Section: US & Canada
Russian Fascists for Trump!
Donald Trump has collected a lovely bouquet of endorsements in his path to the presidency: Chris Christie, David Duke, Jean-Marie Le Pen, the KKK. It’s the kind of praise that would make a mother proud, if your mother happened to be Leni Riefenstahl. And now he can add Russian philosopher, TV personality, and Duck Dynasty lookalike...
Ukrainian Jewish leaders appeal to Netherlands voters to approve EU trade pact
AMSTERDAM (JTA) – Ukrainian Jews appealed to the population of the Netherlands to vote in favor of a referendum over a trade agreement between Ukraine and the European Union. The appeal by 19 leaders of Ukraine’s Jewish population was published last week on the website of Vaad, a large organization representing Ukrainian Jews. In the...
UN: Residents of E. Ukraine Struggling to Survive
The United Nations reports more than 3 million people in rebel-controlled areas of eastern Ukraine are struggling to survive and vulnerable to human rights abuses, including arbitrary arrest and detention, torture, and disappearances. A new report notes that the number of civilian casualties in eastern Ukraine has decreased over the past few...
Ukrainian Journalist Freed in Prisoner Swap
Freelance journalist Maria Varfolomeyeva has been released by separatists in eastern Ukraine after being detained for more than a year. (RFE/RL’s Current Time TV) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Sen. Joni Ernst Warns ‘ISIS Present in All 50 States’
Speaking in front of a room filled with conservative grassroots activists, Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, took on President Barack Obama’s foreign policy strategy, arguing the country needs to elect a new leader who’s willing to confront the “real and dangerous” facing the world today. “We’ve all got to come together and find...
The Latest: World leaders to ponder Syria cease-fire
Prime Minister David Cameron’s office says the Western leaders would stress to Russian President Vladimir Putin the importance of maintaining the truce so that peace talks can make progress in Geneva next week. Cameron’s spokeswoman, Helen Bower, says it’s an “opportunity for the leaders of the U.K., France and Germany to...
Ukrainian pilot on trial in Russia goes on hunger strike
DONETSK, Russia (AP) — A Ukrainian pilot on trial in Russia says she is going on hunger strike. Nadezhda Savchenko, on trial in the Russian border town of Donetsk for her alleged involvement in the deaths of two Russian journalists, was fighting in a volunteer battalion against Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine when she was captured in...
Ukrainian pilot on trial in Russia goes on hunger strike
Nadezhda Savchenko, on trial in the Russian border town of Donetsk for her alleged involvement in the deaths of two Russian journalists, was fighting in a volunteer battalion against Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine when she was captured in June 2014. Russian authorities say Savchenko provided the Ukrainian army with coordinates for...
Ukrainian pilot on trial in Russia goes on hunger strike
A Ukrainian pilot on trial in Russia says she is going on hunger strike. …read more Source: FOX...
Obama Extends Sanctions on Russia Over Ukraine Crisis
The sanctions, to be extended another year, have damaged Russia. …read more Source: ABC...
