Section: US & Canada
Probe at a crawl week after Flight 17 crash
Full team of investigators kept at bay as Ukraine says 2 fighter jets shot down near crash site, and more remains flown to Netherlands …read more Source:...
Slim Chance for Justice in Malaysia Air MH17 Downing
GENEVA—Anyone hoping to bring to justice whoever downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 must face sobering facts. The wreckage scene is compromised, key evidence may have disappeared altogether and political complexities could block an international court from hearing the case. If Russian nationals were involved in the disaster that claimed 298...
More bodies of Flight 17 victims sent to Netherlands as efforts to secure wreckage stepped up
KHARKIV, Ukraine — A Dutch military aircraft carrying remains of victims from the Malaysian plane disaster departed for the Netherlands Thursday and a second prepared to go, while Australia’s government dispatched 50 police officers to London to prepare to join a proposed UN team to secure the scattered wreckage. All 298 people aboard...
Two Ukraine parties quit parliament coalition to trigger election
One party leader said current situation protects ‘Moscow agents’ …read more Source: The Globe and...
Western Threats Mean Little to Putin
Russia appears to be threatened from all sides because of its behavior in the Ukraine conflict. The threats, however, are not real to President Vladimir Putin or to the rebels in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Australia Offers 50 Police Officers to Secure Flight 17 Crash Site
Australia, dozens of whose citizens were aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, has sent 50 police officers to Europe in hopes that they will be allowed to help secure the crash site in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The New York...
Ukrainian government moves to ban Communist Party
A court in Kiev is holding a hearing on the government’s request to ban the Communist Party of Ukraine. …read more Source: Miami...
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...
German Officials Say The EU Will Hit Putin With Biting Sanctions
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The German government believes the European Union could move to sanctions on sectors of the Russian economy by the end of July unless Russia acts quickly to defuse the crisis in eastern Ukraine, an EU source said on Thursday. German officials in Brussels have also briefed that Berlin favors a time limit on how long new...
Plane with more crash victims leaves Ukraine
In this framegrab made from a video provided by press service of the rebel Donetsk People’s Republic and icorpus.ru, pro-Russians collect parts of the burning debris of a Ukrainian military fi… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
