Section: Australia&NZ
NATO flexes muscles in Poland war games (AFP)
Zagan (Poland) (AFP) – NATO flexed its muscles Thursday in Poland during the first full drill of its new spearhead force, a structure designed to boost security on its eastern flank in the wake of Russia’s annexation of Crimea from Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Poland says Europe’s peaceful period ‘now over’ (AFP)
Zagan (Poland) (AFP) – NATO member Poland said Thursday that the post-Cold War period of peace is “now over”, as the European Union grapples with various crises including the Ukraine conflict and terrorism. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine parliament fires powerful security chief (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s parliament Thursday fired the powerful head of the SBU state security service after he fell foul of President Petro Poroshenko and became embroiled in a conflict with the nation’s chief prosecutor. …read more Source: The West...
US Senate to vote on defense policy bill
WASHINGTON (AP) ” The U.S. Senate is poised to pass a $612 billion defense policy bill that calls for arming Ukraine forces, prevents another round of base closures and makes it harder for President Barack Obama to close the prison… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine officials say suspected killers of reporter detained
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Prosecutors in Ukraine’s capital say they have detained two people suspected of murdering a journalist known for his pro-Russian views.The Kiev prosecutor’s office said Thursday that the suspects are in their… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russian clash with West a ruse to keep elite in power: dissident (AFP)
Washington (AFP) – The Russia-Ukraine conflict has no short term solution and is part of a fabricated conflict with the West to distract everyday Russians from corruption and incompetence, a prominent critic of Vladimir Putin said Wednesday. …read more Source: The West...
EU to extend sanctions against Russia to January 2016
EU member states agree to extend damaging economic sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine crisis by another six months to the end of January 2016, officials say. …read more Source: ABC...
UK calls on Russia to free Ukrainian pilot, dismisses ‘sabre-rattling’ (Reuters)
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain on Wednesday called on Russia to free detained Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko and told Moscow it and NATO would not be intimidated by “sabre-rattling” by President Vladi… …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine accuses own soldiers of killing pro-rebel civilians (AFP)
Kiev (Ukraine) (AFP) – Prosecutors in war-torn east Ukraine on Wednesday charged two government soldiers with the murder of an elderly woman and her daughter in the separatist eastern province of Donetsk. …read more Source: The West...
EU to extend Russia sanctions to January 2016 (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – EU member states agreed Wednesday to extend damaging economic sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine crisis by another six months to the end of January 2016, officials said. …read more Source: The West...
