Section: US & Canada
Shells rock east Ukraine city despite cease-fire
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Several residential neighborhoods in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk have come under repeated shelling, imperiling a fragile cease-fire agreement imposed last week. …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Shells rock east Ukraine city despite cease-fire
Several residential neighborhoods in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk have come under repeated shelling, imperiling a fragile cease-fire agreement imposed last week. …read more Source: Miami...
Shelling rocks neighborhoods near airport in east Ukraine city, imperiling fragile cease-fire
Several residential neighborhoods in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk have come under repeated shelling, imperiling a fragile cease-fire agreement imposed last week. …read more Source: FOX...
Shells rock east Ukraine city despite cease-fire
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Several residential neighborhoods in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk have come under repeated shelling, imperiling a fragile cease-fire agreement imposed last week. Volodymyr Polyovyi, a spokesman for Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, told journalists Sunday that Ukrainian troops had repelled an...
Belarussian Jews celebrate JDC ex-leader’s 100th birthday
VITEBSK, Belarus (JTA) –Russian-speaking Jews in Belarus celebrated the 100th birthday of Ralph Goldman, former leader of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, and a central figure in Israel’s establishment. The birthday party for Goldman, who lives in Jerusalem, was held as part of the opening gala of the Belarus conference of...
Ukraine accuses pro-Russian rebels of threatening truce
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine on Sunday accused pro-Russian rebels of jeopardising the fragile peace push by intensifying their attacks on government positions despite a nine-day old ceasefire.”The terrorist actions are threatening the realisation of the Ukrainian president’s peace plan,” said National Security and Defence Council...
Europe fears Scottish independence contagion
Brussels (AFP) – The prospect of Scottish independence is raising fears in Europe that it could inflame other separatist movements at a time when the continent’s unity and even its borders are under threat, analysts say.While nationalists from Catalonia to Flanders will watch Scotland’s referendum with hope, Brussels is nervous...
World briefs: Aid reaches battered city in Ukraine
LUHANSK, Ukraine — A convoy of more than 200 white trucks crossed the Russian border to deliver humanitarian aid to a battered Ukrainian city on Saturday, a move made without Kiev’s consent yet met with silence by Ukraine’s top leaders. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
More Monitors, Drones To Monitor Ukraine Truce
More international monitors plus unarmed drones will be deployed to monitor a shaky cease-fire in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Aid convoy crosses into Ukraine from Russia
A convoy of more than 200 white trucks crossed the Russian border to deliver humanitarian aid to a battered Ukrainian city on Saturday, a move made without Kiev’s consent yet met with silence by Ukraine’s top leaders. The much-needed aid arrived as fighting flared again between pro-Russia rebels and government forces, further...
