Section: US & Canada
UN urged to protect girls and women from rape in conflict
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A Somali woman who runs an organization helping victims of sexual violence urged the Security Council on Friday to step up action to prevent U.N. peacekeepers and staff deployed to conflict zones from becoming “violent perpetrators” themselves. Ilwad Elman, speaking on behalf of many non-governmental organizations promoting...
World Briefing: Kerry to Meet with Ukrainian Leaders in Kiev
Secretary of State John Kerry’s trip will highlight the United States’ support for Ukraine, the State Department said. …read more Source: The New York...
Kerry to visit Ukraine, Germany next week
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Ukraine next week to show U.S. support for the government as Ukrainian troops fight pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country. …read more Source: U.S....
Russian activist charged with treason after phoning Ukrainian embassy
VYAZMA, Russia – Nine months after Russian activist Svetlana Davydova called the Ukrainian embassy in Moscow to warn that Russian soldiers were making their way to Ukraine, an investigator with an order for her arrest showed up at her door. …read more Source: The Toronto...
Artillery fire kills at least 12 civilians in Ukraine’s war-torn Donetsk
Hopes for a break in hostilities dashed when an attempt to call a new round of peace talks fails …read more Source: The Globe and...
Putin is playing out his childhood nightmare
The Russian president is stepping up both the war in Ukraine and his confrontational rhetoric against NATO and the West In a book of interviews published when he first became Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin told a story of his early scares: a rat he had cornered had nowhere to go and jumped out at him. Having pushed himself into a...
Ukraine to ask U.N. to call Russia a terrorism sponsor
Ukraine will submit draft resolution to U.N. General Assembly soon. …read more Source: USA...
Bodies on the Street as at Least 6 Killed in Donetsk Shelling
Engulfed in grief in Donetsk. Bodies in the street as at least six people are killed after shelling strikes near a trolley bus and cultural center in Ukraine’s rebel-held city. The separatist administration in the city says at least at least seven people were killed. A witness describes panic in the streets. …read more Source: The...
Donetsk People’s Republic Has ‘Full Support of Texas’, Says Pro-Russian Rebel
The self-proclaimed foreign minister for the pro-Russian separatist group the Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR), which is currently battling Kiev’s forces in eastern Ukraine, has announced plans to host a “summit of unrecognized states” such as Flanders, the Basque country and Texas in a video initially broadcast on the local...
Russian activist charged with treason after phoning Ukrainian embassy
VYAZMA, Russia – Nine months after Russian activist Svetlana Davydova called the Ukrainian embassy in Moscow to warn that Russian soldiers were making their way to Ukraine, an investigator with an order for her arrest showed up at her door. …read more Source: The Peace River Record...
