Section: Australia&NZ
Obama calls for tough stance against Russia
US President Barack Obama has declared that one of his top G7 priorities is “standing up to Russian aggression in Ukraine”. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
G7 leaders urge tough line on Russia
Group of Seven leaders have vowed at a summit in Germany to keep sanctions against Russia in place until President Vladimir Putin and Moscow-backed separatists fully implement the terms of a peace deal for Ukraine. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
Patrol boat blows up near Ukraine port
A search operation is under way or a border guard official missing after a patrol boat sank off Ukraine’s port city of Mariupol following an explosion, the border guard said. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
Leaders firm on Russia sanctions
G7 leaders have opened their annual summit by taking an uncompromising stance against Russia’s actions in Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio New...
One dead in Ukraine coastguard blast
One Ukrainian coastguard has been killed, five have been injured and their commander remains unaccounted for after a deadly blast. …read more Source:...
Ukraine, Isis, migration on G7’s agenda
US President Barack Obama was attending the G7 summit in southern Germany today with a focus on violence in eastern Ukraine.Due at the summit in the Bavarian mountains, Obama arrived in Germany last night and was set to meet Chancellor… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine frontline troops dig down with pig named Putin (AFP)
Pisky (Ukraine) (AFP) – This frontline Ukrainian village lacks gas, power and water. …read more Source: The West...
G7 summit opens with tough line on Ukraine (AFP)
Elmau Castle (Germany) (AFP) – The leaders of Germany and the United States hammered home a tough line on Russia Sunday at the start of a G7 summit dominated by crises in Ukraine and Greece. …read more Source: The West...
Merkel, Obama: Russia sanctions to stay until truce implemented (AFP)
Elmau Castle (Germany) (AFP) – US President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Sunday that Western sanctions must remain in place against Russia until it complies with a ceasefire deal with Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Ukrainian coast guard cutter explodes off Mariupol
MOSCOW (AP) ” Ukraine’s border guards service says one of its cutters exploded while on patrol off the shore of the strategic port city of Mariupol.Two of the seven servicemen on board were injured and the status of the others has… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
