Section: US & Canada
Rebels to allow ‘safe access’ to MH17 crash site: Malaysian PM
Malaysia’s prime minister says he has reached a deal to allow “safe access” to the MH17 crash site in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: CTV...
EU at Crossroads on Russia Sanctions
The piles of flowers grow outside Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport – the departure location of the doomed Malaysian jet carrying 298 passengers, 193 of them Dutch. The plane reportedly downed by a missile fired by pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine now lies at the heart of the crisis. As the fighting rages on, so does international...
Dutch: Plane crash site needs full forensic sweep
HRABOVE, Ukraine (AP) — Dutch experts are calling for a full forensic sweep of the site where Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 went down. Members of the Dutch National Forensic Investigations Team toured farm fields Monday near the eastern Ukrainian village of Hrabove, where they observed some of the victims’ remains … …read...
Obama: Putin must force separatist cooperation with probe of Malaysian flight crash
President Obama demanded Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin force separatists in Ukraine to cooperate with international investigators trying to gain access to the crash site of the downed Malaysian Airlines flight and to recover the bodies of the 298 victims. “What are they trying to hide?” Mr. Obama asked …...
Train carrying MH17 crash victims leaves rebel-held town
A refrigerated train bearing the bodies of many of the 298 people killed in the Malaysia Airlines plane disaster has pulled away from a rebel-held town in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: CTV...
How the Israel-Palestine Peace Process Collapsed
In the New Republic, Ben Birnbaum and Amir Tibon offer an astonishing work of reporting, narrating the demise of John Kerry’s last-ditch attempt to broker a final agreement between Israel and Mahmoud Abbas’ Palestinian Authority. Rich in detail and elegantly written, it is very worth your time. But let’s face it, it’s a...
Canada to level more sanctions against Russia in wake of MH17 crash
Canada is ready to level more sanctions against Russia in the wake of the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 in Eastern Ukraine, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird says. …read more Source:...
MH17 Bodies: Treatment of Bodies From Malaysia Airlines Flight Angers Dutch
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — It is no longer only grief and mourning sweeping across the Netherlands in the aftermath of the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. It is now anger. The Dutch have widely condemned the way the bodies of loved ones have been treated in Ukraine and the fact they have not yet been returned home, four days...
Obama Urges Full, Unimpeded Ukraine Probe
U.S. President Barack Obama says Russia must do its part to pressure pro-Russian separatists to allow international access to the downed Malaysian airliner in Ukraine. In remarks at the White House Monday, Obama said the truth must come out and international teams must be allowed access to the crash site, which has been blocked by separatists....
Pressure Grows on Putin as Dutch Reach Crash Victims
Dutch forensics experts finally gained access to the remains of the victims from the downed Malaysia Airlines jet in Ukraine after days of standoffs over access to the site and growing pressure on Russia to clear the way for a full international investigation. …read more Source: The Boston...
