Section: US & Canada
Central Europe Sees Anti-Immigration Fervor, No Migrants
Together, Hungary and the Czech Republic took in just around 1,000 asylum-seekers last year. Still, rallying cries against migration have dominated the debates ahead of upcoming ballots in the two Central European countries. Along with Poland and Slovakia, they have also become the most vocal critics of the EU’s plan to share refugees...
The ‘Credibility’ Argument Is Nonsense
Dianne Pfundstein Chamberlain understandably wants to kill the shoddy “credibility” argument with fire: I found that the real world does not operate in the way that these critics of U.S. inaction seem to think it does. It is foolish for the United States to undertake military action for the primary purpose of reinforcing its reputation....
Anti-Putin Protester Returns To Moscow, Arrested Again In Red Square
A well-known anti-Putin protester has been detained again in Moscow, this time following his return from Ukraine. Police arrested Roman Roslovtsev after he appeared on September 27 in Red Square with a sign, saying “I Am Not Afraid of 212.1!” That refers to a law that went into effect last year which criminalizes repeated violations...
Russians again blame Ukraine for Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crash
Ed AdamczykMOSCOW, Sept. 27 (UPI) — The Russian Defense Ministry said its data confirms that, if Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down in 2014, Ukrainian forces did it. …read more Source: United Press...
Iceland Claims Russian Bombers Pose Risk to Passenger Flights
Russian military bombers flew close to an Icelandic passenger jet with their transponders switched off, officials in Reykjavik told AFP on Monday. Since Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 and the diplomatic fallout between Moscow and Ukraine’s western partners, Russia has persistently sent its jets into international skies, without...
Central Europe Sees Anti-Immigration Fervor, No Migrants
BUDAPEST, Hungary—Together, Hungary and the Czech Republic took in just around 1,000 asylum-seekers last year. Still, rallying cries against migration have dominated the debates ahead of upcoming ballots in the two Central European countries. Along with Poland and Slovakia, they have also become the most vocal critics of the EU’s plan to...
Central Europe sees anti-immigration fervor, no migrants
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Together, Hungary and the Czech Republic took in just around 1,000 asylum-seekers last year. Still, rallying cries against migration have dominated the debates ahead of upcoming ballots in the two Central European countries. Along with Poland and Slovakia, they have also become the most vocal critics of the EU’s...
Setting the record straight on Crimea
My colleague on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, the Hon. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), wrote a thought-provoking and provocative op-ed on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion and occupation of eastern Ukraine. We can all agree that Putin… …read more Source: The...
NATO Warns West Is ‘Losing Information War’ Against Russia, IS
The West must step up its efforts to combat and counter the information war being waged by its opponents, according to NATO commanders. They warn that countries like Russia are exploiting the freedom of the press in Western media to spread disinformation. The term “hybrid warfare” is frequently used to describe the tactics used by the...
Remembering The Massacre Of Roma At Babi Yar
It’s been 75 years since more than 100,000 people were killed in a series of massacres by Nazi soldiers at Babi Yar, in Ukraine. Many of the victims were Jewish, but non-Jews were also murdered — including many Roma. It’s a source of intense, ongoing pain for Raisa Nabaranchuk, who lost her grandmother in the massacres....
