Section: New Zealand
UN Security Council to vote on MH17 tribunal
The UN Security Council is set to vote on whether an independent criminal tribunal should prosecute those responsible for shooting down MH17 over Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio New...
Russian veto expected as Security Council votes on MH17
UNITED NATIONS (AP) ” Russia on Wednesday is expected to veto a U.N. Security Council resolution to set up an international criminal court to prosecute those responsible for shooting down a Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine a year… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
MH17: ‘They have grieving families to account to’: McCully
Ministers from countries that suffered the heaviest losses from the shooting down of flight MH17 over Ukraine a year ago are gathering in New York in solidarity as they seek formal action from the Security Council early tomorrow…. …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Reports: Ukraine bans Depardieu for 5 years
MOSCOW (AP) ” Local news reports say Ukraine has banned actor Gerard Depardieu from entering the country for five years.Depardieu in 2013 took Russian citizenship in a bid to escape high taxes in his native France. He has recently… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Scholars drawn to conflict zones stoke college safety debate
BOSTON (AP) ” Some U.S. colleges with overseas-study programs won’t touch Ukraine. Tufts University, on the other hand, is drawn to the turmoil in the former Soviet republic, which the U.S. State Department deemed dangerous for travel.The… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Nelson family survives fatal holiday crash in Ukraine
A Nelson family on holiday in the Ukraine has survived a head-on car crash that killed at least two people. …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s richest man warns of aid blockade in the east
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” The biggest supplier of aid to rebel-controlled eastern Ukraine says its mission could fold in two days’ time if rebels continue to block its convoys.A charity foundation owned by Ukraine’s richest man, Rinat… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine claims Russian officer detained
MOSCOW (AP) ” Ukraine’s border guards service says it has detained a Russian officer who was driving a truck packed with weapons including rocket-propelled grenades.There was no immediate comment from the Russian military, but the… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukrainian servicewoman sent to western Russia before trial
MOSCOW (AP) ” Russia’s human rights commissioner says the Ukrainian servicewoman charged in the deaths of two Russian journalists is being sent to a detention facility in western Russia as her trial looms closer.Nadezhda Savchenko,… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russia likely to veto UN vote on MH17
A UN Security Council resolution to try those responsible for shooting down flight MH17 over Ukraine will likely be met by a Russian veto, Western diplomats say. …read more Source:...
