Section: US & Canada
Distraught Dutch mother: ‘Send my children home’
Two girls sign a condolence register at St. Vitus church in Hilversum, Netherlands, Sunday, July 20, 2014. An attack on a Malaysian jetliner shot down over Ukraine on Thursday killed 298 peopl… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Kerry Blasts Hamas, Pro-Russia Rebels in Ukraine
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is urging a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, and pinning blame for the escalating conflict on the Palestinian Islamist group. VOA’s Michael Bowman reports from Washington, Kerry also blamed Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine for Thursday’s downing of a Malaysia Airlines jet....
Kerry, European leaders push for new sanctions on Russia
Comments come as anger grows over the way the crash scene has been handled. …read more Source: USA...
Here’s Your Complete Preview Of This Week’s Big Economic Events
Markets got rocked on Thursday after we learned Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot out of the sky in Eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 souls aboard. However, markets bounced back sharply on Friday. Markets continue to be incredibly resilient despite these shocks that threaten to destabilize the geopolitical status quo. For now, investors seem...
Lindsey Graham Calls John Kerry ‘Delusional,’ Obama ‘King Of Indecision’
Sen. Lindsey Graham expressed his qualms with the Obama administration’s approach to foreign policy during a “Meet the Press” interview on Sunday, calling Secretary of State John Kerry’s foreign policy analysis “delusional.” Kerry appeared on NBC Sunday morning to discuss the state of foreign affairs amid the...
Obama Is Now Boxed In By The Iranian Nuclear Negotiations
Iran is playing the long game in negotiations over its nuclear program. And it may have already boxed in U.S. President Barack Obama, with help from an increasingly tumultuous state of world affairs. Iran and six world powers officially agreed on Friday to extend negotiations for at least another four months. Iran has agreed to dilute additional...
Malaysian Plane’s Black Box Retrieved
The data recorder was recovered from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The New York...
World War 3? US Outlines Case vs Russia on Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
WASHINGTON (AP) — Video of a rocket launcher, one surface-to-air missile missing, leaving the likely launch site. Imagery showing the firing. Calls claiming credit for the strike. Recordings said to reveal a cover-up at the crash site. “A buildup of extraordinary circumstantial evidence … it’s powerful here,” said...
Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17: Missile’s lack of radar may have led to ‘tragic mistake’
If Ukrainian rebels shot down the Malaysian jetliner, killing 298 people, it may have been because they didn’t have the right systems in place to distinguish between military and civilian aircraft, experts said Saturday. …read more Source:...
Why Ukraine crash scene may be of little value now
Wreckage site has lost any semblance of integrity under the control of pro-Russian separatists …read more Source:...
