Section: US & Canada
Russia arrests Ukrainian officers
A Russian court authorized Friday the arrest of five Ukrainian servicemen on what the state-run RIA Novosti news agency described as suspicion of war crimes. …read more Source:...
UN Warns Moscow Against Humanitarian Efforts
Members of the United Nations Security Council said Friday any attempt by Russia to deliver humanitarian aid to Ukraine would be considered an invasion. UN Ambassador to the US, Samantha Power. …read more Source: The Boston...
World’s woes won’t stop Obama’s Martha’s Vineyard vacation
Crises in Iraq, Gaza and Ukraine — and the certainty of attacks by conservative critics for golfing while the world burns — won’t stop President Obama from leaving Saturday for a two-week vacation in Martha’s Vineyard. …read more Source: New York Daily...
US, UK Governments Warn Russia Not To Send ‘Humanitarian Assistance’ To Ukraine
Following reports Friday morning by the Ukrainian government that Russian military vehicles had entered Ukraine this week, the American and British governments warned Russia that using humanitarian assistance as a pretension for sending soldiers into rebel-held eastern Ukraine would be unacceptable to the West. …read more Source:...
Armenia and Its Russian-Imperialism Problem
Earlier this summer, a minor kerfuffle over an exhibition of artworks by famed Armenian filmmaker Sergei Parajanov (1924-1990) underscored a more serious problem facing Armenian culture and Armenia in general — and, by extension, many of the former Soviet republics. Parajanov, born Sarkis Hovsepi Parajaniants, was one of the great...
Ukrainian replaces Russian as leader of insurgency
Donetsk, Ukraine — A Ukrainian has replaced a Russian at the helm of the insurgency in eastern Ukraine and declared that he wants “only moral support” from Moscow, as the Kremlin apparently tries to rebut Western claims that it is calling the shots among the rebels. Many in the rebel ranks decry what they call Russia’s...
Russian intervention in Ukraine would be ‘invasion,’ warns U.S.
Washington says any further intervention by Moscow in eastern Ukraine — even purported humanitarian aid — would be viewed as “an invasion of Ukraine.” …read more Source: Toronto...
West Warns Russia Over Ukraine ‘Aid’ Mission
The U.S. and British governments have warned Russia against any further intervention in Ukraine, including under the pretext of delivering humanitarian assistance. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Stocks End Week With a Wild Ride
U.S. stocks rallied Friday, pulling the Dow industrials into positive territory for the week, as reports of easing tensions in Ukraine put traders at ease. …read more Source: The Wall Street...
Conservatives urged to adopt ‘Twiplomacy’ in foreign affairs
Canada is increasingly relying on a new style of diplomacy — called “Twiplomacy” — that takes place in bite-sized increments of 140 characters or less. Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government is turning to social media in an effort to engage in online diplomacy, practise “open policy development” and...
