Section: Australia&NZ
As first anniversary looms, MH17 families demand justice (AFP)
Sepang (Malaysia) (AFP) – Families of those killed when Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine last year demanded justice Saturday at an emotional memorial ceremony ahead of the first anniversary of the disaster. …read more Source: The West...
Merkel, Hollande urge Ukraine leader to give rebels self-rule (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – German Chancellor Angel Merkel and French President Francois Hollande took the rare step Friday of pressing Ukraine’s Western-backed leader to ensure partial self-rule for the pro-Russian separatist east. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine leader warns of ‘terror’ threat to peaceful cities (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – President Petro Poroshenko warned Friday that the threat of terror was “significantly” rising across Ukraine as pro-Russian militias resumed attacks, killing two more government troops. …read more Source: The West...
Gunman kills 3 postal workers in Ukraine, steals $115,000
MOSCOW (AP) ” Ukrainian police say an unidentified gunman has killed three postal workers transporting money and escaped with the equivalent of $115,000.Police said investigators were searching for the gunman who attacked the postal… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine convent shows scars from conflict’s fiercest battle (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Nikolai Borodulya picks his way past tripwires and unexploded mines when he visits his relatives’ graves in the cemetery of the ravaged Svyato-Iversky convent near the frontline of east Ukraine’s war. …read more Source: The West...
Russia opposes UN tribunal for MH17 culprits (AFP)
United Nations (United States) (AFP) – Russia said Thursday it will oppose a draft UN resolution circulated by Malaysia on establishing an international tribunal to prosecute those behind the downing of Flight MH17 over Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Russia confirms it opposes UN tribunal for MH17 culprits (AFP)
United Nations (United States) (AFP) – Russia said Thursday it will oppose a draft UN resolution circulated by Malaysia on establishing an international tribunal to prosecute those behind the downing of Flight MH17 over Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Russia blocks MH17 tribunal
RUSSIA has promised to fight a UN resolution to establish a tribunal that would prosecute whoever shot down MH17 over Ukraine last year, killing 298 people. …read more Source:...
NATO to open regional rapid reaction force HQ in Lithuania
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) ” NATO will open the first Baltic regional headquarters for its new rapid reaction force in Lithuania in the coming months, amid growing concerns over Russian aggression in Ukraine.Lithuanian Defense Minister… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russia opposes UN resolution for tribunal for MH17 crash
UNITED NATIONS (AP) ” Russia says it is opposed to a UN resolution that would establish an international tribunal to prosecute those responsible for shooting down a Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine last year.Controversy continues… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
