Section: US & Canada
There are a lot of hidden costs to the Iran nuclear deal
What did the Iran deal cost the U.S.? Keeping adversaries like China and Russia at the negotiating table was likely expensive – even though both have much to gain from the relaxation of international sanctions on Iran. Both look forward to ramped-up arms sales and increased trade with Iran, but even so, neither China nor Russia hands out...
Ukraine leader blasts Greek ‘brinkmanship game’
“It’s entirely different cases,” says Ukraine’s Arseniy Yatsenyuk of his own country compared to Greece. …read more Source:...
Iran’s strategic mastermind got a huge boost from the nuclear deal
The historic nuclear accord between a US-led group of countries and Iran was good news for a man who some consider to be the Middle East’s most effective covert operative. As a result of the deal, Qasem Suleimani, the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Qods Force and the general responsible for overseeing Iran’s network of...
Obama thanks Putin for Russia’s ‘important role’ in achieving Iranian ‘milestone’
President Barack Obama thanked Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call Wednesday for the “important role” Russia played in achieving a final Iranian nuclear deal, the White House said. In a readout of the presidents’ telephone call Wednesday, the White House said Obama and Putin also spoke about the situation in Syria....
Poroshenko Begins Reshuffle In Zakarpattya
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said a large-scale reshuffle is needed in the western region of Zakarpattya. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Fighting surges in Ukraine
Eight government soldiers killed and 16 wounded in past 24 hours, Ukrainian spokesman says. …read more Source: Toronto...
Putin Takes a Small Second Helping of Georgian Territory
According to Tblisi, yesterday Russian troops moved a border in South Ossetia, a chunk of Georgia that Moscow seized control of in a brief 2008 war, including a section of international pipeline. ABC has more: Georgia says the de facto border was pushed nearly a kilometer (a half mile) deeper into its territory, leaving a section of the...
Malaysia Airlines flight MH17: Year later, relatives still waiting for answers
For many families of the 298 people killed when Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was brought down July 17 last year over eastern Ukraine, uncertainty and agonizing waiting is still woven into the fabric of life a year later. …read more Source: The Toronto...
Obama just signaled a big shift in US policy toward Syria
President Barack Obama said Wednesday that Iran should play a role in any political solution to Syria’s ongoing civil war, signaling a significant shift in US policy with respect to Syria. “I think it’s important for them to be part of the conversation,” Obama said during a press conference Tuesday that was largely focused...
Here Are the 5 Most Wanted Nazi War Criminals
On Wednesday, a court in Northern Germany sentenced 94-year-old Oskar Groening, a former SS-Unterscharführer, or junior squad leader, to four years in prison. His charge: 300,000 counts of accessory to murder as the “Bookkeeper of Auschwitz.” Groening is one of a shrinking, aging pool of former Nazi leaders still alive to be prosecuted for crimes...
