Section: CNS News (USA)
Russia’s parliament allows arrest of opposition lawmaker
MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian parliament has voted to sanction an arrest in absentia of the sole lawmaker who voted against the annexation of Crimea last year. …read more Source: CNS...
Ukraine expected to win UN Council seat _ and face Russia
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — There will be no surprises in Thursday’s elections for new members of the Security Council but there will almost certainly be some fireworks when Ukraine joins the U.N.’s most powerful body — where arch opponent Russia has a permanent seat. …read more Source: CNS...
Ukrainian soldier killed by rebel fire in eastern Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) — The Ukrainian defense ministry says one soldier was killed and two were injured on Tuesday in eastern Ukraine in violation of a month-long ceasefire between government and rebel forces. …read more Source: CNS...
Dutch to hold non-binding referendum on EU-Ukraine links
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch electoral commission says that an activist group has gathered enough signatures to force a non-binding referendum in the Netherlands on a European Union pact with Ukraine. …read more Source: CNS...
Russia appeals to UN aviation body to open new MH17 probe
MOSCOW (AP) — The chief of the Russian aviation agency says Russia has appealed to the International Civil Aviation Organization to open a new probe into last year’s downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: CNS...
Dutch probe: Buk missile downed Malaysian jet in Ukraine
GILZE-RIJEN AIR BASE, Netherlands (AP) — The missile shot skyward from war-ravaged eastern Ukraine. With deadly accuracy more than six miles up, it detonated just in front of the Malaysia Airlines jetliner, sending hundreds of jagged steel shards ripping through its aluminum skin at up to 5,600 mph and shearing the cockpit from the rest of the...
The Latest: Russian official: Dutch MH-17 report is ‘biased’
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The latest news on the report into the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in eastern Ukraine last year. All times local. …read more Source: CNS...
A glance at the report into the downing of flight MH17
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — After a painstaking 15-month investigation, the Dutch Safety Board has published its final report into what caused Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 to break up high over Eastern Ukraine last year, killing all 298 people on board. …read more Source: CNS...
The Latest: Malaysia: MH-17 perpetrators must face justice
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The latest news on the report into the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in eastern Ukraine last year. All times local. …read more Source: CNS...
Dutch Safety Board: Buk missile downed MH17 in Ukraine
GILZE-RIJEN AIR BASE, Netherlands (AP) — A missile launched from rebel-held Ukraine smashed into Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, ripping off the cockpit, Dutch investigators reported Tuesday, adding that some passengers may have remained conscious for another minute or so as the airflow tore off their clothes and objects spinning through the cabin...
