Section: US & Canada
World leaders meet with multiple crises on agenda
Many diplomats hope that crisis won’t drown out the plight of millions of civilians caught in conflicts in Syria, Iraq, Central African Republic, South Sudan, Ukraine and Gaza; the misery of the largest number of refugees since World War II; and global support for new U.N. goals to fight poverty and address climate change. In addition to...
Photos Show ‘Unprecedented’ Shift of Refugees Into Turkey
MoreTurkey Grapples With an Unprecedented Flood of Refugees Fleeing ISISU.S. Launches Air-Strike Campaign Against ISIS in SyriaThousands Are Fleeing From Syria to Turkey to Escape the Latest ISIS OnslaughtAmong the top accusations against Turkey during Syria’s ongoing civil war has been that its government has not done enough to stem the...
Watchdog: Kremlin Internet Plans Could Endanger Free Speech
Russian proposals on protecting Internet users against threats from the West could be a Kremlin ploy to crack down on critical voices inside Russia, a representative of Europe’s main rights and democracy watchdog said. Russian President Vladimir Putin has described the Internet as a “CIA special project,” and Russia media last week quoted...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko Secures Less US Aid Than Hoped
Addressing a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress last week, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko asked for military aid and a special security status for his country. Poroshenko said his army needed more military equipment – both non-lethal and lethal. “Blankets and night vision goggles are important,” he said, “but one cannot win a war with...
Ukrainian Conflict Death Toll Reaches More Than 3,500
BERLIN—The U.N. human rights office says the death toll from the conflict in eastern Ukraine has reached at least 3,543 if the 298 victims of the downing of Malaysian airlines flight 17 are included. U.N. Assistant Secretary-General for Human Right Ivan Simonovic says the actual figure “is likely to be significantly higher.” The death toll had...
Ukraine: Cease-fire being upheld on both sides
A Pro-Russian rebel inspects abandoned Ukrainian checkpoint near the village of Nyzhnya Krynka, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014. A cease-fire in east Ukraine is being upheld by both g… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Russian MPs Back Initial Proposal to Curb Foreign Media Ownership
Russian lawmakers gave initial backing on Tuesday to a draft law limiting foreign ownership of Russian media to 20 percent from the existing ceiling of 50 percent, a move critics say will reinforce the dominance of outlets loyal to the Kremlin. With only one vote against the proposal, the draft law passed the first of three readings in the Duma,...
EU warns Russia not to use gas as weapon in Ukraine crisis
Kiev (AFP) – The European Union warned energy giant Russia on Tuesday not to use gas supplies as a weapon in its standoff with Ukraine over the fate of its neighbour’s separatist east.EU Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger said he hoped to reach an “interim solution” with Russia over its three-month-long supply cut to...
Russia Says It’s Putting Another Man on the Moon…By 2030
Russia’s space agency said Tuesday it will launch a “full-scale” exploration of the Moon as part of a long-term mission to get a human being on the lunar surface for the first time in decades. The head of Roscomsos, Oleg Ostapenko, said that designs were already underway for a manned spacecraft that he estimated could reach the moon by the...
UN says more than 3,500 killed in conflict in eastern Ukraine, including plane victims
The U.N. …read more Source: FOX...
