Section: US & Canada
Obama and British Leader Say They Won’t Be ‘Cowed by Barbaric Killers’
MoreISIS Video Intensifies Pressure on BritainBiden Says U.S. Will Follow ISIS ‘to the Gates of Hell’Republicans Use ISIS for Campaign Fodder as Midterm Elections LoomThe United States and Britain will “not be cowed” by Islamist militants in Iraq and Syria who have killed two American journalists, the leaders of both nations said Thursday....
Ukraine And Pro-Russia Rebels Agree To Friday Cease-Fire As Fighting Rages On
Ukraine government representatives and pro-Russian rebels are expected to go along with a cease-fire agreement Friday provided planned talks go through in Minsk, Belarus, where the two sides have been negotiating for the past week, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said Thursday. Poroshenko called the cease-fire the first step in “the...
At NATO summit, leaders vow to ‘not be cowed’ by Islamic militants
NATO leaders grappled Thursday with whether the alliance has a role in containing a mounting militant threat in the Middle East, as heads of state converged in Wales for a high-stakes summit also focused on the crisis in Ukraine and next steps in Afghanistan. …read more Source: CTV...
Pursuing ISIS to the Gates of Hell
Over the past two weeks, the American foreign-policy debate has dramatically changed. The key to understanding why lies in a book. The book is called Special Providence. Published 13 years ago by Walter Russell Mead, it remains, for my money, the best analysis of American foreign policy written in our time. Mead argues that America has four...
Shellshocked Ukrainians Flee to a New Life in Russia
Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians have found their way into Russia, clinging to promises of work, shelter, pensions and a path to citizenship. …read more Source: The New York...
Crises in Ukraine, Iraq hang over NATO summit
NATO leaders area facing what’s being described as the toughest summit since the cold war, as allied leaders tackle the crisis in Ukraine and the threat posed by Islamic State. Mana Rabiee reports. Video provided by Reuters …read more Source: USA...
Hollande: Cease-Fire, Political Deal Conditions For Mistral Delivery
French President Francois Hollande has said a cease-fire and a political settlement in Ukraine are conditions for France to deliver the first of two Mistral-class warships to Russia. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Leader Says He Seeks Cease-Fire to Begin on Friday
At NATO’s summit meeting, President Petro O. Poroshenko said he would seek to establish “a bilateral cease-fire” on Friday between Ukraine’s armed forces and pro-Russian separatists. …read more Source: The New York...
Photos Sept 4: Top images from around the world
The day’s best photos, as selected by editors at Postmedia News, are a stunning collection of the greatest images from around the world. This picture shows a man taking pictures of floodwater released from the Three Gorges Dam, a gigantic hydropower project on the Yangtze river, in Yichang, central China’s Hubei province, after heavy...
Ukraine President Seeks Closer NATO Ties
MOSCOW—Undeterred by threats from Russia that Ukraine’s NATO ambitions would derail peace talks, Ukraine’s leader discussed closer ties with NATO at a meeting Thursday with President Barack Obama and other NATO leaders in Wales. Russia and Ukraine say they are working on a deal to halt months of fighting in eastern Ukraine between...
