Section: Australia&NZ
MH17 armed mission ‘unrealistic’ as Ukraine fighting kills 13 (AFP)
Grabove (Ukraine) (AFP) – Dutch authorities probing the downing of Malaysian flight MH17 said Sunday it was “unrealistic” to send armed troops to secure the crash site, after 13 people including two children were killed in fierce fighting in insurgent-held east Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Pope urges peace in Middle East, Ukraine for children’s sake (AFP)
Vatican City (AFP) – Pope Francis called Sunday on warring parties in the Middle East, Iraq and Ukraine to put an end to violence which is wounding and killing countless children. …read more Source: The West...
Monitors: Dutch police visit to Malaysian Airlines crash site canceled over security concerns
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) Monitors: Dutch police visit to Malaysian Airlines crash site canceled over security concerns. …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Shelling around MH17 site blocks international police (AFP)
Grabove (Ukraine) (AFP) – Heavy shelling around the crash site of downed Malaysian flight MH17 forced Dutch and Australian police to scrap a planned visit as they sought to secure the scene 10 days after the disaster. …read more Source: The West...
Strip Russia of 2018 World Cup: UK dep PM (AP)
British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has called for Russia to be stripped of the right to host the next World Cup after its actions in Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Monitors: Dutch police visit to Malaysian Airlines crash site canceled over security concerns
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) Monitors: Dutch police visit to Malaysian Airlines crash site canceled over security concerns. …read more Source: The New Zealand...
MH17: Tony Abbott says all Australia wants to do is recover the dead
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has sought to reassure Russia, the Ukraine and the Russian-backed rebels who control the MH17 crash zone that Australia has no other purpose than to recover the victims and leave. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
‘They won’t win’: War around MH17
AS Australians move in to the MH17 site, Ukraine’s army is about to stage a full-blown assault to blast the Russian-backed separatists out of the area. …read more Source:...
Malaysia: Rebels to let police secure MH17 site
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) Malaysia said Sunday that it would send dozens of police to the Malaysian airliner’s crash site in eastern Ukraine after pro-Russia separatists agreed to allow international police personnel to provide… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Unarmed Aussie police to help secure Ukraine site
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) Australian police will be sent to the Malaysian airliner’s crash site in rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine as part of a Dutch-led police force to secure the area and help recover victims’ remains, Australia’s… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
