Section: US & Canada
Garry Kasparov: The Price of Inaction in Ukraine
There are many questions still to be answered about what happened to Malaysian Air flight MH17 over Eastern Ukraine. I will limit myself to what is known to a reasonable doubt based on the evidence and statements that have been provided by numerous officials in the 36 hours since the tragedy. Nearly 300 innocent lives were lost when flight MH17...
US Confident Missile Came From Separatist Held Territory
The United States says it is confident the missile that took down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was launched from territory held by Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine. The task of determining exactly who pulled the trigger, however, now falls to investigators, who will face some challenges. The ominous pillar of black smoke, debris...
Ukraine Plays Outsized Role as Global Aviation Crossroad
Ukraine may be a minor aviation market for the world’s airlines, but its …read more Source: The Wall Street...
U.S. Building Case Tying Pro-Russian Separatists To Plane Crash In Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States began building a case Friday linking pro-Russian separatists to the shocking downing of a passenger jet in Ukraine. A somber President Barack Obama declared the deaths of those on board, including at least one American, an “outrage of unspeakable proportions.” Obama said the U.S. believes the...
Flight 17 Crash Probe Hindered by Rebels
Armed groups kept monitors from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe from gaining full access to the Malaysia Airlines crash site in Eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The Wall Street...
US Confident Missile Came From Separatist-Held Territory
The United States says it is confident the missile that took down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was launched from territory held by Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine. The task of determining exactly who pulled the trigger, however, now falls to investigators, who will face some challenges. VOA’s Jeff Seldin reports from the...
Obama stops short of blaming Russia for downed jet in Ukraine
President Obama on Friday condemned the missile attack that downed a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet over separatist-controlled eastern Ukraine as an “outrage of unspeakable proportions” but stopped short of blaming Russia directly for the tragedy. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Downing of Jet Exposes Defects of Flight Precautions Over Ukraine
Flight restrictions underestimated the risks to a startling degree, leaving Flight 17 exposed at 33,000 feet to missiles known to fly to more than twice that height. …read more Source: The New York...
Syracuse’s Ukrainian community reacts to tragedy
After a Malaysian Airlines plane was shot down Thursday, the Ukrainian community in Central New York is reacting to this tragedy. …read more Source: CNY...
US Calls On Putin to Withdraw Support of Ukrainian Separatists
The United States on Friday called for an independent international investigation into the downing of the Malaysian passenger plane over eastern Ukraine, and for an immediate ceasefire in the conflict. VOA’s Sharon Behn reports on Washington’s growing concern over the rapidly deteriorating security situation in the region. …read...
