Section: US & Canada
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...
Diplomats: EU Governments Are Going After Russian Banks Over Ukraine
European Union governments reached a deal on Tuesday to impose economic sanctions against Russia that would curb access of state-owned Russian banks to capital markets and restrict export of equipment for Russian oil production, diplomats told reporters. The sanctions will be reviewed after three months, one diplomat said. Dutch Foreign Minister...
Shelling adds to mounting civilian toll in Ukraine
Shelling in at least three cities in eastern Ukraine has hit a home for the elderly, a school and multiple homes, adding to a rapidly growing civilian death toll Tuesday. …read more Source: CTV...
LIVE: John Kerry Speaks on Ukraine
Secretary of State John Kerry holds a joint press conference with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin. …read more Source:...
Yes, It Could Happen Again
Pessimism is a useful prism through which to view the affairs of states. Their ambition to gain, retain, and project power is never sated. Optimism, toward which Americans are generally inclined, leads to rash predictions of history’s ending in global consensus and the banishment of war. Such rosy views accompanied the end of the Cold War....
Shelling Adds to Mounting Civilian Toll in Ukraine
DONETSK, Ukraine— Shelling in at least three cities in eastern Ukraine has hit a home for the elderly, a school and multiple homes, adding to a rapidly growing civilian death toll Tuesday. The use of unguided rockets in fighting between government troops and pro-Russian separatist rebels has been causing a notable increase in casualties in...
Shelling adds to mounting civilian toll in Ukraine
DONETSK, Ukraine — Shelling in at least three cities in eastern Ukraine has hit a home for the elderly, a school and multiple homes, adding to a rapidly growing civilian death toll Tuesday.The use of unguided rockets in fighting between government troops and pro-Russian separatist rebels has been causing a notable increase in casualties in...
