Section: US & Canada
A handwritten note on Ritz-Carlton paper shows Giuliani associate Lev Parnas spelling out his top goal for Ukraine’s president: Announce a criminal probe into Joe Biden
“Get Zalensky to Annonce that the Biden case will be Investigated,” wrote Parnas, spelling out his objective in the hunt for dirt on Joe Biden. …read more Source:: Business...
The Crossing: What to watch as impeachment heads to Senate
WASHINGTON — The articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump don’t move to the Senate by themselves. They are escorted by specific political stars along a tightly choreographed path from the House through the Capitol rotunda to the Senate for trial. There waits more history, pageantry and tradition of a type that’s only...
Ukraine Asks Iran for Downed Plane’s Data Recorders
Ukraine said Wednesday it asked Iran to give it the black box flight recorders from the Ukrainian International Airlines plane the Iranian military accidentally shot down last week.A statement from Ukraine’s prosecutor’s office said it is taking all necessary measures to ensure the recorders are properly decrypted and to preserve all...
Iran’s top diplomat says its people ‘were lied to,’ president cites possible danger to European soldiers
Iran’s top diplomat acknowledged Wednesday that Iranians “were lied to” for days following the Islamic Republic accidentally shooting down a Ukrainian jetliner, killing 176 people. …read more Source::...
Court In Russia-Occupied Crimea Expunges Journalist Semena’s Criminal Record
A court in Ukraine’s Russia-controlled Crimea region has ruled to prematurely terminate the probation period and expunge the criminal record of Mykola Semena, an RFE/RL contributor who was convicted of separatism on the peninsula. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Iran warns Europe as diplomat says officials ‘lied’ on crash
Iran’s top diplomat acknowledged Wednesday that Iranians “were lied to” for days following the Islamic Republic accidentally shooting down a Ukrainian jetliner, killing 176 people. …read more Source::...
In the Middle East, assigning blame is a political act — often a futile one
Attempts to single out a bad actor in the Middle East, or a trigger point for the chain of events that led to the destruction of Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752, always come down to chicken-and-egg arguments. …read more Source::...
Released By Separatists, RFE/RL Journalists Describe Imprisonment In Eastern Ukraine
Stanislav Aseyev and Oleh Halazyuk, two contributors to RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service, were among the civilians released by Russia-backed separatists in a prisoner swap on December 29, 2019. Both had been held for more than two years. Shortly after their release, the two journalists told RFE/RL about the conditions of their imprisonment and...
In the Middle East, assigning blame is a political act — often a futile one
“It is at times of tension like these,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Saturday, after Iran admitted that one of its missiles had shot down Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752, “that tragedies like this crash can happen.” Before concluding his prepared remarks, Trudeau also said that Iran must take “full responsibility” for the...
Neda Agha-Soltan’s Blood Stained the Ground Where Iranians Protest Today
ReutersWhen politicians and pundits speak of “Iran” and “the Iranians,” they often mean just the Islamist thugs who rule that nation by institutionalized terror. But Iran and the Iranians also include at The Daily Beast. …read more Source:: The Daily...
