Section: US & Canada
Moldovan pro-EU parties begin coalition discussions
Like Ukraine, former Soviet republic has a separatist region favouring closer ties with Moscow, while pro-Russian party took largest vote share …read more Source: The Globe and...
Putin says Russia scrapping South Stream gas pipeline, blames Europe
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced during a visit to Turkey on Monday that the Kremlin is scrapping its $10-billion South Stream pipeline project that would have bypassed Ukraine to bring natural gas to Southern Europe. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Poland’s Tusk Takes EU Helm, Promising Leadership
Former Polish prime minister Donald Tusk took over as president of the European Council of EU leaders on Monday, promising strong leadership in foreign policy and “ruthless determination” to end Europe’s economic crisis. The center-right Tusk, 57, who led Poland for seven years of economic growth and rising EU influence,...
Russia blocks Vimeo for not removing ISIS propaganda film
KIEV, Ukraine — Russia temporarily blocked access to the video-sharing website Vimeo on Monday after it failed to remove a propaganda video from the Islamic State that violated the country’s “extremism” laws. Roskomnadzor, Russia’s state broadcasting regulator, ordered Internet service providers in Russia to ban access to Vimeo after...
Wreckage from MH-17 downed over Ukraine being sent to Netherlands
Local disaster response workers in eastern Ukraine began loading the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 onto trucks Monday for transport to the Netherlands and further examination in hopes of identifying the cause of the disaster, the Dutch Safety Board announced in a statement. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
World Food Program, short on money, to suspend aid to Syrians
The cut in aid will affect refugees in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey who receive vouchers from the program to exchange for food in local shops, a mechanism that also provides an economic lifeline for communities struggling with the huge influx of Syrian refugees in the past four years. “A suspension of WFP food assistance will endanger...
Russia Is Returning to Soviet Military Strategy
French President Francois Hollande has essentially vetoed the transfer of the first Mistral helicopter carrier to Russia. The Elysee Palace announced that Moscow’s actions in Ukraine do not create the necessary conditions for the transfer of the warship. In response, Russian officials threatened to appeal to international arbitration and...
Tory MP James Bezan personally delivers Ukraine aid
OTTAWA – Canada’s junior defence minister has twice accompanied the delivery of non-lethal military aid to Ukraine in photo-friendly events which initially caught the air force off guard. A series of documents released under the Access to Information Act show Conservative MP James Bezan and a staffer were last minute additions to a C-130J...
Afghan Leaders Formalize New Relationship at NATO
Afghanistan’s president and chief executive are at NATO headquarters in Brussels to formalize their country’s new relationship with the alliance, which will end its more than 10-year combat mission in Afghanistan at the end of this month. The two Afghan leaders walked into NATO headquarters Monday at dusk, greeted by new Secretary...
Pussy Riot Lawyers: Captured Female Ukrainian Pilot Is Russian POW
Human rights attorneys who represented the rock band Pussy Riot last May arrive in Washington this week to plead with the United States to aid another female detained by Vladimir Putin’s Russian Federation. Attorneys Mark Feygin and Nikolay Polozov represent Nadezhda Savchenko, a 33-year-old pilot from Ukraine who now sits as prisoner in...
