Section: US & Canada
Video said to show launch of rockets in Ukraine
Video filmed by a pro-Ukrainian government activist on Thursday purported to show multiple rockets being fired in the direction of Mariupol in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Americans Are Not Totally Sure Which Countries We’re Bombing
Recent turmoil in the Middle East has left Americans confused as to where exactly the U.S. is conducting airstrikes and drone strikes. A YouGov poll released Thursday finds that just about a third of Americans knew for sure that the U.S. hasn’t conducted any recent strikes in Syria — a possibility that has been weighed, but remains a...
Wesley Wark: Where’s the megaphone on the threat to Canada?
The Conservative government has a strange way with public pronouncements on security issues. When it comes to the gravest of international crises, the government is prone to bold, headline-grabbing statements, whether on Putin’s role in stoking the flames in the Ukraine, or the threat posed by Iran, or the crisis in Syria/Iraq, or who is...
Obama Vows to ‘Degrade and Destroy’ ISIS
MoreU.S. Forms Anti-ISIS Coalition at NATO SummitISIS Is Not Just Un-Islamic, It Is Anti-IslamicChairman Mike Rogers: We Will Have to Risk American Lives to Defeat ISISPresident Barack Obama said Friday that the United States and its allies are preparing to “take the fight,” to the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS), saying the world...
News Analysis: NATO Upgrades By Going Back To Basics
At its summit in Wales, NATO rediscovered and reaffirmed its original reason for existence — protecting its member states. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Obama Says NATO Will Provide Security Assistance To Ukraine
U.S. President Barack Obama says NATO is united in support of Ukraine’s sovereignty, and Russia’s military actions in Ukraine will “have consequences.” At a post-NATO summit news conference in Newport, Wales, Obama said the United States and Europe will impose a range of sanctions against Russia and will provide nonlethal...
Obama: We’ll impose more sanctions on Russia
President Obama said Friday the U.S. and its European allies will move ahead with more economic sanctions against Russia, regardless of whether this week’s cease-fire agreement between Russia and Ukraine brings an immediate end to violence. Speaking at a press conference that marked the conclusion of this week’s NATO summit …...
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Fighting between Ukrainian army, rebels subsides as ceasefire begins [Video]
Heavy fighting between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian rebels appeared to subside after envoys meeting in Minsk approved a peace deal that included a ceasefire taking effect from 1500 GMT on Friday. …read more Source: The Toronto...
Violence continues in Donetsk as ceasefore looms
Residents of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine are sceptical that the looming ceasefire between Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists will put an end to deadly fighting, as shelling continued through the night as talks opened in Minsk. …read more Source: USA...
Obama Vows to ‘Degrade and Ultimately Destroy’ ISIS
The summit has focused on tensions between Russia and Ukraine and on the threat of ISIS. …read more Source:...
