Section: US & Canada
At Least 9,115 Killed in Ukraine Conflict, U.N. Says
The pace of the killing has slowed sharply since a cease-fire in August, the monitors said, with only 47 civilians killed and 131 injured in the three months ending in mid-November. …read more Source: The New York...
Belarus enjoys boost from selling Russians forbidden fruit
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — As he fights an economic downturn in Belarus, the man often called “Europe’s last dictator,” longtime President Alexander Lukashenko, is getting a surprising boost. Following a rash of Russian bans on foreign products and services, Belarus is specializing in selling Russians a way round their own government’s...
Belarus enjoys boost from selling Russians forbidden fruit
Following a rash of Russian bans on foreign products and services, Belarus is specializing in selling Russians a way round their own government’s restrictions. Since the start of 2014, Russia has embraced sanctions as a foreign policy tool, banning food imports from the European Union and United States over the Ukraine crisis, and now also...
UN: 9,000 Killed in Ukraine Conflict, but Now Violence Eases
GENEVA—More than 9,000 people have died in 21 months of fighting in eastern Ukraine, even as a new cease-fire has largely held and contributed to a sharp decline in casualties since mid-August, the U.N. human rights office said Wednesday. The office of High Commissioner for Human Rights said a “cease-fire within a cease-fire” agreed in late...
UN Says Over 9,000 People Killed In Eastern Ukraine Since Last Year, More Than 20,000 Injured
Over 9,000 people have been killed in eastern Ukraine since the beginning of conflict in the region in April last year, according to a new report released Wednesday by the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights. The report said that despite a high number of casualties, a “ceasefire within a ceasefire” agreed upon by Russia and Ukraine in August...
UN: 9,000 killed in Ukraine conflict, but now violence eases
More than 9,000 people have died in 21 months of fighting in eastern Ukraine, even as a new ceasefire has largely held and contributed to a sharp decline in casualties since mid-August, the UN human rights office said Wednesday. …read more Source: CTV...
Ukraine Sentences Azerbaijani Men For Attacks On Maidan Activists
A court in Kyiv has sentenced two Azerbaijani citizens for attacks against Maidan activists during the early 2014 protests that brought down Ukraine’s former President Viktor Yanukovych. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Over 9,000 people killed in 21 months of Ukraine fighting: UN
More than 9,000 people have died in 21 months of fighting in eastern Ukraine, the U.N. human rights office said Wednesday. …read more Source: Global...
Kerry Plans to Visit Russia Within the Week
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says he hopes to visit Russia within the next week for talks on the crisis in Syria and Ukraine. Kerry said Wednesday in Paris that he is planning to visit Moscow “in a week” to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the two matters. If he makes the trip, it will come...
More Than 9,000 Killed In Eastern Ukraine Conflict, UN Says
A UN report released on December 9 says the confirmed death toll from the conflict in eastern Ukraine now exceeds 9,000, despite a “significant reduction of hostilities in certain parts” of the region. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
