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Ceasefire in eastern Ukraine violated
MOSCOW— A ceasefire between pro-Russian separatists and government forces in eastern Ukraine has been violated in the rebel-held city of Donetsk. The Donetsk mayor’s office reported two attacks, one late on Tuesday and another in the early hours Wednesday. In one of them, a mortar shell hit an apartment block. The RIA Novosti news...
World leaders meet with multiple crises on agenda
UNITED NATIONS — Facing a world in turmoil from multiple crises ranging from wars in the Mideast and Africa to the deadly scourge of Ebola and growing Islamic radicalism, leaders from more than 140 countries open their annual meeting at the United Nations on Wednesday with few solutions. The issue certain to top the agenda is the threat...
Russia wants to keep Ukraine off UN radar
UNITED NATIONS — As world leaders gather at the U.N. this week, the U.S. and its European allies are consumed by efforts to blunt the savage advance of the Islamic State group, to end the raging Ebola epidemic and to make progress in nuclear negotiations with Iran. That’s likely just fine with Vladimir Putin, since these issues...
Thousands march in Moscow against Ukraine fighting
MOSCOW — Tens of thousands of people marched through central Moscow on Sunday to demonstrate against the fighting in Ukraine and Russia’s alleged complicity in the conflict. An Associated Press reporter estimated the crowd at about 20,000, although the city police department put the number at about 5,000. The demonstrators chanted...
Protesters throw Ukrainian politician into dumpster
MANILA, Philippines — A video of a Ukrainian member of parliament manhandled by protesters and dumped into a garbage bin has become viral online. The video, which has been picked up by global news networks, showed Vitaly Zhuravsky forcibly escorted by two men before being thrown into a dumpster, head first. Zhuravsky attempted to crawl out...
Shooting down of MH17 ‘most likely’ scenario
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands — The chief Dutch prosecutor overseeing the criminal investigation into the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 says that the plane being shot down from the ground is the “most likely” scenario being probed by dozens of investigators. Fred Westerbeke of the Dutch National Prosecutors Office told...
Ukraine, rebels exchange prisoners in peace deal
DONETSK, Ukraine — 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 stronghold of Donetsk early Saturday under the watch of international observers. President Petro Poroshenko says 36...
Report: MH17 likely downed by outside impact
THE HAGUE, Netherlands— The Dutch team investigating the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Eastern Ukraine says the crash was likely caused by the plane being hit by multiple “high-energy objects from outside the aircraft.” The preliminary report published Tuesday by the Dutch Safety Board stopped short of saying the...
Humiliated pro-Ukraine woman still bears scars of abuse
KIEV, Ukraine–Clad in the blue and yellow of Ukraine’s national flag, Irina Dovgan stood on a street of the rebel-held city of Donetsk as passersby punched, kicked and spat on her, sometimes crushing tomatoes in her bruised face. Days later, the 52-year-old still has the bruises from her time spent in the custody of the separatists,...
Ukraine cease-fire appears to hold
KIEV, Ukraine — The presidents of Ukraine and Russia on Saturday said the cease-fire between Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed rebels was mostly holding, but the truce still appeared fragile in its first full day as both sides of the conflict claimed violations. A statement from Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s office said he...
