) ” Russia has vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution that would set up an international criminal court to prosecute those responsible for shooting down a Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine a year ago.The… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
