Section: US & Canada
Russia LGBT Activists Worried After Crimea ‘Leader’ Lashes Out
The head of the Russian-installed government in Crimea has said his region “does not need” gays and other sexual minorities. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russian news agency says photojournalist killed in eastern Ukraine
Russia’s state-owned RIA Novosti news agency says one of its photojournalists has died in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: CTV...
Putin: Framework for Ukraine cease-fire OK’d
Kremlin leader lays out a seven-point peace plan that he hopes will be adopted by all sides this week. …read more Source: USA...
Russia, Ukraine Distance Themselves From News Of A Cease-Fire Deal
Ukraine released a statement saying it had agreed to a “permanent cease-fire,” only to walk it back shortly thereafter. Russia said it had come to no such agreement.» E-Mail This …read more Source:...
NATO Can’t Do Anything to Save Ukraine
This week’s NATO summit in Wales has been billed as the most important meeting in the organization’s history, “ …read more Source: The New...
Obama Says Planned NATO Deployments Send A Clear Message
U.S. President Barack Obama reaffirmed his commitment to defend other NATO states under what is known as Article 5 of the alliance’s charter. He spoke at a news conference in Tallinn with Estonian President Toomas Ilves. In reaction to Russia’s military actions in Ukraine, NATO’s secretary-general recently announced that...
Obama Casts Russia As A Threat To Peace In Europe
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Lashing out at Russia, President Barack Obama on Wednesday cast Moscow’s aggression in Ukraine as a threat to peace in Europe. He vigorously vowed to come to the defense of NATO allies that fear they could be Vladimir Putin’s next target. “You lost your independence once before,” Obama said...
Obama Stresses NATO Commitment to Baltics
President Barack Obama condemned Russia’s intervention in Ukraine Wednesday as a “brazen assault” on the country’s integrity and assured three former Soviet satellite states that NATO would defend them against any aggression by Moscow. Obama said that Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia had lost their independence before to...
Obama to Russia: ‘It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way’
Earlier in the day there were conflicting statements from both sides in the Ukraine conflict. …read more Source:...
Obama expresses skepticism on Russia’s aims in Ukrainian conflict
President Obama expressed skepticism Wednesday about Russia’s aims in Ukraine after officials in Kiev announced that the two countries had agreed to a cease-fire, then backed off that claim. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
