Section: US & Canada
US, Russia Discuss Ukraine Tensions
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, have been meeting about Russia’s military buildup along the Ukrainian border. The two discussed Ukraine’s unrest and other issues Saturday on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting in Beijing. VOA State Department...
Gorbachev Warns World ‘On Brink Of New Cold War’
BERLIN (AP) — Tensions between the major powers have pushed the world closer to a new Cold War, former Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev said Saturday. The 83-year-old accused the West, particularly the United States, of giving in to “triumphalism” after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the dissolution of the communist bloc a...
MH17 victims’ remains flown to Netherlands
Nearly four months after Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 plunged out of the sky over eastern Ukraine, recently discovered remains of some of those on board have been flown back to…Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
Coffins carrying remains of Malaysia Flight 17 victims arrive in the Netherlands
EINDHOVEN, Netherlands – Recently discovered remains of some of those on board Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 were flown back to the Netherlands on Saturday, nearly four months after the passenger jet plunged out of the sky over eastern Ukraine. The remains, in five coffins, arrived on board a military transport plane and were carried to waiting...
Gorbachev Warns World ‘On Brink of a New Cold War’
Tensions between the major powers have pushed the world closer to a new Cold War, former Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev said Saturday. The 83-year-old accused the West, particularly the United States, of giving in to “triumphalism” after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the dissolution of the communist bloc a quarter century ago. The...
5 coffins carrying remains of Malaysia Flight 17 victims arrive in the Netherlands
Nearly four months after Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 plunged out of the sky over eastern Ukraine, recently discovered remains of some of those on board have been flown back to the Netherlands. …read more Source: FOX...
World on ‘brink of a new Cold War,’ warns Gorbachev
Tensions between the major powers have pushed the world closer to a new Cold War, former Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev said Saturday. …read more Source:...
Large Military Convoys Seen In Eastern Ukraine
More than 80 unmarked military vehicles were seen moving through parts of eastern Ukraine held by pro-Russian separatists on November 8, the Associated Press (AP) news agency reports. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Flight MH17: More Human Remains Recovered
More remains of victims were recovered at the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crash site in eastern Ukraine Thursday, according to the Los Angeles Times. Fighting has kept investigators from conducting a thorough probe of the crash site — where MH17 landed in pieces after being shot down July 17 as it traveled from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur,...
Ukraine rebels seen moving large military convoys
SNIZHNE, Ukraine — Associated Press reporters saw more than 80 unmarked military vehicles on the move Saturday in rebel-controlled areas of eastern Ukraine, indicating that intensified hostilities may lie ahead. …read more Source: Calgary...
