Section: US & Canada
Russian security forces raid independent Crimean TV station
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian security forces raided independent Crimean television station ATR on Monday, seizing equipment and telling employees they were looking for archival footage of an anti-Russia protest last year, station officials said. In an emotional video posted on YouTube, deputy director Liliya Budzhurova said that armed men from...
Who Killed Litvinenko? Perhaps Not Russia After All
It has taken more than eight years. But finally, at 10am on Tuesday 27 January, the doors to court 73 at London’s Royal Courts of Justice will swing open; the barristers, solicitors, reporters, and a host of other interested parties will troop in, and judge Sir Robert Owen will declare the start of a public inquiry into the death of...
Escalating unrest in Ukraine prompts emergency meetings
JC FinleyKIEV, Ukraine, Jan. 26 (UPI) — Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is concerned that Russian-backed militants intend to withdraw from the internationally recognized Minsk agreements. …read more Source: United Press...
Ukrainian soldiers killed in intensified rebel attacks
Seven Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in intensified clashes with pro-Russian rebels in the eastern conflict zone in the past 24 hours, the Kiev military said on Monday, reporting fierce fighting at the strategic small town of Debaltseve. …read more Source: The Toronto...
Kremlin Cries Blackmail As West Presses Russia To Rein In Rebels
Western governments stepped up pressure on Moscow to rein in Russian-backed separatists as the casualty toll mounted on January 26 after the rebels announced a new offensive in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Hackers Hit Malaysia Airlines Website
Malaysia Airlines said Monday that its website had been “compromised,” though it denied reports that hackers had actually infiltrated the site itself and said no customer information was at risk. Beginning late Sunday night, users going on the airline’s website were directed to a page touting messages from a group claiming to be aligned...
Independent Crimean TV station raided by Russian security forces
Independent Crimean television station ATR has been raided by armed security officials, who told employees they were looking for archival footage of an anti-Russia protest last year. …read more Source: FOX...
Survivors Visit Auschwitz A Day Ahead Of 70th Anniversary
OSWIECIM, Poland— Auschwitz survivors have made emotional private visits to the former Nazi death camp a day before commemorations marking the 70th anniversary of its liberation. Coming from around the world, some returning for the first time, the survivors paid homage Monday to relatives murdered by Nazi Germany and the millions of other Jews...
Russia Defiant After Threats From West Over Ukraine
MOSCOW— Russia’s foreign minister struck a defiant note Monday after Western leaders threatened to further punish Moscow for escalated fighting in eastern Ukraine over the weekend. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told journalists that rocket shelling Saturday in the city of Mariupol, which left at least 30 people dead, was a tragedy...
Russia dismisses “hysteria” over Ukraine bloodshed
Moscow says shelling in eastern Ukrainian city that left dozens dead was a logical reaction by pro-Russian separatists …read more Source:...
