Section: Australia&NZ
MH17 Ukraine crash report out next week (AFP)
Dutch air crash investigators say a report on the downing of flight MH17 is based on factual information from various sources and the black boxes. …read more Source: The West...
Russia: Ukraine’s NATO ambitions threaten talks
MOSCOW (AP) Russia’s foreign minister has warned that Ukraine’s NATO ambitions are threatening to derail peace talks in eastern Ukraine.Russia and Ukraine said Wednesday they are working on a deal to halt months of fighting in… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Vladimir Putin announces seven-point ceasefire plan as Ukraine loses appetite for war
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has denounced Russian President Vladimir Putin’s proposal as a plot to ruin Ukraine. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
France halts delivery of warship to Russia
French officials said on Wednesday that they will not deliver the first Mistral-class amphibious warship that Russia had ordered from Paris as part of a $US1.7 billion weapons sale, a strong rebuke after months of aggressive actions by Russia in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
JPMorgan hack may be a warning from Russia, says ex-NSA director
The FBI is investigating whether a cyberattack on JPMorgan and other US banks was and whether other banks were penetrated were in retaliation for US- backed sanctions on Russia. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ukraine ‘a moment of testing’ for West
BARACK Obama has condemned Russian aggression in Ukraine as a threat to peace in Europe and pledged NATO will protect allies who fear Moscow. …read more Source: THE...
Poroshenko to brief world leaders before NATO summit (AFP)
Newport (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko will brief British Prime Minister David Cameron, US President Barack Obama and other world leaders on Thursday before the official start of a NATO summit, a British government source said. …read more Source: The West...
Putin unveils Ukraine peace plan
US PRESIDENT Barack Obama has downplayed Moscow’s plan for peace in Ukraine, as an official said America wouldn’t go to “war” with Russia. …read more Source:...
France suspends delivery of warship to Russia over Ukraine concerns
The French government has suspended the planned delivery of the first of two helicopter carriers ordered by Russia, the president’s office says, citing Moscow’s actions in Ukraine. …read more Source: ABC...
Putin reveals seven-point peace plan
RUSSIA and Ukraine say they are working on a ceasefire deal, an announcement that threatens to upstage a NATO summit on the crisis. …read more Source: THE...



