Section: US & Canada
Ukraine’s pro-Russia rebels
The horrifying crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 has put the pro-Russia rebels operating in Ukraine’s eastern regions center stage — and raised all kinds of questions about who they are, what they want and who’s in charge. …read more Source:...
Kuala Lumpur Protesters Demand Justice For MH17 Victims
Protesters gathered in front of the Russian and Ukrainian embassies on July 22 in Kuala Lumpur, demanding justice for the victims of the Malaysian jetliner MH 17 shot down over eastern Ukraine. (Reuters) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Bodies of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 victims to return home
A train carried the bodies of 282 victims to Ukrainian government-controlled Kharkiv on the way to the Netherlands. Elizabeth Palmer reports from Amsterdam. …read more Source:...
Train With Remains Of MH17 Victims Arrives In Kharkiv
A train carrying the remains of many of the victims of a Malaysia Airlines plane downed over eastern Ukraine arrived on July 22 in Kharkiv. Authorities said the bodies will then be taken to the Netherlands to be identified. The train left the crash site on July 21 after the Malaysian government agreed with pro-Russian separatists for recovered...
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 black box handed over to Malaysian authorities with a price
Victims’ bodies have arrived in Ukrainian government territory, and the local pro-Russian rebels handed over the plane’s black box, but none of this has been a smooth or easy process. Mark Phillips reports from Grabovo, Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Ukraine to Call Up More Reservists
Ukraine’s parliament approved a presidential decree on Tuesday to call up more military reserves and men under 50 to fight rebels in eastern Ukraine and defend the border against a concentration of troops in Russia. Some 45 days after the latest call-up of additional reserves, which has now expired, Kyiv repeated the decree to...
Amid sanctions, France in warship sale to Russia
PARIS (AP) — French President Francois Hollande is defending plans to deliver a warship to Russia, despite calls for a European arms embargo against Moscow over the fighting in Ukraine. European Union foreign ministers are meeting Tuesday in Brussels, with some calling for tougher sanctions against Russia. …read more Source: San...
Ukrainian rebels release crash bodies, black boxes
HRABOVE, Ukraine — Bowing to international pressure yesterday, pro-Moscow separatists released a train packed with bodies and handed over the black boxes from the downed Malaysia Airlines plane, four days after it plunged into rebel-held eastern Ukraine.With body parts decaying in sweltering heat and signs that evidence at the crash site...
France sticks to warship sale to Russia despite calls for European arms embargo, sanctions
French President Francois Hollande is defending plans to deliver a warship to Russia, despite calls for a European arms embargo against Moscow over the fighting in Ukraine. …read more Source: FOX...
Train moving MH17 dead heads west
A train carrying the bodies of MH17 crash victims arrives in Kharkiv after rebels in eastern Ukraine surrender the plane’s black boxes to officials. …read more Source:...
