Section: US & Canada
Obama: Putin Must Compel Rebels To Cooperate With Crash Probe
U.S. President Barack Obama said Russian President Vladimir Putin has a “direct responsibility” to compel pro-Moscow separatists to stop hampering the probe at the site of a downed passenger jet in eastern Ukraine. Speaking on July 21 from the South Lawn of the White House, Obama called on Russia to insist that the separatists grant...
Obama Accuses Separatists of Removing Evidence From MH17 Site
MoreLive: Malaysian PM Speaks on MH17Malaysians Want the Bodies of Their MH17 Dead Back Before the Ramadan Fast Ends‘Unreal’ Scenes From MH17 Crash SitePresident Barack Obama sharply condemned Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine for keeping international investigators away from the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crash site,...
Obama accuses Ukraine rebels of moving crash evidence: ‘What exactly are they trying to hide?’
The U.S. president says the burden is on Russia and President Vladimir Putin to compel the separatists to co-operate with the investigation. …read more Source: Toronto...
Obama To Speak On Ukraine Plane Crash
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will speak about the downed plane in Ukraine from the White House Monday morning. U.S. officials have been seeking to build a case that the plane was shot down by pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine. Officials also say it is unlikely the separatists could have fired a missile without...
Here Comes Obama’s Statement On Ukraine…
President Barack Obama will deliver a statement on the situation in Ukraine at 10:50 a.m. ET Monday morning, the White House said. His statement will come from the South Lawn of the White House, four days after Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down near the Ukrainian border. The U.S. and Europe have pointed the finger of blame at pro-Russian...
Ukraine at potential turning point after crash
The crash of the Malaysian airliner in rebel-held eastern Ukraine is being viewed as a potential turning-point in the conflict — either, the international revulsion over the death of all 298 people on board will force the warring parties to seek an end to the violence, or the disaster will stoke the fighting as the recriminations escalate....
MH17: Ottawa blames Putin for downed Malaysian airliner
Canada says it’s broadening the sanctions it’s imposing on Russia in wake of the attack on a civilian Malaysian airliner over Ukraine …read more Source: The Globe and...
Reporters Detained At Gunpoint While Investigating Malaysian Plane Crash
Several reporters were recently detained by pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine while investigating the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. The Guardian reported Monday that Paul Hansen and Jan Lewenhagen — Swedish journalists working for Dagens Nyheter — were at the morgue in Donetsk when they were detained and held in another...
Obama to speak about downed Ukraine plane
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will speak about the downed plane in Ukraine from the White House Monday morning. U.S. officials have been seeking to build a case that the plane was shot down by pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine. Officials also say it is unlikely the separatists could have fired a missile without...
Russia Presents Its Account of MH17 Crash
Russia’s Defense Ministry said a second aircraft was in the vicinity of the doomed airliner, and that Ukraine had missile systems in the area. …read more Source: The Wall Street...
