Section: US & Canada
Ukraine crisis: 11 killed in airstrike on apartment block in separatist area
An airstrike demolished an apartment block in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday, killing at least 11 civilians, regional officials said. The attack adds to the steadily growing number of civilians killed over four months in a dogged pro-Russian insurgency. …read more Source:...
Secret Tapes in Polish ‘Waitergate’ Scandal Could Cost Warsaw’s Government a Key European Commission Post
It has all the makings of a Cold War spy thriller. Shady deals over caviar and vodka in an East European restaurant, a waiters’ plot, a foreign minister dismissing the country’s alliance with one of its most important allies—all to the sound of clinking glasses in expensive restaurants. The scandal surrounding the publication of...
Ukraine Suggests Russia May Have Had a Role in Deadly Air Strike
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine made fresh charges of Russian involvement in its conflict with separatist rebels, suggesting Moscow may have had a role in an air strike on Tuesday that killed at least four people. The accusations come a day before European Union leaders meet to discuss the crisis, where they might consider adopting fresh sanctions...
Airstrike demolishes apartment block in Snizhne, Ukraine
An airstrike demolished an apartment block in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday, killing at least nine civilians, rescue workers said. The attack adds to the steadily growing number of civilians killed over four months in a dogged pro-Russian insurgency. …read more Source: CTV...
Ukraine airstrike kills at least 9 civilians, rescue workers say
An airstrike demolished an apartment block in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday, killing at least nine civilians, rescue workers said. The attack adds to the steadily growing number of civilians killed over four months in a dogged pro-Russian insurgency. …read more Source: FOX...
Soldiers killed in Ukraine, Kiev points at Moscow over air strike
At least six Ukrainian soldiers were killed in renewed attacks on government military posts and checkpoints by pro-Moscow separatists near the border with Russia, the Ukrainian military said on Tuesday. …read more Source: The Toronto...
Ukraine crisis: 9 killed in airstrike on apartment block in separatist area
Rescue workers say an airstrike has demolished an apartment block in eastern Ukraine, killing at least nine civilians. …read more Source:...
Ukraine orphans become pawns in civil conflict
As fighting between insurgent and government troops closes in on the Ukrainian city of Donetsk, the 130 or so children living at Donetsk Orphanage No. 1 find themselves in the middle of a tug of war. …read more Source: CTV...
Ukraine orphans become pawns in civil conflict
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Tamara Popova and her fellow orphans are adamant: They don’t want to go to Russia. The separatist gunmen running this eastern Ukrainian city aren’t asking. They’re givi… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Russia Demands United States Releases Accused Hacker Roman Seleznev Immediately
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday it had issued an official protest to the United States demanding immediate release of a Russian citizen detained last week on hacking charges. Moscow accused Washington of kidnapping Roman Seleznev who was detained at an airport in the Maldives and accused of hacking into U.S....
