Section: Australia&NZ
Netherlands to repatriate more MH17 bodies (AFP)
The Hague (AFP) – The Dutch government said Friday it would repatriate more remains of victims from last year’s Malaysia Airlines MH17 air crash over Ukraine, as it prepared to publish a report into the cause. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine bans Russian airlines as part of war sanctions (Reuters)
By Pavel Polityuk KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine is banning flights by Russian airlines from Oct. 25 as part of a wave of sanctions against Russia over its support for separatists in the east… …read more Source: The West...
UN: Russia-backed rebels in Ukraine expel aid agencies
MOSCOW (AP) ” The UN refugee agency has blasted Russia-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine for shutting the door on international aid.More than 8,000 people have been killed by fighting between separatist rebels and Ukrainian government… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Global aid groups voice outrage at ban by Ukraine rebels (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Global relief organisations voiced outrage and disbelief on Friday over Ukrainian separatists’ decision to ban 10 Western health groups for “grave violations” of local laws. …read more Source: The West...
Global aid groups express outrage at ban by Ukraine rebels (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Global relief organisations voiced outrage and disbelief on Friday over Ukrainian separatists’ decision to ban 10 Western health groups for “grave violations of local laws”. …read more Source: The West...
Barack Obama agrees to meeting with Vladimir Putin over Syria
President Barack Obama has not met one-on-one with President Vladimir Putin for more than 15 months but agreed Thursday to sit down with the Russian leader in New York on Monday as part of a broader effort to resolve the conflicts in Syria and Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Pro-Moscow rebels order UN to leave east Ukraine stronghold (AFP)
United Nations (United States) (AFP) – Pro-Russian rebels have ordered UN agencies working in the separatist stronghold of Lugansk in east Ukraine to leave the area by Friday, the UN aid chief said. …read more Source: The West...
UN: Agencies, major NGOs ordered out of Ukraine’s Luhansk
UNITED NATIONS (AP) ” The United Nations humanitarian chief says he is “alarmed” that U.N. agencies have been ordered out of the Luhansk region in eastern Ukraine by the “de facto authorities” there.Stephen O’Brien’s statement Thursday… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Obama and Putin to meet, but differ over whether Ukraine or Syria tops agenda (Reuters)
WASHINGTON/MOSCOW (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet in New York next week at a time of high tension in Europe and the Middle East, but the Kremlin … …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine rebels ban 10 Western health relief groups (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s pro-Russian rebels in the separatist Lugansk region on Thursday banned 10 Western health relief groups for “grave violations” of local laws. …read more Source: The West...
