Section: US & Canada
8 people killed in mini-bus accident in southern Ukraine
Ukraine’s agency for emergency situations says eight people have been killed in a mini-bus collision in the country’s south. … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The News...
8 People Killed in Mini-Bus Accident in Southern Ukraine
Ukraine’s agency for emergency situations says eight people have been killed in a minibus collision in the country’s south …read more Source: ABC...
8 people killed in mini-bus accident in southern Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) — Ukraine’s agency for emergency situations says eight people have been killed in a mini-bus collision in the country’s south.The… …read more Source:...
Russia Says Lavrov, Steinmeier To Meet On Ukraine, Syria
The Russian and German foreign ministers, Sergei Lavrov and Frank-Walter Steinmeier, will meet on Monday to discuss the conflicts in Ukraine and Syria, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Saturday. Tensions between Russia and Ukraine escalated this week after President Vladimir Putin accused Ukraine of sabotage plans in Crimea, the peninsula...
Krauthammer’s Take: Putin Ready to Move, ‘Sees Weakness in the White House’
Vladimir Putin accused Ukraine of sending saboteurs across the Crimean border to provoke the Russians, which a Ukrainian official called “ridiculous.” Charles Krauthammer agreed, and he said that Putin is ready to take advantage of U.S. and European weakness:It’s completely ridiculous. It’s reminiscent; Hitler started World War II by...
Police-Station Occupiers Also Shined Spotlight on Russian Subjugation of Armenia
Image: Peaceful protesters and journalists were subjected to excessive force by Armenian police on July 29, 2016. Author: Human Rights Watch The 31 armed men who took over a police station in Armenia’s capital of Yerevan on July 17 made two demands that got widespread news coverage. After the 20 men who were still in the station on July 31...
Biden Urges Poroshenko To Avoid Escalating Tensions With Russia
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden urged Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko “to do his part to avoid escalating tensions” with Russia over Crimea, the White House said on August 12. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The US Army’s New Battlefield ‘Big Gun’ Has a Dangerous Defect
Robert Beckhusen Security, Lack of fire suppression is one problem with the M109A7 Paladin. The U.S. Army in the coming years will build hundreds of new mobile howitzers, and largely, the project has been a success. Except there will be a problem if the self-propelled howitzers catch on fire. The Paladin M109A7 PIM — the latest in America’s...
The Rise and Fall of Sergey Ivanov
The most puzzling and unexpected high-profile resignation happened today in the Kremlin. Vladimir Putin dismissed the Chief of his Presidential Administration, his long-time friend and closest of allies, Sergey Ivanov. Formally, Ivanov filed for resignation himself, but in fact not only did he lose his position, he was moved to another post: he...
America’s Addiction to Mercenaries
A decade ago, I found myself in a precarious position. I was in Burundi, sipping a Coke with Domitien Ndayizeye, the country’s then-president, U.S. Ambassador Jim Yellin, and several others. We had an emerging catastrophe on our hands.Ten years earlier, the Rwandan genocide left a trail of ash and tears in its wake, claiming 800,000 lives...
