Section: Australia&NZ
Families of MH17 victims gather in Europe for first anniversary
Relatives of victims of flight MH17 that was shot down over Ukraine a year ago join memorials across Europe, as calls mounted for a UN-backed tribunal to prosecute those responsible for the tragedy. …read more Source: ABC...
MH17 video dissected ‘frame by frame’
DUTCH police have already begun dissecting the footage shot by rebel militia in eastern Ukraine as they look for evidence in their MH17 investigation. …read more Source:...
Ukraine calls local elections but not in rebel-held east
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” The Ukrainian parliament has voted to call a local election across the country in October, but not in the rebel-occupied east.The Kiev government has had no control over parts of eastern Ukraine since separatist… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Memorials for MH17 victims as calls grow for justice (AFP)
The Hague (AFP) – Relatives of victims of flight MH17 that was shot down over Ukraine a year ago joined emotional memorials on Friday as calls mounted for a UN-backed tribunal to prosecute those responsible for the tragedy. …read more Source: The West...
‘Moral duty’ to punish ‘murderers’ who downed MH17: Ukraine leader (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – President Petro Poroshenko called it a “moral duty” Friday to punish the “murderers” who killed 298 people by downing Flight MH17 over rebel-held eastern Ukraine one year ago. …read more Source: The West...
Australia ‘sickened’ at purported new MH17 footage (AFP)
Sydney (AFP) – Australia said Friday it was “sickened” after new footage emerged purportedly of Russian-backed rebels rummaging through the luggage of passengers killed after Flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine, as a ceremony marked the disaster’s one-year anniversary. …read more Source: The West...
Ukrainian village marks anniversary of Malaysian plane crash
HRABOVE, Ukraine (AP) ” Residents of the Ukrainian village where a Malaysian airliner was shot down with 298 people aboard are marking the disaster’s anniversary.Villagers carrying flowers gathered in the church in the center of… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Vladimir Putin says calls for UN tribunal in MH17 crash ‘premature’
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday calls for a UN tribunal to be set up to prosecute suspects in the downing of a Malaysian airliner in a rebel-held part of Ukraine were counterproductive and premature. …read more Source:...
MH17 a year on: We still don’t know who fired the missile
A year since a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 was blown out of the sky over war-ravaged eastern Ukraine – killing 298 people – there has been little official word of progress in determining what brought down Flight MH17. One of the… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Australia ‘sickened’ as new MH17 footage emerges (AFP)
Sydney (AFP) – Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop Friday said she was ‘sickened’ after new footage emerged allegedly of Russian-backed rebels ransacking the luggage of passengers killed after Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
