Section: US & Canada
Australian Prime Minister Abbott: Ukraine plane crash was murder
Australia’s prime minister, Tony Abbott, has said the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in eastern Ukraine was mass murder. …read more Source: FOX...
Obama To Poroshenko: Russian Intervention ‘Unacceptable’
WASHINGTON, Aug 11 (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama told Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko that any Russian intervention in Ukraine without Kiev’s consent would be “unacceptable” and a violation of international law, the White House said on Monday. Poroshenko, in a phone call, told Obama that there has been...
Russia to participate in humanitarian mission to eastern Ukraine
Red Cross-led operation in conflict-stricken province has some worried Russia will use humanitarian issue as a guise to support separatists …read more Source:...
The Ottoman Revival That Is Anything but Brotherly
July marked the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War. It also marks the beginning of the end of the once all powerful and glorious Ottoman Empire. The Ottomans marched victoriously into the Arab world via Damascus on September 26, 1516. They marched out of the very same city in defeat exactly 402 years later on the same date,...
Ukrainian Paramilitaries Battle Separatists Near Donetsk
Volunteer paramilitary troops with the Azov, Shahtarsk, and Donbas battalions, along with Right Sector fighters, engaged in intense fighting with separatists forces on the outskirts of Ilovaysk, near the Ukrainian city of Donetsk. Despite the use of mortars, heavy guns, and small arms, the volunteers were unable to break through the...
Kyiv Agrees To International Aid Mission Led By Red Cross
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says he has agreed to an international humanitarian mission for eastern Ukraine led by the Red Cross that includes cooperation from the European Union, Germany, and Russia. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Rocket Attack Leads to Mass Jail Breakout
DONETSK, Ukraine—Rockets slammed into a high-security prison Monday in the rebel-held city of Donetsk, igniting a riot that allowed more than 100 prisoners to flee, authorities in eastern Ukraine said. Donetsk city council spokesman Maxim Rovinsky said a direct rocket hit killed at least one inmate and left three others severely wounded. In...
Red Cross to lead relief effort to eastern Ukraine
Russia is warned not to use any humanitarian convoy as a pretext for invasion. …read more Source: USA...
Ukraine Agrees to Red Cross-Led Aid Mission
(DONETSK, Ukraine) — The Red Cross will lead an international humanitarian aid operation with Russia and the European Union into the rebel-held city of Luhansk — a plan that Ukraine says the backing of President Barack Obama. MoreRussia Bans Wide Array of Food Imports From the U.S., EUWorld Leaders Gather in Liege to Commemorate World...
Ukraine agrees to Red Cross-led aid mission
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine says it has agreed on a Red Cross-led humanitarian aid operation with Russia, the European Union and other international partners to alleviate suffering in the sep… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
