Section: New Zealand
Biden: Trump should retain sanctions on Russia
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, on a last foreign trip before leaving office, has met with Ukraine’s president and called on the impending Donald Trump administration to retain Ukraine-related sanctions against… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Donald Trump offers ‘some good deals’ to Russia over sanctions – with a catch
US President-elect Donald Trump will propose offering to end sanctions imposed on Russia over its annexation of Crimea in return for a nuclear arms reduction deal with Moscow, he told The Times of London. …read more Source:...
Trump offers Russia end to sanctions if nukes cut
Donald Trump has vowed to improve relations with Moscow even as he faces criticism he is too eager to make an ally of Vladimir Putin, a former KGB spy who rose to the top of the Kremlin in 1999. Photo: Reuters US President-elect Donald Trump says he will propose offering to end sanctions imposed on Russia for its annexation of Crimea in return...
Rights group: Civilians abused by rivals in Ukraine conflict
MOSCOW (AP) ” A human rights group says civilians are being abducted and tortured by fighters on both sides of the separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine.An annual report released by Human Rights Watch on Thursday accused the Ukrainian… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine says it captured new positions in eastern Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) ” A Ukrainian government official says the nation’s forces have captured new positions in the rebel-held east.Olexander Motuzyanyk, presidential spokesman for the operation in the east, said on Wednesday that one soldier… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
US lashes out at Russia at UN _ and Russia goes after Obama
UNITED NATIONS (AP) ” U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power has lashed out at Russia in the U.N. Security Council for invading and annexing parts of Ukraine and carrying out “a merciless military assault” in Syria.Russia’s U.N. Ambassador… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Monument to WWII massacre ransacked in Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) ” Police says a monument to the victims of a Second World War massacre in a western Ukrainian village has been blown up.National Police in the Lviv region said in a statement on Tuesday that vandals destroyed a stone… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russian ‘spies’ depart the US
The US State Department is confirming that the 35 Russian diplomats President Barack Obama ordered out of the country have departed.Obama expelled the diplomats, saying they were really spies, and ordered new sanctions on Russian… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Putin says Russia won’t oust US diplomats in hacking flap
MOSCOW (AP) ” President Vladimir Putin has condemned a new round of U.S. sanctions against Russia but said Moscow will not retaliate by expelling American diplomats.U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday imposed sanctions on Russian… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine releases 15 people to separatists near front line
MOSCOW (AP) ” Separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine say the government has released 15 people who had been held in custody.The separatist mouthpiece Donetsk News Agency said Thursday that government representatives handed over eight… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
