Section: KXAN (USA)
Official: Poland to take Russia to court over plane wreckage
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s next foreign minister said Tuesday the country is fed up with waiting for Russia to return the wreckage of the plane that went down in Russia in 2010, killing the Polish president and 95 others, and plans to take Moscow to the European Court of Human Rights to get it back. Witold Waszczykowski also said any...
Russia to deploy new weapons to counter US missile shield
MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin says that Russia will counter NATO’s U.S.-led missile defense program by deploying new strike weapons capable of piercing the shield. Putin told defense officials Tuesday that by developing defenses against ballistic missiles Washington aims to “neutralize” Russia’s strategic nuclear deterrent...
The Latest: WADA welcomes doping report on Russian athletics
GENEVA (AP) — The Latest from the IAAF investigation (all times local): ___ 5:10 p.m. The World Anti-Doping Agency says the report by Dick Pound’s commission into Russian doping “will shock and appall athletes and sports fan worldwide.” WADA says it “welcomed” the report by an independent panel that detailed widespread doping in Russian...
Rebels accuse Ukrainian government of using heavy weaponry
MOSCOW (AP) — Separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine on Friday accused government forces of shelling residential areas under their control with heavy artillery, while Ukrainian forces also accused the rebels of violating the ongoing cease-fire. The rebel mouthpiece Donetsk News Agency said Ukrainian forces used Grad multiple rocket launchers...
Belarus’ Lukashenko rejects calls for economic reforms
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — At his swearing-in ceremony Friday, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko rejected calls for economic reforms, shattering hopes for a liberalization inspired by the release of political prisoners and a rapprochement with the West. Lukashenko, who has ruled Belarus with an iron fist since 1994, was elected for his fifth...
Former IAAF head investigated in Russia doping probe
PARIS (AP) — Former IAAF President Lamine Diack has been placed under criminal investigation on corruption and money-laundering charges, suspected of taking at least 200,000 euros ($220,000) from Russia to cover up positive doping tests, French authorities said Wednesday. The French office that handles financial prosecutions said a legal adviser...
Ukraine reports sniper attack on top prosecutor
MOSCOW (AP) — Ukrainian authorities say a sniper shot at the country’s top prosecutor as he sat in his office, but that bulletproof glass prevented any casualties. Prosecutor-General Viktor Shokin was in his office late Monday with several co-workers when three shots were fired, according to one of his deputies, Anatoliy Matios. No arrests...
UN group says Malaysia Anwar’s jailing politically motivated
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Imprisoned Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was prosecuted for political reasons and should be released, a U.N. body concluded after reviewing the case widely seen as politically motivated. The government rejected the findings and called for the legal process to be respected. Anwar began serving a five-year...
Thomas Blatt, survivor of escape from Sobibor, dies at 88
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish-born Blatt, who lost both parents and a younger brother in the gas chambers of Sobibor, died Saturday morning at his home in Santa Barbara, California, a Warsaw-based friend, Alan Heath, told The Associated Press. Heath remembered Blatt as a “quiet and modest person” who suffered nightmares and depression until the...
Austria: 11 injured in Ukrainian tourist bus crash
VIENNA (AP) — Austrian officials say a bus carrying Ukrainian tourists crashed through a guardrail while approaching a highway and flipped, injuring 11 people, two of them seriously. Firefighter spokesman Franz Resperger said the pre-dawn accident occurred Monday on a ramp leading to the main highway connecting Austria and Hungary near the town...
