Section: US & Canada
Dutch, Australian Inspectors Abandon Plans To Visit Crash Site Amid Fighting
Fighting between Ukrainian troops and separatists has caused a team of international inspectors to give up plans to visit the crash site of MH17 for the day, just hours after Malaysia announced an agreement with Ukrainian rebels to allow access. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Malaysia to send police to MH17 crash site
Malaysia said Sunday that it would send dozens of police to the Malaysian airliner’s crash site in eastern Ukraine after pro-Russia separatists agreed to allow international police personnel to provide protection for investigators. …read more Source: CTV...
International Police Postpone MH17 Crash Site Visit
Police monitors from Australia and the Netherlands postponed plans Sunday to visit the Malaysian airliner crash site in eastern Ukraine, citing security concerns as fighting continues in the area. All 298 people on the Boeing 777 were killed when the plane was shot down ten days ago en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. It fell in a rebel-held...
Police visit to MH17 disaster site cancelled over reports of fighting
A team of international police officers that had been due to visit the site of the Malaysian plane disaster in eastern Ukraine cancelled the trip Sunday after receiving reports of fighting in the area. …read more Source:...
Police visit to MH17 crash site canceled over security concerns
A team of international police officers that had been due to visit the site of the Malaysian plane disaster in eastern Ukraine canceled the trip Sunday after receiving reports of fighting in the area. …read more Source: FOX...
Flight 17 crash site remains unsecured due to fighting
10 days after Malaysia plane shot down over Ukraine, international police team kept back from securing human remains and debris; evidence of missile blast grows …read more Source:...
Evolving Ukraine Crisis Tests Obama Foreign Policy
Just hours after reports that Malaysian Airlines flight 17 had been shot down over eastern Ukraine, the stark reality that 298 civilians from nearly a dozen nations had just become the latest victims in a Russian-backed separatist movement came as somewhat of a jolt. All were dead. Locals reported bodies falling from the sky into a field dotted...
Pope Francis marks the anniversary of World War I
Pontiff urges people to “not repeat the mistakes of the past” and calls out specifically Israelis, Palestinians and Ukrainians …read more Source:...
Ukraine Fighting Stalls Deployment of Dutch Police to Plane Crash Site
Heavy fighting in a rebel-held part of eastern Ukraine threatened hopes of a breakthrough after the Malaysian prime minister struck a deal with the rebels. …read more Source: The New York...
Europe is Highly Dependent on Russian Gas (Infographic)
The United States is increasing pressure on European leaders to impose further sanctions on Russia in the wake of the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17. Russia accounts for 30 percent of all EU gas and it could retaliate by restricting supplies. Europe is highly dependent on Russian gas but interestingly, it will be braced for any possible...
