Section: US & Canada
Shoring Up NATO Is in Europe’s Own Interest
The United States is now in the midst of a long overdue strategic redefinition aimed at shifting the country’s focus away from counterterrorism and toward great power competition. Evidence of the opening steps of this shift can be found in the December 2017 National Security Strategy and in the past year’s defense budget increase,...
How a Guy With a Camera Outsmarted the United States
On the morning of December 26, Alan Meloy stood on the front porch of his home in northern England and noticed that “murky” early clouds were clearing into a crisp and sunny winter’s day.Meloy, a retired IT professional and a plane spotter of 45 years, decided to grab his best camera to see whether he could catch any interesting flyovers....
Jamal Khashoggi’s Murder Remains a Mystery
The murder of Jamal Khashoggi is not a game of Clue, but it often resembles one. Maher Abdulaziz Mutreb, in the annex, with a syringe. Or was it Salah al-Tubaigy, in the consul’s office, with a bone saw? About three months have passed since Khashoggi walked into the consulate in Istanbul, and nearly as much time has passed since Saudi...
Russia Says Crimea Barrier Is Complete
Russian authorities say they have finished building a barrier dividing the Crimean Peninsula, which Moscow forcibly seized in 2014, from mainland Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
UNICEF: Children in Conflict Face Grave Rights Violations
Violence and insecurity have forced more than 28 million children from their homes in 2018, UNICEF said in a news release Thursday. The U.N. children’s fund said it had responded to more than 300 emergencies to help children caught in many of the 40 armed conflicts raging around the world. UNICEF said children had been tortured, raped, used...
US to Boost Weapons Research in Response to Russia
The United States will step up research in hypersonic offense and defense weapons, in response to a Russian test of a nuclear-capable hypersonic glider. “While the United States has been the world leader in hypersonic system research for many decades, we did not choose to weaponize it,” Defense Department spokeswoman Lt. Col. Michelle...
Do You Know Your Pelmeni From Your Pierogi?
There are dumplings … and then there are dumplings! Across Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, nothing inspires more passionate debate than which dumplings — pelmeni, pierogi, varenyky, or khinkali, to name a few — are better. And which ones are the real deal? …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Guly: What Syrian refugees have found since arriving in Ottawa
Three years ago, Canadians rallied around the federal government’s plan to resettle Syrian refugees who had fled a seemingly endless and brutal conflict in their homeland. Ottawans, who have a history of helping asylum seekers, from the Vietnamese “boat people” in the late 1970s to Somalis a decade later, opened their hearts and wallets to...
Poroshenko Ends Martial Law In Ukraine As Tensions With Russia Continue
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has announced the end of martial law in the country’s border regions that was imposed last month after Russia seized Ukrainian ships in the Black Sea. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Poroshenko Announces End to Martial Law in Ukraine
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Wednesday announced the end of a martial law in the country’s border regions, which was introduced last month after Russia’s seizure of three of Kyiv’s navy vessels in the Sea of Azov. “Today, right now, at 2:00 pm (1200 GMT) the martial law ends. This is my principal...
