Section: US & Canada
French Sales of Weapons to Russia Not Welcomed by European Union
“The agreement was signed in 2011, the boat is almost finished and must be delivered in October … The Russians have paid. We would need to pay back 1,1 billion euros,” French President François Hollande explained during a dinner hosted by the Presidential Press Association on July 21. After the crash of flight MH17 above the...
Syria’s War Poets
GAZIANTEP, Turkey—Visiting Czechoslovakia in the 1970s, the American novelist Philip Roth reflected on what distinguished him from his peers behind the Iron Curtain: “It occurred to me that I work in a society where as a writer everything goes and nothing matters, while for the Czech writers I met in Prague, nothing goes and...
U.S. says Russia violated nuclear missile treaty
With tensions already high over Ukraine and downed Malaysian plane, Obama administration accuses Russia of conducting banned tests …read more Source:...
Japan is stepping up sanctions against Russia
TOKYO — Japan is imposing more sanctions against Russia over its support for pro-Moscow rebels in Ukraine who are accused of shooting down a Malaysian jet, the chief government spokesman said Monday. …read more Source: New York Daily...
International police team forced to retreat from battlefield in Ukraine
The road to the site is now violently contested between pro-Russia rebel fighters and the Ukrainian military because it is also a route for supplies to reach the rebels holding Donetsk …read more Source: The Globe and...
Eastern Ukrainians Flee as Fighting Heats Up
SHAKHTARSK, Ukraine—Panicky residents in an eastern Ukrainian town fled their homes Monday carrying a few possessions in plastic bags and small suitcases as shells exploded in the distance, fighting that also prevented an international police team from reaching the site of the Malaysia Airlines crash. “Mom, hang in there,”...
Ukraine Setbacks Afflict Putin
Pro-Russia rebels in eastern Ukraine saw some of their worst battlefield setbacks in weeks as the West agreed on tougher sanctions—posing fresh challenges on two fronts for the Kremlin. …read more Source: The Wall Street...
HOLMES: What’s at stake in Ukraine?
ANALYSIS/OPINION: What’s at stake in Ukraine? If the actions of Western governments speak louder than words, the short answer is “not much.” The full range of sanctions on Russia has not yet been imposed, and there is a widespread reluctance to embrace Ukraine too closely. But what if our reluctance … …read more...
Fighting turns back Ukraine crash investigators
Artillery fire blocked the route to the wreckage of the Malaysia Airlines jetliner in eastern Ukraine on Monday, forcing an international delegation of European monitors and police officials to turn back without reaching the crash site. The setback in efforts to secure the site, to recover more bodies and to begin an independent investigation...
White House: New US, Europe sanctions on Russia
The U.S. will join the European Union in adding new economic sanctions on Russia for supporting separatists in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
