Section: CNS News (USA)
Austria turns back US troops over arms in luggage
VIENNA (AP) — Austrian officials say legal authorities recently turned back nine U.S. soldiers en route to Ukraine from Washington after finding weapons in their luggage without the proper permits to transport them through Austria. …read more Source: CNS...
US fine-tunes sanctions on Russia over Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is moving to update and fine-tune sanctions on Russia, pro-Russian companies and people over the conflict in Ukraine. …read more Source: CNS...
Australian FM Slams Russia Over Shoot-Down of Civilian Plane: Your Veto ‘Compounds the Atrocity’
Australia’s foreign minister could barely hide her contempt for the Putin regime Wednesday as she rebuked Russia for vetoing a U.N. Security Council resolution that would have established a criminal tribunal into the shooting down of a civilian aircraft over Ukraine. …read more Source: CNS...
Australian FM Slams Russia over MH17 Tribunal Vote: Your Veto ‘Compounds the Atrocity’
Barely concealing her disgust, Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said Wednesday Russia’s veto of a U.N. Security Council resolution to establish a criminal tribunal into the shooting down of a civilian aircraft over Ukraine “only compounds the atrocity.” …read more Source: CNS...
Russia vetoes Security Council proposal on MH17 tribunal
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia on Wednesday vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution that would set up an international criminal court to prosecute those responsible for shooting down a Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine a year ago. …read more Source: CNS...
Unique Ukrainian folk art on view at NYC museum
NEW YORK (AP) — An exhibition of Ukrainian folk art inspired by an ancient ornamental painting tradition of home exteriors and interiors in central Ukraine is on view in New York City. …read more Source: CNS...
Russia declares US foundation ‘undesirable’ under new law
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian prosecutors on Tuesday moved to outlaw a prominent U.S. foundation, for the first time taking advantage of a new law designed to shut foreign groups deemed hostile to national interests amid a showdown with the West over Ukraine. …read more Source: CNS...
Reports: Ukraine bans Depardieu for 5 years
MOSCOW (AP) — Local news reports say Ukraine has banned actor Gerard Depardieu from entering the country for five years. …read more Source: CNS...
Scholars drawn to conflict zones stoke college safety debate
BOSTON (AP) — Some U.S. colleges with overseas-study programs won’t touch Ukraine. Tufts University, on the other hand, is drawn to the turmoil in the former Soviet republic, which the U.S. State Department deemed dangerous for travel. …read more Source: CNS...
Ukraine claims Russian officer detained
MOSCOW (AP) — Ukraine’s border guards service says it has detained a Russian officer who was driving a truck packed with weapons including rocket-propelled grenades. …read more Source: CNS...
