Section: US & Canada
Source: Ukraine peace talks “substantive and constructive”
Russian President Vladimir Putin, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, leaders of France and Germany to speak by phone Sunday on peace plan …read more Source:...
Weekend Roundup: ISIS Savagery Taunts the World
The savagery of the Islamic State taunted the world once again this week, striking out at both geopolitically toothless Japan and the tribal kingdom of Jordan. Islamic State fighters beheaded the journalist Kenji Goto and revealed that, in an act of unfathomable cruelty, they had burned alive a captured Jordanian pilot. Last week Japan’s...
Putin, Ukraine leader to hold 4-way phone call on peace plan
A convoy of buses travel to evacuate civilians caught in the crossfire of fighting between government troops and Russian-backed separatists in the town of Debaltseve, Ukraine on Friday, Feb. 6… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Putin, Ukraine leader to hold 4-way phone call on peace plan
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a media conference at the EU Council building in Brussels on Friday, Feb. 6, 2015. Biden is in Brussels on a one-day trip to meet EU and Belgian lea… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Attacks in Ukraine leave villagers stranded
CBS News’ Elizabeth Palmer reports from eastern Ukraine where some villages are being hard-hit by attacks from pro-Russian rebels. Where the Ukrainian government is able to help some areas, others are being left with no power or water. …read more Source:...
German Defense Minister Says Giving Arms To Ukraine Would Be ‘Catalyst’ For War
Germany’s defense minister has warned against supplying weapons to Ukraine for fears it could derail the already delicate negotiations for a peaceful solution to the conflict between the Ukrainian government and pro-Russian rebels — a position that may put Germany, a leading member of NATO and U.S. ally, at odds with Washington....
No power or water in Ukrainian village, only despair
CBS News traveled to war-torn eastern Ukraine where villagers are being stranded by an onslaught of attacks from pro-Russian rebels …read more Source:...
Putin, Poroshenko to hold weekend call on Ukraine peace initiative
Talks among the leaders of Russia, France and Germany on a peace initiative for Ukraine ended early Saturday with an announcement that Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart would discuss a proposal to end the fighting in a four-way telephone call this weekend. …read more Source:...
Putin to join 4-way phone call on Ukraine peace plan
MOSCOW — Talks among the leaders of Russia, France and Germany on a peace initiative for Ukraine ended early Saturday with an announcement that Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart would discuss a proposal to end the fighting in a four-way telephone call this weekend. The planned discussions Sunday involving Putin,...
News Wrap: Hollande, Merkel go to Moscow for Ukraine talks
The post News Wrap: Hollande, Merkel go to Moscow for Ukraine talks appeared first on PBS NewsHour. …read more Source:...
