Section: US & Canada
Malaysia Mourns as Bodies of MH17 Victims Finally Come Home
People across Malaysia held a minute’s silence and wore black on Friday as the Southeast Asian country observed a day of mourning to mark the return of the first 20 bodies among its citizens killed when a jetliner was downed last month. Malaysian Airlines (MAS) Flight MH17 crashed after apparently being struck by a missile over war-torn...
Russian aid trucks move into Ukraine
Moscow says it got tired of waiting for the nod from Kiev, so it ordered humanitarian convoy into rebel-held territory, against Kiev’s will …read more Source:...
Russian Trucks Cross Border Without Assent of Ukraine
The convoy of several dozen vehicles said to be carrying aid crossed the border on Friday apparently without the approval of the Ukrainian government or the Red Cross. …read more Source: The New York...
Russia Orders Convoy Across Border Without Permission From Kiev
Russia ordered a convoy of aid trucks across the border into eastern Ukraine on Friday apparently without Kiev’s permission, raising the danger of direct confrontation with the Ukrainian military which is fighting pro-Russian rebels. A Reuters witness said about 70 white-painted trucks, part of a column of about 260 that had been waiting at...
MH17: Malaysian victims’ remains come home on national day of mourning
All 298 people onboard the Malaysia Airlines flight died when the jet was shot down over an area of Ukraine controlled by pro-Russia separatists on a flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur …read more Source: The Globe and...
Russia sends aid trucks into Ukraine without Kyiv’s approval
Russia sent dozens of aid trucks into rebel-held eastern Ukraine on Friday without Kyiv’s approval, saying its patience had worn out with the Ukrainian government’s stalling tactics. Ukraine called the move a “direct invasion.” …read more Source: CTV...
Russian Aid Convoy Moves Into Ukrainian Territory, Citing ‘Intolerable’ Delays
A Russian aid convoy destined for rebel-held eastern Ukraine has crossed the border and entered the country, seemingly without the permission of authorities in Kiev. The Associated Press quoted a statement from the Russian foreign ministry as saying, “The Russian side has decided to act. Our column with humanitarian aid is starting to move...
Russia Convoy Enters Ukraine
Ukraine said 34 Russian trucks carrying humanitarian aid crossed into Ukrainian rebel-held territory without being accompanied by the Red Cross in violation of an agreement between Kiev and Moscow. …read more Source: The Wall Street...
Russian Convoy Begins Rolling Into Ukraine; Kyiv Decries ‘Invasion’
A senior Ukrainian security official has accused Russia of invading Ukraine after a humanitarian aid convoy entered the country without a Red Cross escort, but says Kyiv will not attack the trucks. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
MH17 remains return home as govt battles fallout
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Carried by soldiers and draped in the national flag, coffins carrying Malaysian victims of Flight MH17 returned home Friday to a country still searching for those onboard another doomed jet and a government battling the political fallout of the twin tragedies. The bodies and ashes of 20 victims from the Malaysia...
