Section: US & Canada
Fighting in eastern Ukraine kills 43 in 24 hours
Trucks painted white and forming part of an aid convoy are parked in a bus garage close to a border control point with Ukraine in the Russian town of Donetsk, Rostov-on-Don region, Russia, Wed… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Protesters plant Ukraine flag on Moscow skyscraper
MOSCOW — Protesters on Wednesday scaled one of Moscow’s famed Stalin-era skyscrapers and painted the Soviet star on its spire in the national colors of Ukraine. The dangerous prank, which set Russian social networking sites abuzz, drew a harsh response from the police.The protesters also attached a yellow and blue Ukrainian flag to the top...
Ukraine: Large parts of Luhansk are now under government control
A Ukrainian official says government troops have taken control of a large part of Luhansk — a besieged rebel stronghold in eastern Ukraine — after days of street battles. …read more Source: CTV...
Activists Paint Moscow Skyscraper Colors Of Ukraine’s Flag
Muscovites awoke to a surprise –- and highly unauthorized — paint job on the crown of the 32-floor Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Building Wednesday morning. Someone or some group climbed to very top of the building’s spire, painted the hammer-and-sickle emblem blue and yellow, then planted a Ukrainian flag squarely atop the 577-foot-tall...
Heavy toll as Ukraine fights rebels for key city
As gov’t forces try to wrest control of Donestk from pro-Russia separatists, the number of civilian casualties is mounting fast …read more Source:...
Gold Wavers Ahead of Fed Minutes
Gold prices shuffled between losses and gains as investors weighed conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East against pending release of the minutes from the Federal Reserve’s last meeting. …read more Source: The Wall Street...
Donetsk fighting kills 34 people in 24 hours
The Ukrainian troops are trying to encircle Donetsk, the largest city still in rebel hands, and also drive the rebels out of the city of Luhansk. …read more Source: Toronto...
Fighting in eastern Ukraine kills 43 in 24 hours
Fighting in eastern Ukraine kills 43 residents and govt troops in 24 hours, authorities say …read more Source:...
A Former War Correspondent Explains Why The Ferguson Protests Are So Unprecedented
Fox News correspondent Steve Harrigan has reported from multiple conflict zones in the Middle East, including in Iraq and Afghanistan. He reported from the site of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crash near the Ukrainian border earlier this summer. Something about seeing the same type of anger lead to a simmering conflict at home, though, is...
9 Killed in Eastern Ukraine Violence
Ukrainian forces fought street battles with separatist rebels in the eastern town of Ilovaisk overnight into Wednesday as they sought to isolate rebel strongholds near the Russian border, an Interior Ministry official said. Nine pro-Ukrainian volunteer fighters, supporting Kyiv’s forces, were killed in the fighting in Ilovaisk, which lies...
