Section: CNS News (USA)
Ukraine’s rebels mete out rough justice in authority vacuum
By MSTYSLAV CHERNOV read more …read more Source: CNS...
GOP defense budget challenges Obama on Ukraine, Guantanamo
By DEB RIECHMANN WASHINGTON (AP) — The GOP chairman of the House Armed Service Committee on Monday recommended a $604 billion defense budget for 2016 that challenges the White House because it includes lethal weapons for Ukraine, makes it harder for the president to empty the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay and restores funding for the A-10...
Ukraine leader sees country ready for EU entrance in 5 years
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president says his country will be able meet conditions to apply for European Union membership within five years. Speaking at an EU-Ukraine summit in Kiev, Petro Poroshenko said Ukraine deserves to be an integral part of the EU and that membership is a key goal for his government.read more …read more...
Klitschko outpoints Jennings to defend heavyweight titles
By BARRY WILNER read more …read more Source: CNS...
Despite tensions, US, Russia vow cooperation in the Arctic
By BRADLEY KLAPPER IQALUIT, Canada (AP) — The U.S., Russia and other Arctic nations say they’re looking past Ukraine’s civil war and other tensions to prevent oil spills near the North Pole and combat climate change in a place warming faster than the rest of the world.read more …read more Source: CNS...
Leading Ukraine politician says billionaire inciting unrest
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A leading politician in Ukraine has accused the country’s richest man of inciting public unrest to ensure the government steers clear of reforms that would hurt his businesses.read more …read more Source: CNS...
Kazakhstan votes for continuity while keeping eye on Ukraine
By PAVEL MIKHEYEV and PETER LEONARD read more …read more Source: CNS...
Russia claims US troops in eastern Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Defense Ministry says U.S. military instructors are training Ukrainian national guardsmen in urban fighting techniques in the eastern regions where Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed separatist rebels have fought for the past year.read more …read more Source: CNS...
Anthropologist criticized for showing images of MH17 victims
By MIKE CORDER THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — An anthropologist and pathologist who is part of the international team working to identify people killed when Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was brought down over Ukraine was publicly rebuked Thursday for discussing the case and showing photos of victims in a lecture to students.read more …read...
Pentagon chief Carter: Europe ‘not doing enough’ on defense
By ROBERT BURNS WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Ash Carter is calling on Europe to spend more on defense in light of security threats like terrorism and Russia’s intervention in Ukraine. Carter made the plea Wednesday during a question-and-answer sessions with Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets at Georgetown University.read more...
