Section: US & Canada
Russia Will Comply With MH17 Probe Led by Dutch
Russia’s ambassador to Malaysia told Reuters Wednesday that the country will cooperate with an investigation into the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 that will be led by the Dutch. Under the rules of the United Nations’ civil aviation body, the ICAO, the country where the crash occurred typically heads up the probe. But Russia...
Congress Is Almost as Dysfunctional as Ever
The foreign policy crises ongoing in Israel and Ukraine have rightfully dominated the news over the past week. But back in the United States, Congress is hurriedly trying to pass three pieces of legislation before the August recess—two to combat domestic crises and one to prevent one from happenin …read more Source: The New...
In The Latest Issue
In Russia, Crime Without Punishment Vladimir Putin backs the rebels suspected of shooting down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. Why each new crisis makes him stronger From Gaza to Ukraine, the Effects of World War I Persist We still live in the long shadow of a war that began a century ago In Gaza, a Just but Bloody War Hamas provoked this round, and...
MH17: EU talks tougher sanctions for Russia to target banks
Ukraine’s Security Council said on Wednesday preliminary information indicated that missiles which brought down two government fighter jets over eastern Ukraine were fired from Russia …read more Source: The Globe and...
Ukrainian government tries to ban Communists, accuses them of supporting rebels
A court in Kiev is holding a hearing on the government’s request to ban the Communist Party of Ukraine. …read more Source: FOX...
Ukrainian Parties Quit Parliament Coalition, Trigger Election
Two Ukrainian parties have quit the majority coalition in parliament to allow President Petro Poroshenko to start the procedure for new parliamentary elections. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Eurozone Growth Rebounds in July
A private-sector survey showed that business activity rose, but that worries about the Ukraine crisis have begun to cloud the outlook. …read more Source: The New York...
Long odds for justice in Malaysia jet disaster
Ukrainian honor guards lift up a coffin, holding the body of one of the Malaysian Airlines plane passengers, to load it onto a Dutch cargo plane in Kharkiv airport, Ukraine, Wednesday, July 23… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
What This Photograph Might Tell Investigators About What Really Happened to MH17
Much has been made of the possibility that the loss of Malaysia Airlines flight 17 was the work of an anti-aircraft missile. Even without confirmation or corroboration, investigators will have a wealth of evidence from the crash site and images from the scene to piece together the aeroplane’s last moments. For the moment, there must remain...
In Russia, Crime Without Punishment
The scene was almost too horrible to take in, and yet in a world of bristling threats no scene has been more revealing: under the baking July sun of eastern Ukraine, hundreds of bodies lay rotting as pro-Russian militiamen, some of them apparently drunk, brandished their weapons to keep European observers away. A Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777...
