Section: US & Canada
Double blow for Putin as Ukraine rebels suffer setbacks, West prepares to levy more sanctions
Pro-Russia rebels in eastern Ukraine have reportedly suffered their biggest battlefield setbacks in months as the U.S. and European countries prepared to levy more sanctions against Moscow later this week. …read more Source: FOX...
US: Russia Violated Nuclear Treaty
The United States accused Russia of violating a historic nuclear test ban treaty by testing a ground-launched cruise missile. U.S officials said President Barack Obama informed Russian President Vladimir Putin in a letter Monday of the United States’ determination that Russia broke the 1987 treaty. The move was first reported Monday evening...
Doomed Air Algérie Flight Asked to Turn Back Before Crash
Shortly before ground controllers lost contact with Air Algérie Flight 5017, the airliner’s crew requested to abandon its journey to Algiers and head back to Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, eyeing foul weather on the radar. The plane crashed in a remote corner of Mali shortly thereafter, killing all 118 passengers and crew members on board. Its...
‘We’ve seen horrific things’: Canadian MH17 crash site monitor describes the grisly scene
Ukrainian-Canadian OSCE monitor Michael Bociurkiw talks to CBC News about his emotional experiences at the grisly crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
U.S., European Union agree to implement tougher sanctions against Russia
Show of western solidarity comes as U.S. accuses Moscow of ramping up troop presence on border with Ukraine, and of violating 1987 nuclear missile treaty. …read more Source: Toronto...
Global force seeking to reach crash site is repulsed by fighting
SHAKHTYORSK, Ukraine — Fierce fighting on Monday gripped a dozen towns in eastern Ukraine, blocking an international police force from reaching the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, which is now near, or even in the middle of, a battlefield. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
David Duchovny steps into Russia-Ukraine dispute with beer ad
David Duchovny’s latest role is stirring up more intrigue than any episode of “The X-Files.” The actor plays himself in a beer commercial imagining how proud he would be if he were Russian. …read more Source:...
Amid Threat of New Sanctions, U.S. Says Russia is Flouting Landmark Arms Treaty
Russia is violating a treaty that bans medium-range missiles, the U.S. has stated, adding further tension to a relationship already strained by Moscow’s backing of separatists in Ukraine. “This is a very serious matter which we have attempted to address with Russia for some time now,” an administration official told TIME....
U.S., European Union plan to impose new sanctions on Russia
The West is set to crack down on Russia. The U.S. and European Union plan to impose new sanctions after accusing Russian President Vladimir Putin of ramping up support of separatists in Ukraine. …read more Source: New York Daily...
Ukraine retakes 3 towns near crash; U.N. says downing may be war crime
Ukrainian troops recaptured three towns from pro-Russia separatists in eastern Ukraine on Monday as they advanced toward the Malaysia Airlines crash site, where international investigators have been thwarted from probing the scene of the July 17 disaster, Ukrainian officials said. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
