Section: NPR (Canada)
After Documenting Nazi Crimes, A French Priest Exposes ISIS Attacks On Yazidis
Patrick Desbois has spent the last 15 years uncovering details of Nazi massacres in Eastern Europe and Russia. Using the same methods, the priest is now uncovering ISIS crimes against Yazidis.(Image credit: Christophe Archambault/AFP/Getty Images) …read more Source:...
Dissident Who Was Snatched Back By Supporters In Ukraine Is Arrested Again
This time former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili wasn’t rescued from a police van, as he was earlier this week. The stateless politician was taken to a police station.(Image credit: Efrem Lukatsky/AP) …read more Source:...
Mueller Investigation Brings Down A Top Democratic Lobbyist
Tony Podesta, brother of Clinton campaign chair John Podesta, blamed “right-wing media” for his decision to leave his namesake firm. The firm assisted Paul Manafort’s work in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
‘Red Famine’ Revisits Stalin’s Brutal Campaign To Starve The Peasantry In Ukraine
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anne Applebaum explains how Stalin killed millions in the ’30s by orchestrating a famine to suppress the nationalist movement and strengthen Russian influence in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
In Eastern Ukraine, A Struggle For Survival In The Crossfire Of A Little-Seen War
This year, 59 civilians have been killed and 280 injured as fighting continues in a 3-year-old war between Russian-backed separatists and government forces. Residents despair of ever seeing peace.(Image credit: Brendan Hoffman/Prime for NPR) …read more Source:...
Putin To Expel 755 U.S. Diplomatic Staff From Russia In Response To New Sanctions
Russia’s Foreign Ministry had signaled on Friday that U.S. diplomats would be ordered out of the country, as retaliation after new sanctions on Russia were approved by Congress this week. (Image credit: Adam Berry/Getty Images) …read more Source:...
How Did Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Pop Up In Spain?
The Ebola-like virus is found mainly in North Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia.(Image credit: Adam Cuerden) …read more Source:...
Ukraine Recommits To NATO Membership Over Moscow’s Objections
After a meeting in Kiev between President Petro Poroshenko and NATO’s secretary general, the Ukrainian leader pledged reforms aimed at qualifying his country for the western alliance by 2020.(Image credit: Efrem Lukatsky/AP) …read more Source:...
Ukraine Cyberattack Wasn’t Really About Ransom, Security Experts Say
Although the virus that spread through government and commercial computers Tuesday looked like ransomware, cyber experts say it was a “wiper” intended to erase data and disrupt business.(Image credit: Efrem Lukatsky/AP) …read more Source:...
Large Cyberattack Hits Ukraine, Snarling Electric Grids And Banks
“There is no way to restore your data without a special key,” a red screen tells users whose computers were taken over by malware Tuesday. The attack targeted Ukraine’s government and infrastructure. …read more Source:...
