Section: Australia&NZ
Dutch investigators to give results of MH17 criminal probe
NIEUWEGEIN, Netherlands (AP) ” Relatives of victims of the shooting-down of a Malaysia Airlines jetliner over Ukraine more than two years ago were gathering Wednesday to learn the preliminary results of a Dutch-led criminal probe… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Investigators to report on MH17 downing (AAP)
A team of prosecutors from the Netherlands, Australia, Belgium, Malaysia and Ukraine are due to report their findings on Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. …read more Source: The West...
Moonshine kills at least 23 in eastern Ukraine
Three grocery store owners are detained after at least 23 people die from drinking a lethal brew of vodka in impoverished rural regions of eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: ABC...
Kiev’s last survivor of Nazi ‘path to death’ at Babi Yar (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – “We were gathered here, and sent along ‘the path to death’,” says Raisa Maistrenko, pointing to a Kiev ravine that 75 years ago witnessed one of the worst atrocities of World War II. …read more Source: The West...
Russia says Ukraine complicit in MH17 downing
Russia accuses Ukraine of complicity in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, just days before official investigators are due to release their criminal report. …read more Source: ABC...
Russia accuses Kiev over MH17 ahead of Dutch probe release (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russia on Monday sought to deflect blame over the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, accusing Kiev just days before the results of a Dutch criminal probe into the mass-killing are released. …read more Source: The West...
Russia claims new data show rebels didn’t down MH17
MOSCOW (AP) ” The Russian military says radiolocation data show that the missile that downed a Malaysian airliner over warring eastern Ukraine in 2014 was not fired from territory controlled by Russia-backed rebels.The claim on… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukrainian politicians brawl on live TV
A Ukrainian MP has scuffled with a rival at a TV station following a studio debate. …read more Source:...
Ukraine leader rails against Russia at UN (AFP)
United Nations (United States) (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko railed against Russia at the UN General Assembly on Wednesday, urging Moscow to give peace a chance in a more than two-year conflict in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine, rebels agree troop pullbacks in three areas: OSCE (AFP)
Minsk (AFP) – Negotiators sent by Kiev and pro-Russian rebels on Wednesday for the first time agreed to pull back troops from three areas along the battered frontline in east Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
