Section: Australia&NZ
White House broke law by withholding Ukraine aid, agency says
The ruling is a blow for US President Donald Trump as the Senate prepares to hold a trial on whether to remove him from office. …read more Source:: The Sydney Morning...
Ukraine opens probe into possible surveillance of US ambassador
The probe will examine whether US ambassador Marie Yovanovitch was under surveillance before she was dismissed from her post by the Trump administration. …read more Source:: The Sydney Morning...
Trump knew about Ukraine pressure, Giuliani associate Parnas says
A close associate of Donald Trump’s personal lawyer says the US President “knew exactly what was going on” …read more Source:: The Sydney Morning...
Trump ‘knew exactly what was going on’, Giuliani aide claims
An aide to Rudy Giuliani claims US President Donald Trump “knew exactly what was going on” regarding efforts to pressure Ukraine into investigating Joe Biden and his son. …read more Source:: Radio New...
Speaker Nancy Pelosi names Schiff and Nadler as prosecutors for Trump trial
Speaker Nancy Pelosi named House prosecutors for President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial on Wednesday ahead of votes to send the charges to the Senate, even as new information about the president’s Ukraine efforts intensified pressure… …read more Source:: The New Zealand...
Iran says it has made arrests over Ukraine plane disaster
Iran says it has arrested an undisclosed number of suspects accused of a role in shooting down a Ukrainian airliner. …read more Source:: Radio New...
Russian spies hacked Ukrainian gas company at heart of Trump impeachment trial
The attacks entangle Moscow in domestic US politics yet again and show Russian spies were trying to hack the same company Trump wanted Ukraine to probe. …read more Source:: The Sydney Morning...
Ukraine knew Flight 752 had been shot down, but it was careful not to antagonise Iran
Officials’ story about downed plane changed several times within the first few hours, but why? …read more Source::...
Ukraine’s top security official says pilots died instantly when plane was shot out of sky
The pilots aboard the Ukraine International Airlines passenger jet that became a fireball in mid-air and crashed in Iran, killing 176 people, were dead before the plane hit the ground, officials say.The Boeing 737-800 was hit by… …read more Source:: The New Zealand...
Iran says plane shot down in ‘disastrous mistake’
The Ukraine International Airlines plane crashed after take-off from Iran’s Imam Khomeini airport on January 8. Photo: social media via Reuters Iran has admitted its military had shot down a Ukrainian plane killing all 176 aboard in a “disastrous mistake”, saying air defences were fired in error while on alert after Iranian...