Section: US & Canada
Ukraine Recaptures Strategic Town Near Crash Site
At least three civilians were killed in overnight fighting in eastern Ukraine and government troops pressed ahead with their campaign against pro-Russian rebels, taking a strategic point close to where Malaysian flight MH17 crashed, officials said on Monday. Kyiv said on Monday its troops recaptured Savur Mogila, a strategic piece of high ground...
Hague Court: Russia Must Pay Yukos Shareholders $50 Billion
The Hague’s arbitration court ruled on Monday that Russia must pay a group of shareholders in defunct oil giant Yukos around $50 billion for expropriating its assets, a big hit for a country teetering on the brink of recession. The Hague court said it had awarded shareholders in the GML group just under half of their $114 billion claim,...
Malaysia Seeks Cease-Fire Near Crash Site As Fighting Rages
A Malaysian official says the government is negotiating a cease-fire between Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists in part of eastern Ukraine so that investigators can access the wreckage of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Fighting rages around Flight 17 crash site
At least 8 civilians killed as intense fighting between Ukrainian troops and pro-Russia rebels keeps Australian, Dutch police at bay …read more Source:...
AP News Alert
International police team abandons effort to reach Ukraine crash site as heavy fighting erupts. …read more Source: Miami...
Black boxes show MH17 suffered massive decompression after hit
A Ukrainian security spokesman says data from the recovered flight data recorders shows Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashed due to a massive, explosive loss of pressure after being punctured multiple times by shrapnel. …read more Source: CTV...
Japan to step up sanctions against Russia
Japan is stepping up sanctions against Russia over the unrest in Ukraine. …read more Source: Miami...
Russia ordered to pay $50 billion over Yukos
LONDON (AP) — An international court on Monday ordered Russia to pay over $50 billion in compensation to the former majority shareholder of now-defunct oil producer Yukos over the expropriation of the company more than 10 years ago. The Russian government under President Vladimir Putin in 2003 leveled massive tax claims against Yukos, then...
UN rights chief: Flight 17 possible war crime
GENEVA (AP) — The downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 may be a war crime, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said Monday. Pillay, the U.N.’s top human rights official, called for a thorough investigation into the violation of international law that occurred when the flight was shot down with a surface-to-air...
UN rights chief: Flight 17 possible war crime; Ukraine civilian toll could violate int’l law
The downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 may be a war crime, U.N. …read more Source: FOX...
