Section: US & Canada
Sources: EU adopts tough new sanctions on Russia
BRUSSELS — 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: Boston...
Police team turns back from Ukraine crash site
International police team turns back from Ukraine crash site as fierce fighting breaks out …read more Source:...
Kerry: No Evidence Russia Seeks to End Ukraine Violence
Calling on Russia to use its “considerable influence” with separatists in eastern Ukraine to ensure the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 crash site is secured, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said there is not a “shred of evidence” Russia seeks to end the violence and bloodshed in eastern Ukraine. Speaking Tuesday during a...
Australia, Netherlands ready to secure crash site
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk says he is resigning …read more Source:...
Details of new Europe sanctions on Russia expected soon
President Obama also says that Russian missile tests violate an arms treaty. …read more Source: USA...
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...
