Section: Australia&NZ
Major allied defense exercise in Poland
WARSAW, Poland (AP) Poland’s defense minister has launched a major international military exercise that is to test readiness to react to security threats at a time of armed conflict in neighboring Ukraine.Tomasz Siemoniak said… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine peace efforts stall despite lull in fighting (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian peace efforts stalled Wednesday after pro-Russian insurgents called their own elections in defiance of a deal under which they and the Ukrainian army began withdrawing heavy weapons after five months of war. …read more Source: The West...
Japan steps up Russia sanctions over Ukraine
TOKYO (AP) Japan says it has stepped up sanctions against Russia over the unrest in Ukraine to be in line with other Group of Seven members before they meet in New York.Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Wednesday the… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
German business confidence drops for 5th month
BERLIN (AP) A survey shows that business confidence in Germany, Europe’s largest economy, has dropped for the fifth consecutive month continuing a slide that has been fueled by the persistent turmoil in Ukraine and sluggish European… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine conflict death toll soars past 3,000: UN (AFP)
Geneva (AFP) – The death toll in Ukraine’s conflict has soared past 3,000, likely by a significant margin, top UN human rights official Ivan Simonovic said Tuesday. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine rebels plan votes in blow to Poroshenko truce (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Pro-Russian rebels defiantly announced Tuesday they will stage their own elections in just six weeks, raising the stakes in a standoff with Kiev despite both sides moving to end five months of deadly fighting. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine rebels plan votes despite truce (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Pro-Russian rebels defiantly announced Tuesday they will stage their own elections in just six weeks, raising the stakes in a standoff with Kiev despite both sides moving to end five months of deadly fighting. …read more Source: The West...
Rebels vow to hold own elections
PRO-RUSSIAN rebels have defiantly announced they will stage their own elections in November, despite just signing a peace deal with Kiev. …read more Source:...
Russia keen to keep Ukraine off UN radar
WESTERN and Arab allies are consumed by the Islamic State and Ebola. That’s probably just fine with Vladimir Putin. …read more Source: THE...
Germany pushes for solution to Ukraine gas spat
BERLIN (AP) German Chancellor Angela Merkel is pressing for a solution to the long-running gas dispute between Russia and Ukraine ahead of a meeting of the two countries’ energy ministers this week.Though Merkel noted “small successes”… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
