Section: US & Canada
Hamas Agrees to 24-Hour Holiday Truce in Gaza War
MoreIsrael Says It’s Extending Gaza Truce for 24 HoursPHOTOS: Israel’s Ground Offensive in GazaGAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Hamas on Sunday agreed to observe a 24-hour humanitarian truce after initially rejecting such an offer by Israel, as fighting resumed and the two sides wrangled over the terms of a lull the international...
MH17 Crash Investigators Hampered by Fighting in Ukraine
A team of international crash investigators and police officers was forced to cancel a visit to the site of the downed Malaysia Airlines plane Sunday in eastern Ukraine. Heavy fighting has been reported between government forces and rebels close to the area where Flight MH17 came down ten days ago. The team of international police officers from...
Arms Embargo Wouldn’t Hurt Russia, Says Study
LONDON—An arms embargo against Russia would be little more than symbolic because Russia is largely self-sufficient in supplying its armed forces, a report argued Sunday. European Union countries exported $583 million of military equipment to Russia last year, less than 1 percent of the nation’s $68 billion defense budget, according to...
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...
World War 3 Imminent? Russia Fires Rockets into Ukraine, US Says
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 Intelligence and could not be...
Russia criticizes EU sanctions, raps US over role
Russia reacted angrily on Saturday to additional sanctions imposed by the European Union over Moscow’s role in the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source:...
U.S. Says Satellite Images Show Shelling Of Ukraine Troops From Russian Territory
The U.S. State Department on July 27 issued satellite images that it says clearly indicate artillery strikes on Ukrainian military positions in eastern Ukraine were fired from across the border in Russian territory. The dates on the image are as recent as July 25-26. The captions accompanying these photos are text issued by the U.S. Directory of...
