Section: US & Canada
Russia begins massive air force exercise
Russia’s military forces have begun a large exercise involving around 250 aircraft and 12,000 service personnel, according to its defence ministry. The ministry described the four-day drill as a “massive surprise inspection”, to check combat readiness. The tests began on the same day as Nato and some of its partners started an Arctic...
Rohingya Survivors Speak of Their Ordeals as 139 Suspected Graves are Found in Malaysia
Less than a kilometer from Malaysia’s border with Thailand, the trappings of death are littered across the jungle: a stretcher made of branches to carry bodies, reams of white cloth used to wrap the deceased in Muslim tradition and, most menacing of all, empty boxes for 9 mm bullets. On May 25, Malaysia’s Inspector General of Police,...
Soccer team’s Euro success lifts gloom in war-weary Ukraine
By Pavel Polityuk DNIPROPETROVSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Eastern Ukrainian club Dnipro are unexpectedly poised for possible European soccer… …read more Source:...
World Briefing: Germany: Government Protests as Russia Bars Critic of Ukraine Policy
Germany protested Monday after Russia denied entry to a political ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel the day before. …read more Source: The New York...
Amnesty International: ‘Overwhelming Evidence’ of War Crimes in Ukraine
Human rights group Amnesty International says there is overwhelming evidence of ongoing war crimes in Ukraine, despite a tentative cease-fire with pro-Russian rebels. Researchers interviewed more than 30 prisoners from both sides of the conflict and all but one said they were tortured. Henry Ridgwell reports for VOA from London. …read more...
The South China Sea’s Ticking Time Bomb
When it comes to international relations, there are many ways to change the situation on the ground. But the Chinese are trying a new one far off their coast: they are creating new ground. It’s part of Beijing’s plan to extend its claim to 90% of the South China Sea, and now the Chinese government is ordering the U.S. and other...
Canadians take part in NATO war games aimed at sending message to Russia over Ukraine aggression
While what Canadian Joint Operations Command is calling Exercise Sarmis has not attracted much attention in the West, it has been big news in Romania and Russia is not amused …read more Source: Vancouver...
Canadians take part in NATO war games aimed at sending message to Russia over Ukraine aggression
CAMP DOIRON, Romania — Would Canadians have reckoned 16 months ago infantrymen from a base in the Ottawa Valley would be climbing a hill on the edge of the Transylvanian Alps to attack a Romanian position in war games aimed at deterring Russian aggression? But there they were, a platoon from the Royal Canadian Regiment in Petawawa, Ont., dressed...
The Russian government is taking on Android and the iPhone with its own mobile operating system
The global smartphone race is largely a two-horse race between two American companies, Apple and Google — and the Russian government isn’t happy. The Russian minister of communications has announced plans to develop a new, Russian-built mobile operating system (OS), ZDNet reports, citing a report on the Russian-language news site RBC....
After the Summit
The just-concluded Riga summit of the European Union’s Eastern Partnership delivered a clear message: the EU has no desire to offer any meaningful prospects of membership to the six partners (though only three, Moldova, Ukraine and Georgia, are really in play). Without this overarching inducement, the Eastern Partnership will soon...
