Section: US & Canada
Putin in Syria Is Just Like Putin in Ukraine
Russia is fighting its new war using the same tricks as in the last. …read more Source:...
Ukraine-Russia Conflict 2015: US To Send Radar Technology To Ukrainian Military
U.S. President Barack Obama authorized a deal to send $20 million in radar technology to Ukraine, Business Insider reported Wednesday. The Pentagon had been discussing the radar for months, and it wasn’t until after a high-profile meeting between Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin that Obama decided to finalize the deal. …read...
Ukraine to pull out small-caliber weapons from war-torn east
MINSK, Belarus (AP) – Ukrainian government forces will pull out small-caliber weapons from the war-torn east in two days’ time if the cease-fire holds, the defense minister said on Thursday. A military conflict between government forces and Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine has been raging since April 2014, leaving more...
Ukraine to pull out small-caliber weapons from war-torn east after rebels agree to deal
Ukrainian government forces will pull out small-caliber weapons from the war-torn east in two days’ time if the cease-fire holds, the defense minister said on Thursday. …read more Source: FOX...
Ukraine to Pull out Small-Caliber Weapons From War-Torn East
Ukraine to pull out small-caliber weapons from war-torn east after rebels agree to deal …read more Source: ABC...
Ukraine Ready To Pull Small-Caliber Weapons Out Of East
The Ukrainian government says it will pull out small-caliber weapons from the war-torn east in two days’ time if the cease-fire holds. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Putin Takes on Syria
In Vladimir Putin’s world, it is only a short flight from Ukraine to Syria, and in both war-torn countries his message is the same: Russia is back, and without its full participation, no solution to either crisis is possible. That much was clear on Sept. 30, when Russia began carrying out air strikes in Syria, dropping bombs on the...
House to vote on defense bill that Obama threatens to veto
WASHINGTON (AP) — The defense policy bill is one of the few bipartisan measures in Congress that has readily become law for more than a half-century. Not so fast this year, as President Barack Obama threatens to veto the bill moving through the House amid a bitter dispute about government spending.The argument is whether Congress should break...
On questions of war and peace, we’re a nation divided
The gulf is huge between Stephen Harper’s followers and everyone else over the sort of ideological pose Canada should strike on the world stage. These stark solitudes were on display Monday night as Harper, NDP Leader Tom Mulcair and Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau faced off in the Munk Debate on foreign policy, the last English language...
Russia and US call urgent talks after Syria strikes
United Nations (United States) (AFP) – Russia and United States agreed Wednesday to call urgent military talks to head off the risk of clashes between their forces, after Moscow’s dramatic entrance into the Syrian war.Senior US officials expressed alarm after Russian warplanes began their first military engagement outside the former...
