Section: Australia&NZ
US sanctions target key Russia economic sectors
WASHINGTON (AP) The Obama administration is sanctioning Russia’s largest bank as part of a new round of financial penalties aimed at punishing Moscow for its support of separatists in Ukraine.The U.S. is also expanding sanctions… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Dutch say need to know MH17 missile launch site to prosecute (AFP)
Rotterdam (Netherlands) (AFP) – Dutch prosecutors said Friday they need to know where a missile that may have shot down flight MH17 was fired from in eastern Ukraine before criminal charges could be laid. …read more Source: The West...
UN begins food aid to Ukraine’s war-torn east (AFP)
Geneva (AFP) – The UN’s World Food Programme announced Friday the launch of its first food aid operation in Ukraine, saying it had begun distributing rations in the country’s conflict-torn east. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine to ratify EU pact next week: Poroshenko (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – President Petro Poroshenko said on Friday that the Ukrainian and European parliaments would meet on September 16 to jointly ratify an historic agreement pulling his country further out of Russia’s reach. …read more Source: The West...
Poland resumes gas deliveries to Ukraine
WARSAW, Poland (AP) Poland’s state pipeline operator says it has resumed full deliveries of gas to Ukraine.Gaz-System S.A. had halted the deliveries on Wednesday after Poland noted a sharp drop in gas deliveries from Russia this… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
EU hits Russia with new sanctions as Ukraine looks West (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Tough new EU sanctions came into effect against Russia over the Ukraine conflict on Friday, with Moscow accusing its foes of trying to derail the push for peace in the former Soviet state. …read more Source: The West...
EU imposes new sanctions on Russia
MOSCOW (AP) The European Union has imposed fresh sanctions on Russia, targeting some of its largest companies, in a response to Moscow’s actions in Ukraine.The military conflict between the Ukrainian government and pro-Russian… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
EU hits Russia with new sanctions over Ukraine (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Tough new EU sanctions came into effect against Russia over the Ukraine crisis on Friday, with Moscow angrily accusing its foes of trying to wreck the push for peace in the former Soviet state. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine, rebels exchange prisoners in peace deal
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) Government and rebel forces have exchanged dozens of prisoners captured during fighting in Ukraine as part of a cease-fire agreement sealed earlier this month.The transfer took place outside the main rebel… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Many questions for family of Flight 17 victim
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) The brother of Malaysian oil worker Karamjit Singh, who died when Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine on July 17, is urging authorities to speed up their probe into the accident…. …read more Source: The New Zealand...
