Section: US & Canada
Dutch probe: Buk missile downed Malaysian jet in Ukraine
GILZE-RIJEN AIR BASE, Netherlands (AP) — The missile shot skyward from war-ravaged eastern Ukraine. With deadly accuracy more than six miles up,… …read more Source:...
New animation shows how MH17 was shot down by missile
Ukrainian authorities had “sufficient reason” to close the airspace over conflict-stricken eastern Ukraine before the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, according to the findings of a Dutch investigation into the crash. The Boeing 777 was heading from Amsterdam to Malaysia when it was shot down on July 17, 2014, over Ukrainian territory...
How the Malaysia Airlines shootdown report is being spun in Russia
An official investigation by Dutch authorities has concluded that Malaysia Airlines flight 17 was shot down over Ukraine last year by a Russian-made missile. But it didn’t determine who fired it. That hasn’t stopped the story being spun in Russia. …read more Source: Public Radio...
Malaysia Airlines flight 17: Why wasn’t the airspace closed?
An official investigation by Dutch authorities has concluded that Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over Ukraine last year by a Russian-made missile. But it also concluded that Ukraine should have closed its airspace. …read more Source: Public Radio...
Russia a Rare Destination for Syrians Seeking Refuge
While tens of thousands of Syrian refugees continue to flee civil war by traveling to neighboring countries and Europe, Russia is a rare destination despite its Soviet and Cold War ties to Damascus. According to the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, there were 238,836 refugees and asylum-seekers in Russia as of January. But almost all of them,...
The Atlantic Daily: Israeli-Palestinian Violence, MH17 Report, Democratic Debate
Mohamad Torokman / ReutersWhat We’re Following: Violence in Israel Three Israelis were killed and 20 others were readers’ stories, and share your own, here. Verbs Rand Paul’s entire day livestreamed, Pitchfork purchased, 92-year-old World War II veteran skydives. Answers: 80, COLORADo, 25,000 …read more Source: <a...
Dutch probe: Buk missile downed Malaysian jet in Ukraine
GILZE-RIJEN AIR BASE, Netherlands (AP) — The missile shot skyward from war-ravaged eastern Ukraine. With deadly accuracy more than six miles up, it detonated just in front of the Malaysia Airlines jetliner, sending hundreds of jagged steel shards ripping through its aluminum skin at up to 5,600 mph and shearing the cockpit from the rest of the...
Luhansk Rebels Open to Discussions with Ukraine’s President
Ukraine’s president will visit eastern regions on Wednesday but has not responded to the invite. …read more Source:...
How Dutch Investigators Rebuffed Russia’s Alternative MH17 Theories
Russian attempts to insert alternative theories into a long-awaited report on why a Malaysia Airlines passenger plane crashed over eastern Ukraine in July 2014 were repeatedly rejected by Dutch investigators. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Dutch probe: Buk missile downed Malaysian jet in Ukraine
GILZE-RIJEN AIR BASE, Netherlands — The missile shot skyward from war-ravaged eastern Ukraine. With deadly accuracy more than six miles up, it detonated just in front of the Malaysia Airlines jetliner, sending hundreds of jagged steel shards ripping through its aluminum skin at up to 5,600 mph and shearing the cockpit from the rest of the plane....
