Section: US & Canada
Dutch authorities set to release final Flight MH17 report
The Dutch Safety Board is publishing its final report Tuesday into what caused Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 to break up high over Eastern Ukraine last year, killing all 298 people on board. …read more Source: Global...
Dutch Safety Board: MH17 Was Brought Down By Russian-Made Missile
AMSTERDAM, Oct 12 (Reuters) – The Dutch Safety Board, issuing long-awaited findings on Tuesday of its investigation into the crash of a Malaysian passenger plane over eastern Ukraine, is expected to say it was downed by a Russian-made Buk missile but not say who was responsible for firing it.MH17 was shot down over territory held by...
Ukraine Unveils New Cyber Police Force
The Interior Ministry has said it will begin recruitment this week. …read more Source:...
How Obama Views Strength
Joshua Richards / ReutersAnyone who got beat up as a kid knows there’s no one weaker than a bully. International politics is slightly more complicated than that, of course, but not by much. During a lengthy interview with Steve Kroft on 60 Minutes that aired Sunday night, President Obama tried to explain how Russian President Vladimir...
USS Porter arrives in Ukraine for NATO peace mission
Ryan MaassODESA, Ukraine, Oct. 12 (UPI) — The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter arrived in Odesa, Ukraine in support of the NATO initiative to promote peace in the region. …read more Source: United Press...
Letters From Donbas, Part 6: ‘Life Resembles Survival On A Desert Island’
More than 1 million people have fled eastern Ukraine since war erupted in April 2014. Some have since returned. Others never left. From teachers to pensioners to families with children, residents of rebel-held towns are struggling to get on with their lives amid the chaos and uncertainty. RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service continues to publish...
Things to know about the report into cause of MH17 disaster
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch Safety Board is publishing its final report Tuesday into what caused Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 to break up high over Eastern Ukraine last year, killing all 298 people on board. …read more Source: CNS...
Voters Should Demand a Strategic Foreign Policy Vision from Candidates
As both parties hold presidential debates, issues in the nation’s foreign policy inevitably will be discussed. After all, although the U.S. Constitution actually gives Congress more authority in foreign and defense policies than the president, chief executives, ever since Franklin D. Roosevelt, have wielded the constitutionally narrow role...
Kyiv Bans Russian Airlines From Flying Into Ukraine
Ukraine’s government says it is banning all Russian airlines from flying into Ukraine from October 25 in response to Moscow’s decision in September to impose a similar ban on Ukrainian airlines. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Things to know about the report into cause of MH17 disaster
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The Dutch Safety Board is publishing its final report Tuesday into what caused Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 to break up high over Eastern Ukraine last year, killing all 298 people on board.A preliminary report issued last year said the Boeing 777 flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur likely was hit by multiple...
