Section: Australia&NZ
UN: death toll in Ukraine fighting now above 6,100
BERLIN (AP) ” The United Nations says the number of people killed in a year of fighting in Ukraine has now passed 6,100, and says it’s increasingly worried that breaches in a cease-fire will further worsen the human rights situation… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
US troops arrive in Ukraine for training
About 300 US paratroopers have arrived in Ukraine to train the Ukrainian National Guard which is fighting pro-Russian rebels in the east. …read more Source:...
300 US troops arrive in Ukraine to train local military
About 300 US paratroopers arrive in Ukraine to train the national guard which is fighting pro-Russian rebels in the east, the US army says. …read more Source: ABC...
Obama, Italian Prime Minister Renzi to meet at White House
WASHINGTON (AP) ” Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi is getting an audience with President Barack Obama.Obama is hosting Renzi at the White House on Friday to compare notes on a range of issues, including Ukraine, Libya and Islamic… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine crisis: Life in Shyrokyne, a bitterly disputed village
Irina Strezhak begs the international monitors who have arrived near her bombed-out home in the besieged Ukrainian village of Shyrokyne for sleeping pills.”We need something to let us sleep through the night, some medication, sleeping… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
More bodies found at MH17 crash site
NINE months after airliner MH17 was shot down over the Ukraine, more body parts have been recovered from the crash site in the war-torn country. …read more Source:...
More bodies found at MH17 crash site
NINE months after airliner MH17 was shot down over the Ukraine, more body parts have been recovered from crash site in the war-torn country. …read more Source:...
More human remains found at MH17 crash site
Dutch investigators recover more body parts at the MH17 plane crash site in Ukraine after searching a location that was previously inaccessible. …read more Source: ABC...
Dutch team finds more remains at Ukraine MH17 crash site (AFP)
The Hague (AFP) – Dutch investigators have recovered more body parts at the MH17 plane crash site in Ukraine after searching a location that was previously inaccessible, the Netherlands announced on Thursday. …read more Source: The West...
Dutch shift focus in MH17 crash to investigating culprits
The Dutch government said on Thursday (Friday NZT) that, with nearly all of the victims of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 identified, efforts had shifted to finding those responsible for shooting the plane down as it crossed Ukraine last July. …read more Source:...
