Section: The New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)
Putin puts Crimean archaeological site under federal control
MOSCOW (AP) ” Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has placed a major archaeological site in Crimea under federal control following turmoil over the appointment of its director.The Kremlin said Saturday that Putin ordered the area… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Austria turns back US troops over arms in luggage
VIENNA (AP) ” Austrian officials say legal authorities recently turned back nine U.S. soldiers en route to Ukraine from Washington after finding weapons in their luggage without the proper permits to transport them through Austria.Col…. …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine will try again for Malaysia Airlines crash tribunal
UNITED NATIONS (AP) ” Ukraine’s foreign minister says the five countries investigating the downing of a Malaysia airlines plane over Ukraine a year ago will try again in a few months to get Security Council approval for an international… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
US fine-tunes sanctions on Russia over Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) ” The Obama administration moved Thursday to update and fine-tune sanctions on Russia, pro-Russian companies and people over the conflict in Ukraine.The Treasury Department announced it had placed the names of 26… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Preliminary hearing underway for Ukrainian pilot in Russia
DONETSK, Russia (AP) ” A preliminary hearing in the trial of a Ukrainian officer charged in the deaths of two Russian journalists has started in Russia’s south.Russian investigators alleged that military pilot Nadezhda Savchenko… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russia vetoes Security Council proposal on MH17 tribunal
UNITED NATIONS (AP) ” Russia has vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution that would set up an international criminal court to prosecute those responsible for shooting down a Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine a year ago.The… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
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...
