Section: US & Canada
Pope Francis Denounces Charlie Hebdo Attack, Ukraine and Middle East Conflict
The holy father also rejected violence in Ukraine, the Middle East and Africa. …read more Source: U.S....
Why the Russian Far East Is So Important to China
VLADIVOSTOK — Russia is seldom thought of as an Asia-Pacific country. Yet it is one — thanks to its Far East. The Russian Far East is a huge area of northeastern Eurasia stretching from Lake Baikal to the Pacific Ocean. Allowing Russia direct access to the Asia-Pacific region, the RFE makes it a truly transcontinental nation, the only...
Foreign ministers gather in Berlin to seek Ukraine progress
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, welcomes his Latvian counterpart Edgars Rinkevics during their talks in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Jan. 12, 2015. Lavrov is scheduled to meet four o… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Russia’s New Military Doctrine Shows Moscow’s Geopolitical Ambitions
Russia signed its new military doctrine into practice on Dec. 26 last year. The new doctrine had an explicit focus on the expansion NATO as the country’s main external threat, coupled with the need for Russia to extend its influence into the Arctic while building ties with rising non-western nations like China and Brazil. The Russian...
Interpol seeks ex-Ukrainian President Yanukovych
Ed AdamczykLYON, France, Jan. 12 (UPI) — Interpol placed ousted former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych is on its wanted list Monday. …read more Source: United Press...
Poland Snubs Putin in Arrangements for Holocaust Commemoration
WARSAW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin is unlikely to join world leaders gathering at the site of the Auschwitz death camp this month because distrust caused by the conflict in Ukraine has cast a pall on arrangements to commemorate the Holocaust. The Nazi camp where about 1.5 million people were killed, most of them Jews,...
Ukraine Ex-president Yanukovych Put on Interpol ‘Wanted’ List
Interpol has put Ukraine’s former president Viktor Yanukovych on its international wanted persons list on charges of embezzlement. The international police organization’s website posted a so-called “red notice,” stating that Yanukovych is wanted by Ukraine’s judicial authorities on charges of “misappropriation,...
Interpol places former Ukrainian president Yanukovych on international wanted list
The international police agency Interpol has issued a wanted notice for former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych on charges of embezzlement. …read more Source: CTV...
Interpol places former Ukrainian president Yanukovych on wanted list
MOSCOW – The international police agency Interpol has issued a wanted notice for former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych on charges of embezzlement. The so-called “red notice” issued Monday is not an arrest warrant, but aimed at helping national police agencies of member countries identify suspects. Yanukovych abandoned his post and fled to...
Interpol puts ex-Ukraine president Yanukovych on wanted list
MOSCOW (AP) — The international police agency Interpol has issued a wanted notice for former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych on charges of embezzlement. The so-called “red notice” issued Monday is not an arrest warrant, but aimed at helping national police agencies of member countries identify suspects. Yanukovych abandoned his post and...
