Section: US & Canada
MH17 Bodies At Crash Site Weeks Later, With Forensic Investigators Denied Entry For Third Consecutive Day
The already grim situation at the crash site of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 in Ukraine has only grown more dire nearly two weeks after the tragedy, with international investigators reporting Tuesday that they were unable to get to the area because of safety concerns for the third day in a row. …read more Source: International Business...
Kerry Says Not ‘a Shred’ of Evidence Russia Wants to Ease Ukraine Fighting
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry threatened to impose wider sanctions on Russia in a Tuesday press conference, arguing that Russian officials had “not shown a shred of evidence” that they want to de-escalate the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. Kerry accused Russia of continuing to ship arms, funds and personnel into eastern Ukraine...
Sources: EU adopts tough new sanctions on Russia
BRUSSELS (AP) — Frustrated by the apparent ineffectiveness of previous sanctions and outraged by the deaths of 298 people aboard the Malaysia Airlines plane downed over eastern Ukraine, the European Union adopted tough new economic sanctions against Russia on Tuesday, EU officials and diplomats said…. …read more Source:...
New Video Shows the Battle for Donetsk
The BBC’s Jonathan Beale says artillery fire from the Ukraine military seems to be intensifying in Donetsk. …read more Source: The Boston...
White House: Tougher Sanctions On Russia Could Come As Soon As Tuesday
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says the United States could impose additional economic sanctions on Russia as soon as Tuesday.The U.S. penalties would follow tougher sanctions agreed to by European Union leaders earlier in the day.White House spokesman Josh Earnest says the EU sanctions are welcome news. He says he expects the European...
Reports: EU approves tough sanctions against Russia
U.S., Europe accuse Russia of encouraging and arming ethnic-Russian separatists in Ukraine. …read more Source: USA...
Shelling adds to mounting civilian death toll in Ukraine
DONETSK, Ukraine — Shelling in at least three cities in eastern Ukraine has hit a home for the elderly, a school and several apartment blocks, adding to a rapidly growing civilian death toll Tuesday. …read more Source: New York Daily...
EU adopts tough new sanctions on Russia, sources say
Two European Union diplomats say the bloc is adopting tough new economic sanctions against Russia for its support of rebels fighting in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: FOX...
Lavrov and Kerry talk about Cold war-era arms deal
Russia’s Foreign Ministry says the chief diplomats from Russia and the United States have discussed the situation in Ukraine and the fulfillment of a Cold War-era arms control deal that the U.S. has accused Russia of violating. …read more Source: Miami...
John Kerry says ‘no shred of evidence’ that Russia is helping to ease Ukraine fight
The United States says there’s been “no shred of evidence” that Russia is willing to help end the violence and bloodshed between the Ukraine separatists backed by Moscow and the government in Kiev. …read more Source: New York Daily...
