Section: US & Canada
EU’s united front on Russia falling amid gas needs
VIENNA (AP) — A clutch of countries is breaking ranks with the EU’s efforts to put economic and diplomatic pressure on Russia over Ukraine and building a pipeline meant to carry huge amounts of Russian gas to their doorstep…. …read more Source: Associated...
Kyrgyz Probing Passport Given To Reputed Georgian Crime Boss
Kyrgyzstan has launched an investigation into the illegal issuance of a Kyrgyz national passport to a reputed Georgian crime kingpin. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine says eastern rebels must lay down arms as condition for talks
Ukraine’s defense minister says the government will only restart cease-fire negotiations with pro-Russian insurgents in the country’s east once the rebels lay down their weapons. …read more Source: FOX...
Iraq, Syria, and Today’s Other Killfests: The Great War as the Tragic Gift that Keeps on Giving
The conflict in Iraq started a century ago. One hundred years ago on June 28, to be exact. So did the civil war in Syria. Along with Russia’s dismemberment of Ukraine. The bloody collapse of Yugoslavia. The disastrous Soviet experiment. And the enduring fight between Israelis and Palestinians. All of these conflicts, and much more, grew out...
Ukraine Rebels Are Retreating for Last Stand
Separatist rebels retreated Monday from positions throughout eastern Ukraine and began building barricades in Donetsk and Luhansk in anticipation of a final stand against advancing government troops. …read more Source: The New York...
Aid Elusive, Crimea Farms Face Hurdles
The political crisis in Crimea has disrupted multiple aspects of farming there, with help pledged from Russia after the annexation being spotty at best. …read more Source: The New York...
French, US leaders press for Ukraine cease-fire
PARIS (AP) — French President Francois Hollande and U.S. President Barack Obama are pressing for a meeting “as quickly as possible” to negotiate a bilateral cease-fire in Ukraine, Hollande’s office said Monday…. …read more Source: Associated...
Retreating Ukraine Rebels Dig In at Donetsk
Pro-Russian separatists retreating ahead of a Ukrainian military offensive in eastern Ukraine dug in Monday in the city of Donetsk, building barricades and erecting checkpoints along main roads. As Ukrainian forces pushed south from Slovyansk toward Donetsk, three bridges linking the two cities were destroyed in explosions. It was not clear...
Obama, Hollande Talk Ukraine With Putin, Bridges Destroyed
The presidents of France and the United States have urged their Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to pressure pro-Moscow rebels in eastern Ukraine to hold talks with Kyiv. The French presidency said in a statement that Francois Hollande and Barack Obama talked on the phone with Putin for 45 minutes. It said they “called on President Putin...
Russian, EU Energy Officials to Meet for More Gas Talks
Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak plans to meet European Union Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger late next week for gas supply talks, Russia’s Energy Ministry said in a statement on Monday. The planned talks would follow weeks of debate to try to solve a row over how much Russia charges Ukraine for its gas, which has led Russian...
