Section: US & Canada
Israel Launches a Ground Invasion of Gaza—and No One Knows How It Will End
MoreMarkets React to Malaysian Jet Crash and Gaza InvasionIsrael Begins Gaza Ground OffensiveWhy the Israel-Gaza Cease-Fire FailedIsraeli tanks rolled into the Gaza Strip Thursday, marking the start of a ground offensive in the Palestinian territory. After ten days of aerial bombardment and frequent threats of ground invasion, troops moved on the...
AP Interview: Ukraine blames Russia for plane crash, says separatists reacted like ‘animals’
Ukraine’s U.N. …read more Source: FOX...
Intercepted Audio of Ukraine Separatists
Ukraine released what it said is audio from intercepted phone calls between separatist rebels and Russian officers. In one call, a rebel is heard saying, “We have just shot down a plane.” …read more Source: The New York...
Putin Says Ukraine ‘Bears Responsibility’ for Jet Crash
Putin said the crash would not have happened if there was peace in Ukraine, and “the state over whose territory this took place bears responsibility.” …read more Source:...
Local Ukraine activist not surprised by Malaysia jet tragedy
AUSTIN (KXAN) – As investigators try to piece together what happened, people here in Austin are still trying to make sense of the tragedy. A local Ukranian activist has been closely following the crisis between Ukraine and Russia, and says she’s not surprised something like this happened. Chris Wynnyk Wilson has had many sleepless...
Incredible Map Shows Airplanes Getting The Heck Out Of Ukranian Airspace
On a normal travel day, the airspace over Ukraine is some of the most congested in the world. It serves as a major cross roads for flights connecting major hubs in Europe with megacities in Asia. However, after Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was reportedly shot down earlier today, most of the world’s major airlines have ordered their planes...
Fisher: Moscow has a lot of explaining to do in wake of plane crash
Moscow has a lot of explaining to do about Thursday’s crash of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 civilian airliner near the Russian-Ukrainian border. Ukraine has called what happened to Flight 17 early in its journey from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur “a terrorist attack.” Mass murder is another term that accurately describes the...
How Do We Respond to This Really Horrible Day?
What a horrible day. Israel has begun a ground offensive in Gaza, the White House is on lockdown, and a plane has been shot down in Ukraine. Today’s news piles on an already shaking landscape of ISIS in Iraq, immigrant children suffering on the U.S. border, and still missing Nigerian girls. My Twitter feed has been raging with information...
Ukraine: Pro-Russia rebels downed Malaysian plane
HRABOVE, Ukraine — Ukraine accused pro-Russian separatists of shooting down a Malaysian jetliner with 298 people aboard Thursday, sharply escalating the crisis and threatening to draw both East and West deeper into the conflict. The rebels denied downing the aircraft.American intelligence authorities believe a surface-to-air missile brought...
Hillary Clinton on Malaysia Airlines : ‘Should be outrage in European capitals’ if Russia shot down plane over Ukraine
If Russian separatists shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in Ukraine, it’s up to European countries to get tough on Russian President Vladimir Putin, Hillary Clinton said hours after the tragedy. …read more Source: New York Daily...
