Section: US & Canada
Give Peacekeepers a Chance in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin is escalating in Ukraine after the latest round of European and U.S. sanctions. Offering an international peacekeeping mission might help to break the cycle. …read more Source:...
Canada sends military gear to assist Ukrainian fighters
Canada is sending military equipment to Ukraine including helmets, first aid kits, tents and protective vests. …read more Source: Toronto...
Russia And Iran Reportedly Signed A Huge Oil Deal — But No One Knows The Details
Iran and Russia may have just signed a major $20 billion oil deal, as reported by Russia’s Itar-Tass, Iran’s Fars News, and the Telegraph on Wednesday. The deal would allow Iran to circumvent western and international sanctions aimed at curtailing the country’s nuclear program. And it would allow Russian President Vladimir Putin...
Snowden’s Revelations Bring Changes to US Intelligence Gathering
For more than a year, former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden has been living in Russia, having been granted asylum. He is wanted in the United States on espionage charges after making public key intelligence documents dealing with the U.S. National Security Agency’s secret surveillance programs. And amid frosty U.S.-Russia...
Ukraine: Rebels Have Shot Down A Ukrainian Military Plane
By Richard Balmforth and Pavel Polityuk KIEV, Aug 7 (Reuters) – The head of NATO called on Russia to “step back from the brink” of war by pulling its troops back from the Ukrainian border and warned further intervention in Ukraine would bring it greater isolation in the world. Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the U.S.-led alliance’s...
Photos August 7: Top images from around the world
The day’s best photos, as selected by editors at Postmedia News, are a stunning collection of the greatest images from around the world. Buddhist monks and volunteers clean the 15-metre-tall great Buddha statue during the annual Ominugui ceremony at Todaiji Temple in Japan’s ancient capital Nara, western Japan on August 7, 2014....
Canada will send military supplies to Ukraine
Canada says it is sending non-lethal military equipment to Ukraine to help the country protect its eastern border against Russia. …read more Source: Miami...
Russian Foodies React To Import Ban With Patriotism, Some Gloom
Russia has banned food imports from the West in tit-for-tat sanctions — and many Muscovites appear resigned to eating domestic, though sophisticates are not pleased. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Final Solution Of The Christian Arab Question In The Middle East
In 2003, as President George W. Bush unleashed his invasion of Iraq-based on the false premise of WMDs- for the overarching goal of reengineering the Arab world to conform to Western notions of governance and economics, the Christian community of that ancient Mesopotamian land numbered 1.5 million, representing some 5 percent of the Iraqi...
NATO Chief to Russia: ‘Step Back from the Brink’
NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen is calling on Russia to “step back from the brink” of war in Ukraine by withdrawing thousands of combat troops massed on its border. “Step back from the brink, step back from the border and [do] not use peacekeeping as an excuse for war-making,” said Rasmussen during a visit to...
