Section: US & Canada
Ukraine: Russian aid convoy is a ‘direct invasion’
Ukrainian border guards look at the first aid truck as it passes the border post at Izvaryne, eastern Ukraine, Friday, Aug. 22, 2014. The first trucks in a Russian aid convoy crossed into east… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Ukraine accuses Russia of invasion as convoy enters
Ukraine declared that Russia had launched a “direct invasion” of its territory after Moscow sent a convoy of aid trucks across the border. …read more Source:...
Russia sends aid trucks into Ukraine, Kyiv calls move a ‘direct invasion’
Ukraine insists the truck drivers are Russian soldiers; and says the trucks are meant to transport weapons and remove bodies of Russian fighters from eastern Ukraine …read more Source: Calgary...
Russian aid convoy enters Ukraine without permission
Russia on Friday sent a convoy of trucks bearing what it has termed humanitarian aid into eastern Ukraine, saying it would no longer wait for Ukrainian government approval to bring the supplies into the embattled region. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Will Snowden’s Leaks Help ISIS, et al?
Bloomberg has published an article detailing the techniques intelligence experts will likely use to try to track down the people who beheaded American journalist James Foley. These include: Analysis of the English accent of the voice on the video, which the consensus seems to have pinpointed to “East London” Review and...
Alarming build-up of forces near Ukraine: NATO
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said NATO is observing an alarming build-up of Russian forces near Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Photos August 22: Top images from around the world
Family members of Malaysia Airlines flight attendant Nur Shazana Mohamed Salleh, one of the Malaysians who perished aboard flight MH17 that was downed in eastern Ukraine, cry during a burial ceremony in Putrajaya, outside Kuala Lumpur on August 22, 2014. Black-clad Malaysians paused for a minute of silence Friday on a nationwide day of mourning...
In photos: Malaysia's day of mourning for MH17 victims
Remains of 20 of the 43 Malaysians killed in the deadly plane crash over eastern Ukraine return home …read more Source: The Globe and...
Russian Aid Convoy Crosses Into Ukraine
A convoy of humanitarian aid trucks from Russia crossed over the border into eastern Ukraine on Friday, apparently without Kiev’s permission. …read more Source: The New York...
Ukraine accuses Russia of invasion after aid convoy crosses border
Ukraine declared on Friday that Russia had launched a “direct invasion” of its territory after Moscow sent a convoy of aid trucks across the border into eastern Ukraine where pro-Russian rebels are fighting government forces. …read more Source: The Toronto...
