Section: US & Canada
As Dutch Mourn; Ukraine Calls for Sanctions
Mourning in the Netherlands as the bodies of the first victims from the Malaysian crash come home. Flags fly at half staff in memory of the 298 people killed when flight MH17 crashed in an area of eastern Ukraine held by Russian-backed separatists. Against the backdrop of grief and loss, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk is calling for...
Putin’s Tipping Point? Remembering What Happened When the Soviets Shot Down a Plane
FROM PROJECT SYNDICATE When incompetence in the Kremlin turns murderous, its incumbents can begin to tremble. As news of the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine trickled into Russia, people with a long memory recalled the Soviet Union’s attack, 31 years ago this September, on Korean Air Lines Flight 007, and its political...
Britain approves export of arms to Russia, despite sanctions call
Britain is still authorizing the export of arms and military equipment to Russia despite the government’s call for tough sanctions over Moscow’s arming of separatist rebels in Ukraine, a group of lawmakers said in a report Wednesday. …read more Source: FOX...
Ukrainian Pilots Missing After 2 Jets Shot Down in East
Pro-Russia separatist rebels shot down two Ukrainian military planes over eastern Ukraine Wednesday, a spokesperson for Ukraine’s National Defense and Security Council told TIME. Both pilots ejected from their aircraft but remain missing. An aide to separatist leader Alexander Borodai, told CNN that the two jets had been shot down by rebel...
Malaysia Airlines Ukraine Crash: ‘No Evidence’ Black Boxes Tampered With
A team of investigators led by the Dutch Safety Board said in a report Wednesday there’s “no evidence” that Malaysia Airlines Flight 17′s cockpit voice recorders had been manipulated after the crash. The Dutch Safety Board requested that the Air Accident Investigation Branch of the United Kingdom (AAIB) analyze Flight...
Dutch Investigators: MH17 Black Box Damaged but Voice Recorder Still Works
EINDHOVEN, Netherlands—Dutch investigators say that the voice recorder from the Malaysia Airlines plane shot down over Ukraine was damaged but not manipulated, and its data is still intact. Dutch investigators handed two so-called black box flight recorders to a lab in southern England on Wednesday. The Dutch Safety Board says in a...
War Crime Question Hovers Over Malaysian Airliner Tragedy
Countries seeking to prosecute those responsible for downing a Malaysian airliner over eastern Ukraine last week face a complex legal question: Is the tragedy a war crime? …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
FAA Grounded Your Israel Flight? Russia Will Fly You There
Need to fly to Tel Aviv from the U.S.? While domestic carriers such as American, Delta and United continue to temporarily suspend air service to Ben Gurion airport due to rocket fire, there’s at least one European carrier that can get you there: Aeroflot. Russia’s flagship airline is running daily flights from JFK to Tel Aviv via...
Column: Ukraine Crisis Could Impact US Elections
Reaction in the United States to the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over rebel-held areas of Ukraine continues to be harshly critical of Russia and the separatist rebels they back in eastern Ukraine. The intense focus of international outrage over the incident and the challenge facing the administration of President Barack Obama suggests...
Efforts Underway to Free Nigerian Students Kidnapped in Ukraine
A Ukrainian official says negotiations are underway to free nine Nigerian students taken captive by separatists in the eastern city of Luhansk. Colonel Andriy Lysenko, a spokesman for Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, told a news conference Wednesday that people with experience conducting negotiations were making contact with...
