Section: US & Canada
Ukrainian, Turkmen Leaders Vow Increased Ties
Visiting Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and his Turkmen counterpart Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov have vowed to boost bilateral cooperation in various sectors, including energy ties. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
A Resurgent Russia Is Active In Syria and Beyond
The Russian three-star general arrived at the door of the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on Sept. 30 with a stern warning: Moscow would be launching warplanes to attack targets in Syria in an hour–stay away. In response, the U.S. directed its own aircraft, which have been bombing ISIS targets inside Syria since September 2014, to steer clear of the...
Director of Ukrainian Library Detained in Moscow
Russian police on Thursday detained the director of a Ukrainian library in Moscow on suspicion of inciting ethnic hatred in the latest twist of the ongoing stand-off between the two nations. The Russian investigative committee said in a statement that it has asked a court to arrest 58-year old Natalya Sharina after the investigators found books...
Director of Ukrainian library detained in Moscow
Russian investigators say the police have detained the director of a Ukrainian library in Moscow on suspicion of inciting ethnic hatred. … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
Police detain director of Ukrainian library in Moscow on suspicion of inciting ethnic hatred
Russian investigators say the police have detained the director of a Ukrainian library in Moscow on suspicion of inciting ethnic hatred. …read more Source: FOX...
Director of Ukrainian library detained in Moscow
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian investigators say the police have detained the director of a Ukrainian library in Moscow on suspicion of inciting ethnic hatred. The Russian investigative committee said in a statement on Thursday that it has asked a court to arrest 58-year old Natalya Sharina after the investigators found books in the library that allegedly...
Humanitarian crisis looms in eastern Ukraine as winter approaches
POPASNA, Ukraine — On a bench in the center of this war-wrecked town, Galina and Sergei, two elderly pensioners, soak up the warmth of the sun on an otherwise chilly autumn day as they tell stories of the hardships they’ve endured over the past 18 months. Around them are buildings with shattered windows and blown-apart rooftops, painful...
8 Lies, Distortions and Misrepresentations From the Third GOP Debate
The debates took place in an alternate reality, where facts are made up on the spot. On Wednesday night, there were two rounds of GOP presidential debates. First, candidates polling at around one percent nationally had a shorter debate, followed by the frontrunners in a second debate. Both debates took place in an alternate reality, where facts...
LINDSEY GRAHAM: ‘Make me commander-in-chief, and this crap stops’
Presidential candidate and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) argued during Wednesday night’s Republican “undercard” debate that he would bring a muscular approach to foreign policy into the White House. Graham, one of the most hawkish Republican members of the Senate, said American adversaries are “walking all...
Ukraine Military Update: Soldiers Eat Rotten Food, Forced To Buy Equipment As Poor Conditions Still Visible On The Front Lines
After 18 months of conflict in eastern Ukraine, a video shows Ukrainian soldiers still are not equipped properly and need to rely on the generosity of locals to provide them with fresh food. At a checkpoint near the southern city of Mariupol, soldiers showed off rotten food, local news channel Ukraine Today reported Wednesday. …read more...
