Section: US & Canada
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy Says Called Putin After Four Ukrainian Soldiers Killed In East
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says he has spoken with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, after four Ukrainian soldiers were killed in shelling in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy Says Called Putin After Four Soldiers Killed
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he had a phone conversation with Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Wednesday morning… …read more Source: U.S....
Moscow Court To Hear Appeals Case Of Ukrainian Sailors
The Moscow City Court on August 16 will hear arguments in the case of six of the 24 Ukrainian crewmen detained in Russia, TASS news agency reported. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Deemed Ukrainian Political Prisoner Goes Free In Crimea
A Ukrainian whom Kyiv considered a political prisoner was released early from incarceration in Russian-annexed Crimea on August 6, the office of the Ukrainian presidential mission in the Crimea said. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Minsk, Moscow Agree On Oil Transit Tariff Hike As Compensation For Tainted Oil
Belarus will raise the oil transit tariff by 3.7 percent starting from September 1 after its state petrochemical company Belneftekhim agreed the price increase with Moscow. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Judge dismisses one lying charge against Obama White House counsel Greg Craig
A federal judge on Tuesday dropped one of two criminal charges against President Barack Obama’s White House counsel Greg Craig for allegedly making false statements about his work for Ukraine. …read more Source: United Press...
Ukraine Calls for More Peace Talks After 4 Die in Eastern Donbass
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged the leaders of Russia, Germany and France to resume talks on a peaceful solution to the separatist conflict in Ukraine’s eastern Donbass region after four soldiers were killed in shelling Tuesday.Ukraine’s Defense Ministry said this was the highest death toll in a single day since last...
The “Deep State” Debate We Deserve (and Probably Won’t Get)
When candidate Donald Trump vowed to wage war on official Washington, his expected targets were EPA scientists, Civil Rights Division attorneys, and career diplomats. There were few signs that Trump, a devotee of waterboarding, watch lists, and surveilling mosques, would also declare war on the U.S. intelligence community (IC)—that is, until he...
Non-Aligned Movement gathers in Venezuela to resist dictatorship of dollar
Late in the evening on July 19, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif stepped out of a plane and met his Venezuelan counterpart, Jorge Arreaza, on the tarmac outside Caracas with an enthusiastic embrace. Zarif was in town to participate in the ministerial conference of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). “Today in the Middle East and the regions of...
Ukrainian Court Rules Against News Outlet That Called Violent Far-Right Group ‘Neo-Nazi’
A Ukrainian court has ruled in favor of a violent far-right organization labeled a “nationalist hate group” by the U.S. State Department that claimed a news outlet damaged its reputation when it labeled it as “neo-Nazi” in a tweet last year. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
