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Germany blocks shipment of military training gear to Russia
Aug05

Germany blocks shipment of military training gear to Russia

Deal had been delayed in March over Crimean incident …read more Source: The Globe and...

400 Ukrainian soldiers cross into Russia, says Russian official
Aug04

400 Ukrainian soldiers cross into Russia, says Russian official

A Russian border security official said Monday that more than 400 Ukrainian soldiers have crossed into Russia, although both sides gave conflicting accounts as to why they did it. …read more Source: Toronto...

Photos August 4: Top images from around the world
Aug04

Photos August 4: Top images from around the world

People walk past sculptures made with straw on August 4, 2014 during a contest in the village of Krasnoye, some 38 kilometers outside the southern Russian city of Stavropol. AFP PHOTO / DANIL SEMYONOVDANIL SEMYONOV/AFP/Getty Images A Painted Lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) sits on a sunflower on August 4, 2014 in Godewaersvelde. AFP...

Kiev says it recaptures rail hub in eastern Ukraine, five soldiers killed
Aug04

Kiev says it recaptures rail hub in eastern Ukraine, five soldiers killed

Ukrainian government forces recaptured an important railway hub from pro-Russian rebels in the east of the country, with five soldiers killed and 15 others wounded over the last 24 hours, a security official in Kiev said on Monday. …read more Source: The Toronto...

Kiev says it recaptures rail hub in eastern Ukraine, five soldiers killed
Aug04

Kiev says it recaptures rail hub in eastern Ukraine, five soldiers killed

Kiev has intensified its campaign against the Moscow-backed separatists and made steady gains since a Malaysian airliner was downed over rebel-held territory on July 17. …read more Source: The Globe and...

Canada is a source for Asian prosperity and stability: Baird
Aug04

Canada is a source for Asian prosperity and stability: Baird

In a “systematically unstable” world, Canada is an island of stability to which Asian countries should look for both economic and geo-political reasons, Foreign Minister John Baird said in a speech late Sunday. “The world’s prosperity now depends on stability in Asia at least as much as it does on a peaceful and...

Pro-Russia rebels plead for troops as Ukrainian army advances
Aug04

Pro-Russia rebels plead for troops as Ukrainian army advances

Separatists ask Russian President Vladimir Putin to send help; confiscate cars and food as residents desert Donetsk amid heavy fighting …read more Source: Toronto...

Ukrainian army steps up attacks on rebel-held Donetsk
Aug03

Ukrainian army steps up attacks on rebel-held Donetsk

Pro-Russian separatists battled on Sunday to keep advancing Ukrainian government forces at bay in heavy fighting on the outskirts of Donetsk, the rebels’ main stronghold in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The Toronto...

Ukraine’s army advances on rebel stronghold of Donetsk
Aug03

Ukraine’s army advances on rebel stronghold of Donetsk

Fighting is raging on the western outskirts of Donetsk as the advancing Ukrainian army tries to seize control of the pro-Russian separatists’ stronghold. …read more Source: CTV...

Remains found at Ukraine crash site sent to Kharkiv before travelling to Netherlands
Aug03

Remains found at Ukraine crash site sent to Kharkiv before travelling to Netherlands

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DONETSK, Ukraine — Body parts found by international investigators in the fields of eastern Ukraine where Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 came down have been delivered in refrigerated trucks to the city of Kharkiv. The trucks carried remains and personal belongings found during the first two days of a search aimed at...