Section: US & Canada
Investigators renew bid to access Malaysian jet crash site despite fighting
A joint Australian-Dutch probe team renewed efforts on Monday to gain access to the crash site of a Malaysian airliner in eastern Ukraine, Australian Federal Police said, after fierce fighting kept them away the previous day. …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s move to ban its Communist Party a step toward real independence
The party pushes the Kremlin’s agenda in Ukraine, in particular the allegation that the Ukrainian government is the main culprit of the death of civilians in the Donetsk conflict …read more Source: The Globe and...
Satellite images prove Russia fired rockets into Ukraine after MH17 crash, U.S. says
Russia’s foreign ministry over the weekend accused the U.S. of conducting ‘an unrelenting campaign of slander against Russia, ever more relying on open lies’ …read more Source: Calgary...
Fighting complicates Ukraine crash probe, U.S., EU prepare Russia sanctions
DONETSK, Ukraine — Fierce fighting in eastern Ukraine where a Malaysian airliner was downed further complicated an investigation Sunday as Europe and the United States prepared economic sanctions on Russia over the conflict. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Fighting intensifies where plane was downed in Ukraine
Ukrainian armed forces mounted a major onslaught against pro-Russian separatist fighters Sunday in an attempt to gain control over the area where a Malaysia Airlines plane was downed earlier this month. The U.S. State Department, meanwhile, released satellite images that it says back up its claims that rockets have been fired from Russia into...
US releases images to back up claim Russia gave rockets to separatists, shelled Ukraine
The U.S. stepped up pressure on Moscow on Sunday by releasing satellite images it says show that rockets have been fired from Russia into neighbouring eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The Globe and...
Experts Will Try to Reach MH17 Site Monday
After a failed attempt to reach the debris of MH17 on Sunday, international experts are preparing to get there Monday despite ongoing fighting in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The Wall Street...
Israel Says It’s Extending Gaza Truce for 24 Hours
(BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip) — Hamas resumed rocket fire Saturday on Israel after rejecting Israel’s offer to extend a humanitarian cease-fire, the latest setback in international efforts to negotiate an end to the Gaza war. MoreSecond American Diagnosed With Ebola in Liberia NBC NewsWhat Truce? More Than a Dozen Die in Renewed Mideast...
U.S. Releases Satellite Images To Back Up Claims Russia Fired Rockets Into Ukraine
DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Stepping up pressure on Moscow, the U.S. on Sunday released satellite images it says show that rockets have been fired from Russia into neighboring eastern Ukraine and that heavy artillery for separatists has crossed the border. The images, which came from the U.S. Director of National...
Israel Agrees to Extend Gaza War Truce by 4 Hours
(JERUSALEM) — An Israeli Cabinet minister says Israel has agreed to extend a 12-hour humanitarian truce in the Gaza war by four hours. MoreSecond American Diagnosed With Ebola in Liberia NBC NewsWhat Truce? More Than a Dozen Die in Renewed Mideast Fighting NBC NewsSatellite Images Show Russia Firing Into Ukraine: U.S. NBC NewsDog Passes Out...
