Section: New Zealand
Putin faces lawsuit over MH17 disaster
Vladimir Putin is facing a multimillion-dollar legal action for his alleged role in the shooting down of a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet over eastern Ukraine.British lawyers are preparing a class action against the Russian President… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Monitors: Dutch police visit to Malaysian Airlines crash site canceled over security concerns
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) Monitors: Dutch police visit to Malaysian Airlines crash site canceled over security concerns. …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Monitors: Dutch police visit to Malaysian Airlines crash site canceled over security concerns
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) Monitors: Dutch police visit to Malaysian Airlines crash site canceled over security concerns. …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Malaysia: Rebels to let police secure MH17 site
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) Malaysia said Sunday that it would send dozens of police to the Malaysian airliner’s crash site in eastern Ukraine after pro-Russia separatists agreed to allow international police personnel to provide… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Unarmed Aussie police to help secure Ukraine site
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) Australian police will be sent to the Malaysian airliner’s crash site in rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine as part of a Dutch-led police force to secure the area and help recover victims’ remains, Australia’s… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Dutch police travel to site of MH17 plane disaster
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) Dutch police on Sunday set off for the scene of the Malaysian plane disaster in eastern Ukraine to secure the site, which investigators complain has already been compromised.A dozen Dutch policemen in armored… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
AP Analysis: Putin stays on offense in Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) Russian President Vladimir Putin might be expected to hunker down into defense mode as he is besieged by accusations of Russian involvement in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. Instead he has stayed on offense… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
UK Deputy PM wants Russia stripped of World Cup
LONDON (AP) Britain’s Deputy Prime Minister wants Russia stripped of the right to host the 2018 World Cup to punish President Vladimir Putin for “belligerent behavior” in the Ukraine crisis.While calling for tougher sanctions against… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Parents of Australian victim visit crash site
HRABOVE, Urkaine (AP) The parents of a woman who died on Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 travelled from Perth, Australia to honor their daughter at the crash site in eastern Ukraine.Jerzy Dyczynski and Angela Rudhart-Dyczynski, parents… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russia: EU sanctions weaken anti-terrorism efforts
MOSCOW (AP) Russia is lashing out at the latest round of Ukraine-related sanctions imposed by the European Union, saying they endanger the fight against international terrorism.The sanctions, announced on Friday, impose travel… …read more Source: The New Zealand...