Section: The New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)
NATO chief: Ukraine cease-fire monitors must get full access
CASTEAU, Belgium (AP) ” NATO’s secretary-general is insisting international observers be given the freedom of movement and the protection they need to monitor the cease-fire in Ukraine.Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday that if monitors… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
German foreign minister heads to US to talk Ukraine, Iran
BERLIN (AP) ” Germany’s foreign minister is heading to the U.S. for talks with American officials at a critical phase of the nuclear negotiations with Iran and the Ukraine crisis.Frank-Walter Steinmeier said in a statement Wednesday… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
US lifts sanctions on Belarus energy company
MINSK, Belarus (AP) ” The United States is lifting sanctions on a Belarus energy company, underscoring a thaw in relations in the wake of Minsk’s key role in negotiations over Ukraine.The US announced online that it was lifting… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
US senators push Obama to arm Ukraine, rue slowness of aid
WASHINGTON (AP) ” Both Democratic and Republican U.S. senators asked Tuesday why the Obama administration hasn’t decided whether to send defensive weapons to Ukraine and what’s the holdup in getting promised assistance to the country… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Embattled Ukrainian town struggles to come back to life
DEBALTSEVE, Ukraine (AP) ” When the wind picks up, the rattle of the corrugated iron roof of a destroyed gas station can sound like artillery. Four charred tanks sit stranded nearby, machine oil splattered on the ground, while a pick-up… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
AP PHOTOS: Top pictures from Europe and Africa
LONDON (AP) ” Refugee camps continue to grow in Chad with people fleeing Boko Haram violence in Nigeria by boat as the Islamic extremist group steps up attacks, while a methane explosion at a Ukrainian coal mine last week in Donetsk… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine president says arms withdrawal almost complete
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Ukraine’s president says government and Russian-backed separatist forces have pulled back the bulk of their artillery and rocket launchers from the front line in the east, in compliance with a cease-fire deal.Petro… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukrainian fighters trade in boots for heels
Trading in their combat boots and fatigues for high heels and ball gowns, female rebel fighters who normally fight Ukrainian soldiers took Saturday off to take part in a beauty pageant.The event was organised by self-proclaimed… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
German ambassador: Obama agreed not to send arms to Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) ” A top German diplomat says the United States has agreed not to provide Ukraine with lethal defensive aide for the time being.The German ambassador to the U.S., Peter Wittig, says in an Associated Press interview… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Obama, European Council president meet on Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) ” President Barack Obama and European Council President Donald Tusk are holding an Oval Office meeting to discuss the situation in Ukraine.In brief remarks ahead of their talks, Obama says trans-Atlantic unity is… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
