Section: US & Canada
Explosion in Kiev kills 1 person, wounds 3 including Ukrainian politician
Ukrainian lawmaker Ihor Mosiychuk and political analyst Vitaliy Bala were wounded in an explosion in Kiev which left one person dead. …read more Source: Global...
Why Ukraine wants peacekeepers — and why the UN should say no
During his recent visit to Ottawa, Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko called on the Canadian government to support a UN mission in Eastern Ukraine. While expressing a wish to buy Canadian arms, Poroshenko argued that the only peace plan that could help Ukraine is a UN Security Council-sanctioned peacekeeping mission that would police the region...
What do latest Trump dossier developments mean?
Aaron Blake | Washington Post The Washington Post broke the story Tuesday night that the Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee helped pay for that now-famous dossier of research on President Donald Trump. Related Articles Opposition leader urges boycott of Kenya election Eminem wins case against political party over ‘Lose...
Sobchak Stirs Controversy In Russia By Saying Crimea Is Part Of Ukraine
The Kremlin has criticized Russian presidential hopeful Ksenia Sobchak for saying that Crimea is legally part of Ukraine, while flamboyant nationalist lawmaker Vladimir Zhirinovsky said she should be jailed for the remark. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russia Frees Two Pro-Kyiv Crimea Tatar Leaders from Jail
Russia has freed two prominent Crimean Tatar activists opposed to Moscow’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea region, their lawyer said Wednesday. Ukraine’s leader thanked Turkey’s president for helping broker the release. Ilmi Umerov, deputy head of the Crimean Tatars’ semi-official Mejlis legislature before it was...
The Daily Vertical: Sobchak Says The Unsayable (Transcript)
The views expressed in this commentary do not necessarily reflect the views of RFE/RL. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
2 Crimean Tatar leaders freed from prison, flown to Turkey
Two prominent Crimean Tatar leaders who were imprisoned in Russian-occupied Crimea have been released and flown to Turkey, Ukraine’s president said Wednesday. President Petro Poroshenko in a tweet Wednesday thanked … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The News...
2 Crimean Tatar leaders freed from prison, flown to Turkey
Two prominent Crimean Tatar leaders who were imprisoned in Russian-occupied Crimea have been released and flown to Turkey, Ukraine’s president said Wednesday. President Petro Poroshenko in a tweet Wednesday thanked … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The News...
2 Crimean Tatar leaders freed from prison, flown to Turkey
MOSCOW (AP) — Two prominent Crimean Tatar leaders who were imprisoned in Russian-occupied Crimea have been released and flown to Turkey, Ukraine’s president said Wednesday. President Petro Poroshenko in a tweet Wednesday thanked the Turkish president for his help in mediating the releases of Ilmi Umerov and Akhtem Chiygoz. Chiygoz, the...
Companies in Ukraine, Russia Come Under New Cyberattack
A new strain of malicious software has paralyzed computers at a Ukrainian airport, the Ukrainian capital’s subway and at some independent Russian media. The Odessa international airport in Ukraine’s south, the Kyiv subway and prominent Russian media outlets such as Interfax and Fontanka on Tuesday reported being targeted. The...
