Section: US & Canada
US, Russian war games rekindle Cold War tensions
AMARI AIR BASE, Estonia (AP) — Russia is so close that the F-16 fighter pilots can see it on the horizon as they swoop down over a training range in Estonia in the biggest ever show of U.S. air power in the Baltic countries. The simulated bombs release smoke on impact, but the M-61 cannon fires live ammunition, rattling the aircraft with a...
German, Russian, Ukrainian, French foreign ministers set for Monday meeting in Berlin
Germany’s foreign minister has invited his counterparts from Russia, Ukraine and France to Berlin Monday to discuss implementation of the peace agreement brokered in Minsk, Belarus in February. …read more Source: FOX...
Ukrainian Parliament Bans Communist, Nazi Propaganda
Ukraine’s parliament has voted to ban “propaganda of the totalitarian communist and Nazi regimes,” a major rebuke to the country’s Soviet-era masters in Moscow and to Russia. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
4 Foreign Ministers to Discuss Ukraine in Berlin Monday
German, Russian, Ukrainian, French foreign ministers set for Monday meeting in Berlin …read more Source: ABC...
4 foreign ministers to discuss Ukraine in Berlin Monday
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s foreign minister has invited his counterparts from Russia, Ukraine and France to Berlin Monday to discuss implementation… …read more Source:...
Eurozone Sets Greece Reform Deadline Ahead of IMF Repayment
Eurozone partners set Greece a deadline of six working days to improve proposed economic reforms in time for finance ministers to consider some emergency funding to keep the country afloat after it makes a repayment to the IMF on Thursday. EU officials said Athens made an urgent plea for cash at a meeting of deputy finance ministers in Brussels...
Weary of Britain’s Anti-EU Posturing, Merkel Turns to Miliband
Britain’s Labour Party leader, Ed Miliband, the only real contender to replace David Cameron as UK prime minister after the election on 7 May, is picking up unlikely allies. Though Germany’s Christian Democrats, led by German chancellor Angela Merkel, officially support the Conservatives, leading party members with knowledge of...
Ukraine Bondholders Unite for Restructuring Plan
Investors holding $10 billion of Ukrainian debt have joined forces to develop a restructuring plan which won’t involve a reduction in the value of the bonds. …read more Source: The Wall Street...
Captured Ukraine soldiers killed by Russian-backed separatists, Amnesty says
Amnesty International said Thursday that it has evidence that Russian-backed separatists in east Ukraine have killed several captured government soldiers in violation of international humanitarian law. …read more Source:...
Amnesty Says Ukraine Rebels Killed Captive Soldiers
KIEV, Ukraine— Amnesty International said Thursday that it has evidence that Russian-backed separatists in east Ukraine have killed several captured government soldiers in gross violation of international humanitarian law. The human rights group said in a statement that footage it has seen shows at least four Ukrainian soldiers — now confirmed...
