Section: US & Canada
Letters From Donbas, Part 2: ‘Do You Understand What Is Going On Here?’
What is day-to-day life really like in Ukraine’s separatist-held territories? RFE/RL invited ordinary people behind rebel lines to share their impressions. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
FP’s Situation Report: U.S. troops come under fire in Iraq; 2014 death toll in Syria is catastrophic; North Korea backs down under U.S. and U.N. pressure; and much more.
By David Francis with Sabine Muscat The war creeps ever closer to American military advisers in Iraq. President Barack Obama has repeatedly pledged no U.S. soldiers would be involved in combat against the Islamic State. In Iraq, they are currently confined to bases, yet 300 Americans are under heavy artillery and rocket fire in western Anbar...
Search Teams Battle Rough Weather in Hunt for AirAsia Wreck
Ships and aircraft criss-crossed the seas off Borneo on Friday hunting for the wreck of an Indonesia AirAsia passenger jet, but bad weather was again hindering the search for the plane and the black box flight recorders that should reveal why it crashed. Officials said more than 20 bodies have now been recovered, along with pieces of the...
Marches Mark Birthday Of Ukrainian Nationalist Leader
Torchlit parades marked the 106th anniversary of the birth of controversial Ukrainian nationalist leader Stepan Bandera on January 1st. Thousands marched in Kyiv, while a smaller gathering took place in Sumy, in northeastern Ukraine. Bandera led partisans during World War Two who fought against both Nazi and Soviet troops. Some historians say he...
Foreign Minister Of EU President Latvia To Visit Kyiv, Moscow
The foreign minister of Latvia, which now holds the European Union presidency, plans to visit Kyiv and Moscow early this month. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russians Worried, Defiant Amid Financial Crisis
Despite dire predictions about Russia’s economy for 2015, many Russians welcomed the New Year with cheers and hopes for a better future. With the sinking value of the ruble, some people say they crave stability more than they do prosperity. But the troubles, including political tensions with the West, seem to have spurred a surge of...
Kerry And Lavrov Discuss Ukraine, Mideast Crises
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov have discussed the situation in Ukraine and the various crises in the Middle East. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Thousands Take Part In Bandera March In Kyiv
Thousands of Ukrainians marched in Kyiv to mark the birthday of controversial World War II anti-Soviet insurgent Stepan Bandera. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Searchers hopeful in AirAsia search
Pangkalan Bun (Indonesia) (AFP) – Indonesian recovery teams narrowed the search area for AirAsia Flight 8501 Friday, hopeful they were closing in on the plane’s crash site, with a total of 16 bodies and more debris recovered from the sea.French and Singaporean investigators with equipment for detecting the signal from the...
Russia hopes to swap military aircraft for beef and wheat
Russia and Argentina are eyeing a deal under which Moscow would lease 12 Sukhoi Su-24 Fencer aircraft to Buenos Aires in return for beef and wheat, my Defense News colleagues Jaroslaw Adamowski and Andrew Chuter write. They are citing a report in the London-based paper Sunday Express. Imports of Argentinian food and goods are viewed as an attempt...
