Section: Australia&NZ
27,000 Russians stranded abroad after tour operator fails (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – More than 27,000 Russian tourists have been stranded abroad, a tour operators association said Monday, as the latest in a series of travel companies failed amid strains over the Ukrainian crisis. …read more Source: The West...
MH17 investigator convoy held up by renewed gunfire
The Australian and Dutch investigators charged with retreiving the bodies and effects of the vicitms of the MH17 air disaster has once again been held off reaching the crash site by renewed gunfire and shelling in the ogoing beattle between Ukrainian and rebel forces. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Russia flexes military muscle in air exercises near Ukraine
Russia has announced new military exercises involving bombers and fighter jets in a show of strength near the border with Ukraine, in a move likely to alarm Western powers. …read more Source: ABC...
Interfax: Russia starts air force drills
MOSCOW (AP) Interfax says Russia’s air force has started military drills in central and western regions of the country, a move that could spark further fears that Moscow is ready to flex its military muscle in neighboring Ukraine.The… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Dogs join search for MH17 victims
A sniffer dog zigzagged swiftly across a field overgrown with grass as police experts in blue uniforms fanned out to methodically work their way across a debris-strewn field in eastern Ukraine.In the middle distance the boom of… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
More belongings found at Ukraine disaster site
AMSTERDAM (AP) The head of a team of international investigators says more personal belongings of victims of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 disaster in eastern Ukraine have been found, but no human remains.Speaking from the Ukrainian… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukrainians scour rebel-held city for vanished relatives (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Olga, a blonde woman in a black-and-white patterned summer dress, stares ahead tearfully as she says: “My son is lost.” …read more Source: The West...
MH17 crash investigators move to second site as Russia’s military buildup continues
International investigators on Sunday searched a second site of wreckage from Malaysian Air Flight MH17 in rebel-controlled eastern Ukraine as the authorities in Kiev accused Russia of amassing troops on the border. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Civilians suffer in Ukraine clashes as MH17 probe gathers pace (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Fighting between government forces and pro-Russian rebels left at least 10 civilians dead in eastern Ukraine on Sunday as an international probe at the crash site of downed flight MH17 made headway. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine fighting rages as MH17 probe gathers pace (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Fighting between government forces and pro-Russian rebels left at least 10 civilians dead in eastern Ukraine on Sunday, as international experts pushed on with their grim hunt for remains at the crash site of downed flight MH17. …read more Source: The West...
