Section: US & Canada
An Iranian Tanker Sought by the U.S. Is Heading to an Unknown Destination
GIBRALTAR (AP) — An Iranian supertanker hauling $130 million worth of light crude oil that the U.S. suspects to be tied to a sanctioned organization lifted its anchor and begun moving away from Gibraltar late on Sunday. The trail left by GPS data on Marinetraffic.com, a vessel tracking service, showed the Iran-flagged Adrian Darya 1, previously...
Ukraine High On The Agenda As Macron Hosts Putin In Southern France
French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to try to convince his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, to accept Ukraine’s overtures of dialogue when the two leaders meet in southern France on August 19. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Netanyahu To Embark On Two-Day Ukraine Visit
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to embark on a two-day trip to the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, where he is expected to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and visit a Holocaust memorial. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Gibraltar Rejects US Pressure to Hold Iranian Oil Tanker
Authorities in Gibraltar on Sunday rejected the United States’ latest request not to release a seized Iranian supertanker, clearing the way for the vessel to set sail after being detained last month for allegedly attempting to breach European Union sanctions on Syria.The ship was expected to leave Sunday night, according to a statement on...
Best-Selling Russian Author Boasts Of ‘Killing Many’ In Ukraine’s Donbas
Best-selling, award-winning Russian author Zakhar Prilepin said the unit in which he served “killed many people” and that he has no regrets having fought in the Donbas conflict of eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Catches Suspected Israeli Online Drug Dealer, Arrests 3 SBU Officers In Process
Ukraine’s SBU security service said it detained an Israeli-American suspected of heading a major online-drug dealing ring a day after he escaped while being extradited to Israel. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Iranian Tanker to Leave Gibraltar Soon Despite US Pressure
The shipping agent for an Iranian supertanker caught in a diplomatic standoff says the vessel is ready to depart Gibraltar on Sunday or Monday, as the U.S. made a last-minute effort to seize it again.The head of the company sorting paperwork and procuring for the Grace 1 oil tanker in the British overseas territory said the vessel could be...
Tokyo Star hotel fire in Ukraine kills 9, injures 10
A fire broke out Saturday at the Tokyo Star hotel in Ukraine killing nine people and injuring 10, according to National Police. …read more Source: United Press...
Live Blog: A New Government In Ukraine
Follow all of the latest developments. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Mission Impossible? Ukraine’s New President Ventures To Reform Powerful State Spy Agency
Previous attempts to overhaul Ukraine’s scandal-prone domestic security service, the SBU, have failed. With an historic mandate for reforms secured in recent elections, can Ukraine’s politically inexperienced new president get the job done? Or is it a mission impossible? …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
