Section: US & Canada
New Fighting Flares In Southeastern Ukraine
Fresh clashes broke out overnight as Ukrainian troops battled Russia-backed separatists in Talakivka, near the city of Mariupol. The fighting was the latest in a recent flare-up of hostilities in the country’s east. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
McKenna: Hillary Clinton’s right wing foreign policy
Notwithstanding the U.S. Democratic party’s sop to socialist Bernie Sanders in the crafting of its left-leaning policy platform, the party’s foreign policy is unapologetically right-of-centre. Of course, this is the same Hillary Clinton who voted in favour of a Congressional resolution backing the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2002. Few...
25 Years Ago: Failed August Coup Changed U.S. Diplomatic Approach Toward Soviet Union
A failed coup in August 1991 by hard-liners in the Soviet government is widely seen as contributing to the dissolution of the Soviet Union by the end of 1991. To mark the 25th anniversary of the so-called August coup, RFE/RL spoke with former U.S. Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns about Washington’s perspective...
Ukraine could introduce martial law if eastern fighting worsens: President
Earlier on Thursday, the Ukrainian military reported that three servicemen had been killed and six wounded in fighting over the past 24 hours …read more Source: The Globe and...
Ukraine could introduce martial law if eastern fighting worsens: Poroshenko
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Thursday he did not rule out introducing martial law and a new wave of military… …read more Source:...
Trump’s new campaign manager vows to let Trump be Trump
The woman in charge of running Donald Trump’s campaign wants to let Trump be Trump, but in a more disciplined way.Kellyanne Conway, a Republican pollster and longtime Trump associate who was elevated to be his campaign manager this week, indicated Thursday in separate television interviews that under her guidance, the campaign will be more...
Prominent Russian Lawyer Barred From Leaving Russia
Prominent Russian human rights lawyer Mark Feygin has been barred from leaving Russia in a move he says is aimed at preventing him from defending Crimean Tatars at an Organization for Security and Cooperation event in Warsaw. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainians Rally In Support Of Anticorruption Bureau
Protesters demonstrated in front of Ukraine’s National Anticorruption Bureau on August 17 amid a growing conflict between that body and the Prosecutor’s Office, which raided the bureau last week. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Kings of the Battlefield No More: Are Tanks Obsolete?
Michael Peck Security, What does history tell us? It has been over four decades since the death of the tank was announced. The iron monsters had blitzed through Sedan, Kiev and Tobruk in World War II. In 1967, Israeli armor had swept through the Sinai like lightning. And then in October 1973, hundreds of burning Israeli tanks, draped in anti-tank...
Ukraine President Warns Of Conflict Escalation, Possible ‘Martial Law’
Ukraine’s president has said the likelihood of an escalation of the conflict with Russia and Russia-back separatists in eastern Ukraine “remains significant” and said he cannot rule out “a full-scale Russian invasion.” …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
