Section: Australia&NZ
Frenchman arrested over terror plot
Ukraine’s intelligence agency arrests a Frenchman who plotted attacks on soccer’s European Championships in France. …read more Source: THE...
Man planning attacks in France: Ukraine (AAP)
A French man arrested in Ukraine was planning a a string of attacks in France to coincide with the UEFA Euro 2016 soccer championship there. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine detains Frenchman planning 15 attacks at Euro 2016: security service
A French citizen detained in late May on the Ukrainian-Polish border had been planning a string of attacks in France to coincide with the UEFA Euro 2016 soccer championship there. …read more Source: ABC...
Russia agrees to allowing observers in Ukraine carry pistols
MOSCOW (AP) ” Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says Russia is ready to agree to allowing additional international observers in warring eastern Ukraine to be armed with pistols.The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
MH17 criminal probe results due within months (AFP)
The Hague (AFP) – Initial results from a criminal inquiry into the downing of a Malaysia Airlines flight over war-torn eastern Ukraine nearly two years ago will be available within months, Dutch prosecutors have said. …read more Source: The West...
MH17 investigation at ‘advanced stage’
Prosecutors conducting the criminal investigation into the downing of flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine two years ago say it is at “a very advanced stage” and that they would present their conclusions after the summer. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
Monitors lose second drone in a week over rebel Ukraine (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Foreign monitors observing Ukraine’s bloody eastern separatist conflict said on Friday they had lost their second surveillance drone over pro-Russian territory in a week. …read more Source: The West...
UN cites rights violations on both sides of Ukraine conflict
GENEVA (AP) ” A new U.N. report points to persistent patterns of human rights violations both in areas controlled by pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine and territories run by the Kiev government.The office of the U.N. High Commissioner… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
MH17 investigation report just months away
Prosecutors conducting the criminal investigation into the downing of flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine two years ago said on Friday it was at “a very advanced stage”. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Criminal probe into downing of plane over Ukraine nears end
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) ” The international team carrying out a criminal investigation into the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine nearly two years ago says it will reveal details of the weapon used and the exact… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
