Section: Mashable (USA)
NATO: Russian troops are pouring into Ukraine
Ukrainian officials said on Wednesday they fear renewal of hostilities in the east after a NATO warning that Russia has been bringing in heavy military hardware to rebel-controlled areas. See also: After Russian troop move, tensions increase in Ukraine Western journalists and monitors from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe...
UK regulator threatens RT with sanctions for biased reporting
LONDON — Britain’s broadcasting regulator has issued a stern warning to RT because of biased reporting in four of its news bulletins during the Ukraine crisis earlier this year Ofcom warned (PDF) the Russian state-backed channel that it would consider imposing a statutory sanction or other regulatory action if there were any future breaches...
4 months after MH17, families mourn in Amsterdam
Hundreds of grieving family members and friends of victims of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 disaster are gathering in Amsterdam for a national commemoration ceremony nearly four months after the passenger jet was downed over eastern Ukraine killing all 298 people on board. See also: Malaysia Airlines Crash: 21 of the World’s Most Powerful...
Google Doodle marks 25 years since fall of Berlin Wall with touching video
Google commemorated the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Sunday with a Google Doodle video that shows where pieces of the landmark are now displayed around the world. It includes footage from Nov. 9, 1989, the day that the 10-mile-long wall, which separated communist East Berlin from democratic West Berlin during the Cold War,...
A frozen conflict: life in eastern Ukraine
DONETSK, Ukraine –- For seven months, a battle has raged in eastern Ukraine, claiming the lives of at least 4,000 people See also: The body collector from Ukraine Although Russia-backed separatists and the central government in Kiev agreed on a ceasefire in September, the two sides have been unable to find peace and rockets continue to rain down...
Putin and Obama may meet for an informal talk next week
Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Barack Obama may hold informal discussions when they travel to the Asia-Pacific region next week for international summits, officials said Friday. The two leaders last met in June, when they exchanged a few words during a ceremony in France marking the D-Day invasion anniversary See also: LGBT...
After Russian troop move, tensions increase in Ukraine
DONETSK, Ukraine –- Tensions in Ukraine appeared to worsen on Tuesday as the president ordered military reinforcements to key eastern cities after NATO reported that Russia has moved hundreds of troops closer to the border See also: ‘We simply survive’: What life is like for Ukrainian prisoners of war President Petro Poroshenko said...
‘We simply survive’: What life is like for Ukrainian prisoners of war
ILOVAISK, Ukraine –- Ruslan Tinkalyuk cut a forlorn figure as he took a long, slow drag on a Chesterfield cigarette. Dirty and unkempt, he was curled up by a small barrel fire amid the rubble of an apartment destroyed by a rocket in this war-torn eastern Ukrainian town. See also: The body collector from Ukraine He should have been with his family...
The body collector from Ukraine
MARINOVKA, Ukraine — In eastern Ukraine, he is known as ‘The Body Collector.’Every few days, he drives out to the front lines with a motley crew of Ukrainian men to collect the corpses of the fallen — a sometimes macabre but always essential task, and one he does voluntarily without pay. See also: Welcome to the Bizarre World of the...
