Section: US & Canada
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Seize Foreign Tanker
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran said on Thursday it had seized a foreign tanker smuggling fuel in the Gulf, and the U.S. military commander in the region said the United States would work “aggressively” to ensure free passage of vessels through the vital waterway. The United States blames Iran for a series of attacks on shipping in the...
‘Without Further Delay’: European Parliament Calls On Russia To Release Detained Ukrainians
The European Parliament has overwhelmingly passed a resolution calling on Russian authorities “to release without further delay and unconditionally all illegally and arbitrarily detained Ukrainian citizens both in Russia and in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.” …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Canadian short-term election observers arrive in Ukraine
Over two hundred Canadian short-term election observers are arriving in Ukraine this week ahead of the country’s parliamentary elections on July 21, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland announced Thursday. Led by the head of Canada’s election observation mission in Ukraine, former Liberal foreign affairs minister Lloyd Axworthy,...
Ukraine’s parliament elections mark first test for its new actor-turned-president
Volodymyr Zelensky hopes to replicate his landslide presidential victory in the parliamentary elections. …read more Source: The Washington...
As Soldiers Disengage, ‘Fragile Hope’ For Peace Appears In One Front-Line Ukrainian Town
In a season of elections and political change in Ukraine, a cease-fire and troop pullback in the battle-scarred town of Stanytsya Luhanska show peace in the east is possible. But along the rest of the 400-kilometer-long front line, fighting has flared more than five years into a war that remains one of the major points of tension between Russia...
Swedes can’t give residence permit to terror attack victim
Sweden’s justice minister says a Ukrainian woman who lost her leg in the deadly Stockholm terror attack cannot be granted a permanent residence permit out of compassion …read more Source: The Washington...
Swedes can’t give residence permit to terror attack victim
Sweden’s justice minister says a Ukrainian woman who lost her leg in the deadly Stockholm terror attack cannot be granted a permanent residence permit out of compassion. Morgan Johansson said … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
Swedes can’t give residence permit to terror attack victim
Sweden’s justice minister says a Ukrainian woman who lost her leg in the deadly Stockholm terror attack cannot be granted a permanent residence permit out of compassion …read more Source: ABC...
Ukraine election: President’s party leads, majority unclear
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s party has the most support in opinion polls ahead of Sunday’s snap parliamentary elections, but obtaining a solid majority in the Verkhovna Rada is far from certain. Zelenskiy, who took office in May, has been stymied by a parliament dominated by his …...
European Parliament Urges Russia To Release ‘Illegally And Arbitrarily’ Detained Ukrainian Citizens
The European Parliament has overwhelmingly voted to pass a resolution calling on Russian authorities to immediately release and return “all illegally and arbitrarily detained Ukrainian citizens” held in Russia and in areas of eastern Ukraine controlled by Russia-backed separatists. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
