Section: US & Canada
German vice chancellor: EU should target Russian oligarchs as it raises pressure over Ukraine
Germany’s vice chancellor says Europe should take aim at rich businesspeople who support Russia’s government as it increases pressure on Moscow over its actions in Ukraine. …read more Source: FOX...
CNN Freelancer Detained In Ukraine Is Now Free
The CNN freelance journalist who was detained in eastern Ukraine is now free, the network confirmed on Saturday. Pro-Russian separatists took Anton Skiba from his hotel in Donetsk on Tuesday, after accusing him of “terrorism.” He had been working with CNN to cover the Malaysia Airlines plane crash. CNN reported that Skiba called the...
Russian Rebels Involved In Shooting Down MH17 Were From As Far Away As Possible
Yuras Karmanau and Peter Leonard of the Associated Press have published a detailed report describing what happened in eastern Ukraine on the day pro-Russian rebels shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, killing all 298 people on board. One reported detail stands out above all. AP journalists saw the Buk surface-to-air missile system being taken...
Fighting intensifies near MH17 crash site
A team of international police officers that had planned to start searching for evidence and the remaining bodies at the site of the Malaysian plane disaster in eastern Ukraine cancelled their trip Sunday after receiving reports of fighting in the area. …read more Source: CTV...
Fighting intensifies near MH17 crash site
DONETSK, 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.Reports of the intensifying unrest prompted a postponement of a trip to the site by a team of Dutch and Australian police...
Police visit to MH17 disaster site cancelled over reports of fighting
Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 was shot down with a surface-to-air missile over a part of eastern Ukraine controlled by pro-Russian separatists on July 17. …read more Source: Toronto...
Britain’s Deputy PM: Russia Should Lose World Cup 2018 Bid for ‘Belligerent Behavior’
LONDON—Britain’s Deputy Prime Minister wants Russia stripped of the right to host the 2018 World Cup to punish President Vladimir Putin for “belligerent behavior” in the Ukraine crisis. While calling for tougher sanctions against Russia, Nick Clegg told The Sunday Times newspaper that it is “unthinkable” for...
UK Deputy PM wants Russia stripped of World Cup
Britain’s Deputy Prime Minister wants Russia stripped of the right to host the 2018 World Cup to punish President Vladimir Putin for “belligerent behavior” in the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: Miami...
Absent International Investigators, Western Journalists Build Case That Separatists Shot Down MH17
With Moscow criticizing U.S. intelligence assessments and international investigators largely unable to reach the disaster site, Western journalists have so far provided the closest thing to an investigation of the Malaysia Airlines disaster. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Police search of MH17 crash site cancelled
A team of international police officers that had planned to start searching for evidence and the remaining bodies at the site of the Malaysian plane disaster in eastern Ukraine cancelled their trip Sunday after receiving reports of fighting in the area. …read more Source: CTV...
