Section: Australia&NZ
Ukraine mine blast ‘kills 32’ (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – At least 10 miners were killed and 23 more were missing feared dead in eastern Ukraine after a blast on Wednesday at an accident-prone coal mine in the rebel-held city of Donetsk. …read more Source: The West...
US official: Obama still weighing sending arms to Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) ” The Republican chairman and top Democrat on the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee are stepping up their pressure on the Obama administration to support Ukraine with weapons to defend against attacks from anti-government… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Blast at Ukraine coalmine
At least 32 miners have died in a blast at a coalmine in a rebel-held area of east Ukraine, the president of Ukraine’s parliament says. …read more Source:...
Merkel warns Russia to live up to Ukraine peace deal
BRUSSELS (AP) ” German Chancellor Angela Merkel is warning Russia to live up to the Ukraine peace agreement it backed in Minsk last month or face tougher European Union sanctions.Merkel told reporters on Wednesday that the immediate… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russian court keeps Ukrainian pilot behind bars
MOSCOW (AP) ” A Russian court has rejected an appeal to release a Ukrainian pilot who has been on hunger strike since mid-December.The case of Nadezhda Savchenko has attracted high attention in recent weeks as concerns rise about… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Top French court approves extradition of Kazakh banker
PARIS (AP) ” France’s top appeals court has approved the extradition of a Kazakh oligarch-turned-dissident to Russia or Ukraine.Mukhtar Ablyazov’s lawyers immediately urged the French government not to sign the extradition decree,… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
EU to adapt its foreign policy to new realities, crises
BRUSSELS (AP) ” The European Union is rethinking its foreign policy to better adapt to crises like the ones it faces in Ukraine, Russia and Syria without having to be overly dependent on allies like the United States.EU enlargement… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine coalmine blast in Donetsk kills dozens
At least 32 miners have died in a blast at a coalmine in a rebel-held area of east Ukraine, the president of Ukraine’s parliament says. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ukraine mine blast kills 30
A suspected methane gas blast at a coal mine in a rebel-held region of eastern Ukraine has killed at least 30 people, officials say. …read more Source: Radio New...
More than 30 killed in coal mine blast in Ukraine
More than 30 people are killed in an explosion at a coal mine in the separatist stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, a local official says. …read more Source: ABC...
