Section: US & Canada
Ukraine rebel vote “absolutely illegal” say Kiev residents
Pro-Russian separatists controlling swathes of east Ukraine are set to hold leadership polls on Sunday that Moscow has backed despite condemnation from Kiev and the West. Video provided by AFP …read more Source: USA...
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Ukraine and Russia have settled their natural gas dispute — for now. But that doesn’t mean the wider conflict is anywhere near resolved. …read more Source: Foreign...
America Just Lost One Of Its Top Counter-Terror Partners In Africa
After 27 years in power, Blaise Compaore, president of Burkina Faso, has been overthrown following a wave of popular protests. Faso joins Ukraine’s Viktor Yanukovych — the Kremlin client tossed from the presidency during widespread protests in Kiev this past February — as the only other world leader ejected from office as the result of a...
Globe in Ukraine: A slow return to normal life on the front lines
While Ukraine’s civil war still rages in some pockets, something like peace has settled over other front lines since a September ceasefire …read more Source: The Globe and...
World War 3 News: Russia Simulated an Attack on 90,000 People in Denmark
As Vladimir Putin and Russia spark fears about a world war 3 erupting in Europe, it’s been revealed that the country simulated an attack on Denmark earlier this year. Russia carried out the simulated attack on the Danish island of Bornholm over the summer, while the island was occupied by numerous elected officials and journalists for an...
More remains found at MH17 crash site in Ukraine
Ed AdamczykTHE HAGUE , Netherlands, Oct. 31 (UPI) — Additional human remains from Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, which crashed over Ukraine in July, were recovered Friday, the Dutch mission in Ukraine said Friday. …read more Source: United Press...
Eastern Ukraine Prepares for Election, Leader Says Vote Will Give Legitimacy
Pro-Russian separatists prepare to hold their own election in eastern Ukraine on November 2nd. The poll comes a week after Ukraine voted for a new parliament, and some residents in Donetsk are not quite sure what it will mean. …read more Source: The Boston...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko taps Yatsenyuk for PM after Russian gas deal
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko backed rival Arseniy Yatsenyuk as future premier Friday, to “unite” the country after it secured a deal with Moscow on future gas supplies.However Kiev seemed helpless in the face of next Sunday’s elections organised by pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine,...
Russian Media Watchdog Threatens To Shut Down Radio Station Critical Of Putin
* Move seen as pressuring Russian media * Watchdog says program “justified war crimes” * Radio station to file lawsuit against watchdog By Alexei Anishchuk MOSCOW, Oct 31 (Reuters) – A Russian state watchdog has warned a radio station …read more Source: The Huffington...
Putin Loosens the Spigot but Not the Reins
The deal to restart Russian gas supply to Ukraine was important, but it doesn’t change the conflict in Ukraine or the need for Europe to improve its energy security. …read more Source:...
