Section: KXAN (USA)
Ukraine marks Babi Yar massacre’s 75th anniversary
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainians have marked the 75th anniversary of the Babi Yar massacre, one of the most infamous mass slaughters of World War II. Babi Yar, a ravine in the Ukrainian capital, is where nearly 34,000 Jews were killed within 48 hours in 1941, when the city was under Nazi occupation. The killing was carried out by SS troops along...
Man accosts Kim Kardashian in Paris for second time
PARIS (AP) — Serial celebrity accoster Vitalii Sediuk has struck again, this time at Paris Fashion Week, targeting Kim Kardashian’s derriere as she was entering the exclusive L’Avenue restaurant. Kardashian’s makeup artist Mario Dedivanovic caught the Wednesday incident on video and posted it to his Instagram account. It showed...
Probe: Malaysian jet downed by missile launcher from Russia
NIEUWEGEIN, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch-led criminal investigators said Wednesday they have solid evidence that a Malaysian jet was shot down in 2014 by a Buk missile that was moved into eastern Ukraine from Russia. Wilbert Paulissen, head of the Central Crime Investigation department of the Dutch National Police, said communications intercepts...
The Latest: US backs report that Russian missile downed MH17
NIEUWEGEIN, Netherlands (AP) — The Latest on the probe into the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine in 2014 (all times local): 6:45 p.m. The U.S. State Department says it backs the findings of the interim report of the Joint Investigation Team on the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17. The team found that MH17 was shot...
UK man charged with terrorism offenses over Ukraine conflict
LONDON (AP) — A British man filmed with pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine has been charged with terrorism offenses. Greater Manchester Police says 41-year-old Benjamin Stimson is charged with preparing for and assisting acts of terrorism. Stimson, from Oldham in northwestern England, was interviewed by the BBC in October 2015 while he was...
Moldova bans Ukraine meat over African swine fever fears
CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Moldovan authorities are banning the import of live animals and meat from Ukraine due to fears of African swine fever. Agriculture Minister Eduard Grama says the ban begins Wednesday after several suspected cases of the disease emerged 200 kilometers (125 miles) north of the Moldovan capital. The minister said in one case...
Dutch investigators to give results of MH17 criminal probe
NIEUWEGEIN, Netherlands (AP) — Relatives of victims of the shooting-down of a Malaysia Airlines jetliner over Ukraine more than two years ago were gathering Wednesday to learn the preliminary results of a Dutch-led criminal probe of the disaster that claimed 298 lives. The team that is conducting the largest investigation in Dutch history is...
Central Europe sees anti-immigration fervor, no migrants
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Together, Hungary and the Czech Republic took in just around 1,000 asylum-seekers last year. Still, rallying cries against migration have dominated the debates ahead of upcoming ballots in the two Central European countries. Along with Poland and Slovakia, they have also become the most vocal critics of the EU’s...
Russian suspected of flying drone over Polish govt buildings
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Russian citizen suspected of flying a drone over Polish government buildings has been detained for questioning, Polish security officials said Monday. Warsaw police spokesman Mariusz Mrozek said the man was detained on allegations he violated Poland’s law that bans flying drones in cities and near airports without...
Russia FM: Cease-fire agreement must be preserved
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Friday laid the blame for a “bleeding Middle East and North Africa” on the U.S. and its allies, in a speech to the U.N. General Assembly smacking of the kind of rhetoric that reflected the state of superpower relations during the Cold War. In wide-ranging comments, Lavrov depicted...
