Section: US & Canada
Ukraine, Russia, Rebels Agree To Buffer Zone In Peace Talks
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Participants in Ukrainian peace talks agreed early Saturday to create a buffer zone to separate government troops and pro-Russian militants and withdraw foreign fighters and heavy weapons from the area of conflict in eastern Ukraine. The deal reached by representatives of Ukraine, Russia, the Moscow-backed rebels and the...
Buffer zone agreed on in Ukrainian peace talks
Participants in Ukrainian peace talks agreed early Saturday to create a buffer zone to separate government troops and pro-Russian militants and withdraw foreign fighters and heavy weapons from the area of conflict in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: FOX...
U.S. Fighter Jets Intercept Russian Aircraft
WASHINGTON, Sept 19 (Reuters) – U.S. and Canadian fighter jets intercepted Russian aircraft that were flying near U.S. and Canadian air space this week, a military spokesman said on Friday. The United States and Russia are increasingly at odds over Ukraine, where Russian-backed separatists have been fighting for control of parts of the...
Exxon Winds Down Drilling as US Sanctions Hit Russia
ExxonMobil said on Friday it will wind down drilling in Russia’s Arctic in the face of U.S. sanctions targeting Western cooperation with Moscow’s oil sector, after the Obama administration granted a brief extension to safely mothball its operations. Washington extended sanctions on Russia last week over its aggression in Ukraine. The...
Kiev, rebels agree to extra measures to ensure Ukraine cease-fire
Pro-Russian separatists and representatives from Kiev and Moscow agreed on Saturday on further measures to ensure a cease-fire between Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian separatists. …read more Source: The Globe and...
Progress Reported At Talks On Ukraine
Progress has been reported from the late night talks in Minsk about the situation in Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Weekend Roundup: Scotland Stays Stitched
This week, the world reeled from a welter of cross currents. Though the “yes” vote on independence lost in the end, the Scottish referendum revealed a passionately dis-United Kingdom. Elsewhere, Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in India, the other Asian giant, calling for a global economic alliance of the “world’s...
Canadian equipment could fall into wrong hands in Ukraine
There appear to be no safeguards preventing Canadian military equipment sent to Ukraine from ending up in the hands of extreme right-wing paramilitary units or being sold on the black market. Opposition MPs want rules put in place, noting that earlier this year U.S. military goods donated to Ukraine were being hawked by local businessmen on...
Russia cites ‘information war’ against Moscow and Ukraine rebels in Malaysian plane disaster
Russia’s U.N. …read more Source: FOX...
Russian bombers intercepted near Canadian airspace
Two Russian bombers were intercepted close to Canadian airspace hours after Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko addressed Parliament, CTV News has learned. …read more Source: CTV...
