Section: US & Canada
Report: Russia-West military encounters rising
LONDON – A London-based think-tank said Monday Russian forces have been involved in dozens of close encounters with Western militaries since Moscow annexed Crimea — and that both sides risk losing control over events. A study by the European Leadership Network offered details on 40 incidents and said that they add up to a disturbing pattern over...
Families, friends mourn MH17 victims in Amsterdam
AMSTERDAM (AP) — Hundreds of grieving family members and friends of victims of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 disaster are gathering in Amsterdam for a national commemoration ceremony nearly four months after the passenger jet was downed over eastern Ukraine killing all 298 people on board. …read more Source: San Francisco...
Report: Russia-West military encounters rising
LONDON (AP) — A London-based think tank says Russian forces have been involved in dozens of close encounters with Western militaries since Moscow annexed Crimea — and that both sides risk losing control over events. A study by the European Leadership Network released Monday offers details on 40 incidents and says that they add up to a disturbing...
Report: Russia-West military encounters rising
A London-based think tank says Russian forces have been involved in dozens of close encounters with Western militaries since Moscow annexed Crimea — and that both sides risk losing control…Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
‘I Will Never See Her Smile Again’
Four months after a Malaysia Airlines plane carrying 298 people crashed in rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine, a national memorial to the victims will take place in the Netherlands. …read more Source: The Boston...
Report Outlines Tense Episodes Between Russia and West With Echoes of Cold War
The assessment, by a British nonprofit research organization, recorded almost 40 incidents involving standoffs between Russian forces and the West in the months after Russia’s annexation of Crimea in March. …read more Source: The New York...
Report says military encounters between Russia and West are rising, could lead to escalation
A London-based think tank says Russian forces have been involved in dozens of close encounters with Western militaries since Moscow annexed Crimea — and that both sides risk losing control over events. …read more Source: FOX...
Victims of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 disaster remembered at Dutch national commemoration
Hundreds of grieving family members and friends of victims of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 disaster are gathering in Amsterdam for a national commemoration ceremony nearly four months after the passenger jet was downed over eastern Ukraine killing all 298 people on board. …read more Source: FOX...
Report: Russia-West military encounters rising
LONDON (AP) — A London-based think tank says Russian forces have been involved in dozens of close encounters with Western militaries since Moscow annexed Crimea – and that both sides risk losing control over events…. …read more Source: Associated...
Ukraine: Fighting In Hills South Of Donetsk
Forces from the pro-government Kyiv 2 battalion came under fire from separatist positions near Volnovakha, 60 kilometers south of Donetsk, on November 8. They responded with rocket launchers, reporting that they had destroyed the separatist firing positions and suffered no casualties. The fighting came as shelling in Donetsk itself intensified....
