Section: US & Canada
Ukraine set for 6 p.m. truce as EU considers more Russian sanctions
Ukraine moved toward a cease-fire with pro-Russian separatists to stem months of bloodshed as European officials met to consider more penalties on Russia for its role in the conflict. …read more Source: Calgary...
NATO Approves Spearhead Force to Boost Eastern Defences
NATO approved wide-ranging plans on Friday to boost its defenses in eastern Europe, aiming to reassure allies nervous about Russia’s intervention in Ukraine that the U.S.-led alliance will shield them from any attack. The plan, adopted at a summit in Wales, includes creating a “spearhead” rapid reaction force and pre-positioning...
Ukraine Cease-Fire: Pro-Russian Rebels, Government Forces Sign Agreement
Pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine said on Twitter on Friday that they have signed a cease-fire agreement with Ukraine. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko ordered all government military forces to stand down at 6 p.m. local time (11 a.m. EDT), multiple sources said. …read more Source: International Business...
Ukraine and Pro-Russia Rebels Agree to Cease-Fire
The envoys, along with the OSCE, agreed the deal during a meeting in the Belorussian capital of Minsk. …read more Source:...
HMCS Toronto briefly sidelined because of engine repairs
By David Pugliese Defence Watch NEWPORT, Wales – HMCS Toronto was tied up in port for the last week for engine repairs and other issues, sources tell Defence Watch. Sources noted that when HMCS Toronto was in Halifax getting ready for deployment, the engineers and dockyard civilian employees informed their managers that certain parts on an engine...
Western Leaders in Denial on Ukraine Sanctions
Europe’s insistence on more sanctions against Russia regardless of their effect is a costly refusal to admit mistakes. …read more Source:...
Ukraine, pro-Russia rebels sign cease-fire
The fighting between Moscow-backed separatists and government troops started in April. Almost 2,600 people have died in the violence. …read more Source: New York Daily...
Ukraine Signs Cease-Fire With Pro-Russia Rebels
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko announced Friday that Kiev has reached agreement on a ceasefire with pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine. Poroshenko confirmed that Ukrainian envoys negotiating with rebels, representatives from Russia and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Minsk, Belarus, signed the ceasefire...
Canadian military advisers headed to Iraq to help push back ISIL
NEWPORT, Wales — Several dozen Canadian soldiers will be sent to Iraq to advise that country’s military forces in fighting Islamic terrorists, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced here Friday. But Canada’s contribution could be further increased once a strategy with its allies has been worked out. The Canadians will join U.S....
Rebels: We signed cease-fire deal with Ukraine
Ukraine’s president, at NATO summit, voices ‘careful optimism’ on peace talks with rebels …read more Source:...
