Section: US & Canada
Refugee ban puts Jewish asylum seekers in limbo
Demonstrators at JFK airport in New York protesting Donald Trump’s executive order banning immigrants from certain countries, Jan. 28, 2017. (Bryan R. Smith/AFP/Getty Images) (JTA) — A year after they submitted their application for asylum in the United States, Shahi and his mother expected to be let in. As Iranian Jews who applied for...
Gen. McChrystal is right — in fact, Russian leaders think they already are at war
General Stanley McChrystal perhaps shocked many when he spoke out on the chance of a war in Europe — aside from the continuing conflict in Ukraine. …read more Source: Foreign...
Putin’s Russia in Biggest Arctic Military Push Since Soviet Fall
By Andrew Osborn Murmansk, Russia (Reuters) – The nuclear icebreaker Lenin, the pride and joy of the Soviet Union’s Arctic great game, lies at perpetual anchor in the frigid water here. A relic of the Cold War, it is now a museum. But nearly three decades after the Lenin was taken out of service to be turned into a visitor attraction,...
Still in exile, Shakhtar Donetsk picks new home
Shakhtar Donetsk is on the move again. After nearly three years in exile because of the conflict in eastern Ukraine, Shakhtar says it has completed a deal to move into … Click to Continue » …read more Source: Miami...
Five more soldiers killed in eastern Ukraine fighting
Ed AdamczykJan. 30 (UPI) — Five Ukrainian soldiers died in fighting with pro-Russian rebels on several fronts in eastern Ukraine, a government spokesman said Monday. …read more Source: United Press...
7 troops reported killed in fighting in eastern Ukraine
5 troops reported killed in fighting in eastern Ukraine …read more Source:...
Merkel to Meet Ukraine’s Poroshenko After Weekend Trump Call
The German Chancellor will discuss the situation in east Ukraine. …read more Source:...
The Morning Vertical, January 30, 2017
Your daily roundup. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
More Ukrainian Soldiers Reported Killed Ahead Of Poroshenko Berlin Visit
Ukraine says five of its soldiers have been killed and nine wounded in some of the worst fighting in eastern Ukraine in weeks. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
5 troops reported killed in fighting in eastern Ukraine
5 troops reported killed in fighting in eastern Ukraine …read more Source:...
