Section: US & Canada
Foreigners Can Serve In Ukrainian Army
Lawmakers in Kyiv have legalized the service of foreigners in the Ukrainian armed forces. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
NATO head says Russia’s Turkey air violations ‘not an accident’
Brussels (AFP) – NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday that Russian violations of Turkish airspace were “not an accident” after Turkey complained of two incursions by Moscow’s jets.”For us, this does not look like an accident, it is a serious violation,” Stoltenberg told reporters at NATO...
U.S. vs. Russia: What a war would look like between the world’s most fearsome militaries
Vladimir Putin’s brazen moves in Syria, Ukraine raise new questions about America’s contingency plans. …read more Source: USA...
UN official: world’s displaced population now 60 million
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — When Antonio Guterres became the U.N. refugee chief almost 10 years ago, the world counted 38 million people displaced by conflict and persecution and the number was declining. Today, it’s more than 60 million and rising. As he prepares to step down at the end of the year, Guterres delivered a wide-ranging speech to...
Ukranian Artist’s ‘Faces of War’ Portrays Only One
As Russian President Vladimir Putin was addressing the United Nations in New York last month, he was also being featured in an art exhibition in Washington. Not a flattering exhibit, it’s rendered in a unique medium that its Ukrainian creator, Daria Marchenko, calls not only a work of art, but a political statement. “The Faces of...
Russian Admiral: ‘Volunteers’ May Join Syrian Army
A top Russian lawmaker says “a unit of Russian volunteers,” including battle hardened veterans who fought in eastern Ukraine, may join Syrian government troops fighting Islamic State extremists and other terrorists in that country. Admiral Vladimir Komoyedov, in comments to Russia’s Interfax-AVN news agency Monday, said Russian...
Meet The Famous Artists And Writers Who Were Teachers First
Monday is World Teacher’s Day, a UNESCO-supported holiday that honors the critical role teachers play in maintaining education systems across the globe. Organizations in countries like Brazil, Poland, India and Papua New Guinea have planned international celebrations, meant to remind parents and students how important it is to empower...
Putin Drops the Bombs and Deals the Cards in Syria and Ukraine
Moscow appears to have better positioned itself to exploit the tumult in Syria as well as Ukraine. On the other hand, within the Euro-Atlantic alliance, the lack of vision and will has ushered in a policy of presumed containment in Syria and Ukraine, more or less by default. The consequence, (or at least until Russia rushed in), has been more a...
Engine failure sidelines Canadian destroyer involved in major NATO exercise
An aging Canadian warship, on its way to military exercises that are designed to send a strong message to Russia about the West’s resolve over the crisis in Ukraine, is now sidelined because of engine troubles. One of the four engines on the 43-year-old HMCS Athabaskan stopped working, sending the destroyer to a port in England for about a...
60 Years in Journalism: Russia Reverting to Type
A year after President Obama met with Vladimir Putin and described him slouching and “looking like that bored schoolboy in the back of the classroom,” the two have met again. Putin now has a huge bargaining chip on his shoulder, that is, his willingness to send his military into Ukraine, followed by Syria. And every such move helps...
