Section: US & Canada
Auschwitz Ceremony Marks 70 Years Since Liberation
Survivors of Auschwitz visited the site of the former concentration camp in Poland on Monday to mark the 70th anniversary of its liberation. The private visits by survivors to the camp came on the eve of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which honors those who lost their lives at the hands of the Nazis and their collaborators, including...
UN: deadly attack on Ukraine city could be war crime
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Deadly rocket attacks on the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol this weekend that “knowingly targeted civilians” violated international humanitarian law and could amount to war crimes, the U.N. political chief said Monday. Jeffrey Feltman told an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council that monitors from the Organization...
Cold War Echoes in a New Russian Spy Ring
Vladimir Putin sits with the head of Russia’s spy agency, Mikhail Fradkov (right), in December. (Alexei Druzhinin/RIA Novosti/Kremlin/Reuters) Secret rendezvous and document handoffs. Coded messages. Using money and sex as recruitment tools. A trip to Atlantic City to scout out a casino deal that turned out to be bogus. The charges that the...
Russia defiant after more threats from West over Ukraine
MOSCOW — A defiant President Vladimir Putin on Monday called the Ukrainian army a “NATO foreign legion,” reflecting his readiness to stand up to the West regardless of rising economic costs, as Standard & Poor’s rating agency downgraded Russia’s credit rating to junk. Speaking to students in St. Petersburg, Putin said the...
UN Official Says Mariupol Attacks Targeted Civilians
A senior UN official says the deadly rocket attacks on the eastern Ukrainian port city of Mariupol intentionally targeted civilians and were a ‘violation of international humanitarian law’ …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
UN Urges Moscow to Press for End to Separatist Violence in Ukraine
The U.N.’s political chief urged Russia on Monday to use its influence among separatist rebels in Ukraine to stop hostilities. The appeal comes as the situation has escalated over the past three days, following separate deadly rocket attacks on a bus carrying civilians in Donetsk and shelling in the port city of Mariupol. Jeffrey Feltman...
Ukraine Is Losing the War on 3 Fronts
As Putin-backed rebels make gains near Donetsk, Lugansk, and Mariupol, how long can Kiev hold off their advances? …read more Source: The Daily...
Colombians celebrate Miss Universe title
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Carnival has come a few weeks early to the Caribbean city of Barranquilla where residents took to the streets on Monday to show their hometown pride after local beauty queen Paulina Vega was crowned Miss Universe. Even President Juan Manuel Santos took time out during an official visit to France to congratulate Vega for...
deadly attack on Ukraine city of Mariupol violated international law, could be war crime
The U.N. …read more Source: FOX...
FBI Breaks Up Russian Spy Ring in New York City
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says federal agents have broken up an alleged Russian spy ring in New York City where three suspects tried to recruit U.S. residents. The FBI arrested Evgeny Buryakov in the Bronx section of New York Monday. Two other suspects — Victor Podobnyy and Igor Sporyshev — are no longer in the United States and have...
