Section: US & Canada
Here Are All Of The Aircraft Shot Down By Putin-Backed Rebels In Eastern Ukraine
Pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine, supplied with an increasing amount of advanced weaponry by Russia, have downed more than ten aircraft over the past three months. Since May 2, pro-Russian separatists have been confirmed to have shot down 11 aircraft over eastern Ukraine. Since shooting down flight MH17 on July 17, the rebels have downed an...
Air Algerie Crash? French Foreign Ministry Says Missing Plane Has ‘Probably Crashed’
France’s foreign ministry said on Thursday that an Air Algerie plane that went missing over northern Mali has probably crashed. French military jets are searching the area for the wreckage. “Despite intensive search efforts no trace of the aircraft has yet been found,” French Foreign Minster Laurent Fabius told journalists in...
Official: Air Algerie flight ‘probably crashed’
Two French fighter jets are among aircraft scouring the rugged north of Mali for the plane, which was traveling from Burkina Faso’s capital, Ouagadougou, to Algiers, the Algerian capital. Before vanishing, the pilots sent a final message to ask Niger air control to change its route because of heavy rain in the area, Burkina Faso Transport...
Ukraine PM Quits as Stage is Set for Early Poll
Ukraine’s Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has announced he is resigning, amid the break-up of the country’s ruling coalition in parliament. Yatsenyuk made the announcement Thursday, hours after two major political parties in the ruling coalition pulled out. Usually mild-mannered and even-keeled, he expressed frustration over...
Rebel commander acknowledges fighters had missile
A pro-Russian rebel leader in eastern Ukraine says he believes separatists possessed BUK anti-aircraft missiles, thought by Washington to be the type used to shoot down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17. Video provided …read more Source: USA...
Anton Skiba, CNN Fixer Abducted By Pro-Russian Separatists After Reporting On MH17
A freelance journalist working for CNN was reportedly abducted by pro-Russian separatists in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on Tuesday and has been out of contact since. Anton Skiba, a native Ukrainian journalist was working with a CNN team as a “fixer,” or a local with knowledge of the region who works as a journalist,...
Letter: Don’t pin blame on Putin
Re: Canada and Russia can’t do business now, and Russia bears some responsibility for downing of Malaysian jet, July 21. Eric Morse and John Baird blame the situation in Ukraine entirely on Russian President Vladimir Putin. They ignore the events in Maidan Square where, supported by the losers of the previous election and western powers, a...
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk Resigns, Citing Government Turmoil
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk offered his resignation to Parliament on Thursday, citing the legislative body’s inability to pass laws, the Associated Press reported. The nationalist Svoboda party and the Udar party said it would form a coalition parliamentary government. Oleksandr Turchynov, the speaker of Parliament, said it...
Pentagon confirms 2 Ukrainian fighter jets shot down near Russia border
The Pentagon has confirmed two Ukrainian Sukhoi-25 fighter jets were shot down near the Russian border Wednesday. …read more Source: FOX...
Fears MH17 Crash Site ‘Abandoned’
There are renewed calls for tighter security at the site of the Malaysia Airlines plane crash in Ukraine, after some reports it had been left abandoned. …read more Source: The Boston...
