Section: US & Canada
Kyiv Claims 150 Separatists Killed Near Mykolayivka
A spokesman for the Ukrainian army’s operation in eastern Ukraine says government forces killed 150 militants near the town of Mykolayivka, outside of Slovyansk in Donetsk region. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine: 17 villages cleared of separatists, govt forces control most of 2 eastern regions
A top Ukrainian security official says government troops have cleared more than a dozen towns of armed pro-Russia separatists and now control two-thirds of the eastern regions at the center of the insurgency. …read more Source: FOX...
Putin Calls for Better US-Russia Relations
Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for better relations between Russia and the United States in a congratulatory message to President Barack Obama on the U.S. Independence Day holiday. Putin expressed hope in his message Friday that the currently strained relations between the two nations will develop on a “pragmatic and equal...
Angry Crowd Attacks Governor Of Ukrainian Town
An angry crowd physically attacked the governor of the Ukrainian town of Khmelnytsky at the regional administration building on July 2. In a video made public on July 4, residents are seen striking Governor Leonid Prus and shouting “Resign!” and “Disgrace!” before chasing him out of the building. It was not immediately...
Biden Speaks With Ukraine’s Poroshenko
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has spoken with Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Kyiv, Separatists Fret at Gun Law in Ukraine’s Rebel Regions
Firearms stores in the separatist-held city of Donetsk in east Ukraine stand empty, the guns that once lined the shelves now sold out or stolen at gunpoint. “In a time of war, everyone wants a weapon. There are just none left to sell or even give away,” said manager Alexander Lutsevich in the wood-paneled office of his downtown store....
Ukraine’s Minister Of Facebook
One popular source of information on the ongoing conflict in Ukraine is Interior Minister Arsen Avakov’s Facebook page. But don’t let your kids read it. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Obama Gets Mixed Ratings For His Record On Iraq
Looking at the chaos in Iraq, Americans are still more likely to point the finger at George W. Bush, according to a Quinnipiac survey released Thursday. But they’re growing increasingly unhappy with President Barack Obama’s foreign policy record, too. The 2003 decision to go to war in Iraq is, in retrospect, quite unpopular, with a...
To Die For
Nathan Hale spied on the British in 1776 and was hanged because of it. Before he mounted the scaffold, he reportedly uttered the famous phrase, “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.” His country, the 13 former British colonies that formed a tenuously United States, had been conjured into existence only a few...
Ukraine military shakeup aimed at reducing corruption
Ukraine’s president shook up the leadership of his poorly performing military on Thursday, appointing a new defence minister and top general tasked with stamping out the corruption that has left the country’s armed forces faltering before a pro-Russian insurgency. …read more Source: CTV...
