Section: New Zealand
G7 leaders urge tough line on Russia
Group of Seven leaders have vowed at a summit in Germany to keep sanctions against Russia in place until President Vladimir Putin and Moscow-backed separatists fully implement the terms of a peace deal for Ukraine. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
Patrol boat blows up near Ukraine port
A search operation is under way or a border guard official missing after a patrol boat sank off Ukraine’s port city of Mariupol following an explosion, the border guard said. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
Leaders firm on Russia sanctions
G7 leaders have opened their annual summit by taking an uncompromising stance against Russia’s actions in Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio New...
One dead in Ukraine coastguard blast
One Ukrainian coastguard has been killed, five have been injured and their commander remains unaccounted for after a deadly blast. …read more Source:...
Ukraine, Isis, migration on G7’s agenda
US President Barack Obama was attending the G7 summit in southern Germany today with a focus on violence in eastern Ukraine.Due at the summit in the Bavarian mountains, Obama arrived in Germany last night and was set to meet Chancellor… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukrainian coast guard cutter explodes off Mariupol
MOSCOW (AP) ” Ukraine’s border guards service says one of its cutters exploded while on patrol off the shore of the strategic port city of Mariupol.Two of the seven servicemen on board were injured and the status of the others has… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Obama says G7 to stand up to Russian aggression in Ukraine
US President Barack Obama said Group of Seven (G7) leaders meeting in the Bavarian Alps on Sunday would discuss standing up to Russian aggression in Ukraine amid an upsurge in violence there that monitors have blamed on Moscow-backed separatists. …read more Source:...
EU chief Tusk urges tough line on Russia sanctions
ELMAU, Germany (AP) ” European Union President Donald Tusk is urging leaders at the Group of Seven summit to present a united front on maintaining sanctions against Russia for its actions in Ukraine.Tusk, a former Polish prime minister,… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Arrests, injuries in Kiev gay pride march
At least 10 people have been injured and 25 arrested in Kiev as scuffles broke out at a rare Ukrainian gay pride march. …read more Source:...
Canada to send military instructors to Ukraine
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper says the country soon will send military instructors to Ukraine to help train government troops.While in Kiev en route to the Group of Seven summit, Harper said the instructors… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
