Section: Mashable (USA)
Kuwait arrest raises specter of Ukraine black market as source of arms for ISIS
The arrest in Kuwait of a Lebanese man with ties to the Islamic State has raised the specter that Ukraine’s notorious illicit arms market may be a source of weapons for the the militant group. One senior Ukrainian official with access to intelligence agency reports told Mashable on Friday that it is “plausible” the man, arrested...
How ISIS brought Russia and the West together
Last year, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin found himself shunned by fellow world leaders at the G20 summit in Brisbane, Australia, and he ducked out early. After Russia’s annexation of Crimea and support for separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine, America and Europe had imposed harsh sanctions against the country, with the...
Putin tops Forbes’ ‘Most Powerful People’ list for third year in a row
Russian President Vladimir Putin is Forbes’ most powerful person in the world for the third year in a row. “Putin continues to prove he’s one of the few men in the world powerful enough to do what he wants –- and get away with it,” Forbes wrote in its justification for choosing the 63-year-old leader. See also: Russian...
Activists, families say Kiev won’t look for hundreds who have disappeared
CHEREVKOVKA, Ukraine — They rest in a field well off the beaten path, down a gravel road and hidden behind a forested ridge at the edge of this sleepy village The only sound here comes from chirping songbirds and the howling autumn wind. The acrid smell of dead foliage and trash from villagers’ fall burn piles wafts past Wild grass and...
ISIS claims responsibility for Russian plane crash in Egypt, others say mechanical failure
A group affiliated with Islamic State (ISIS) in Egypt claimed responsibility for the crash of a Russian airliner in Egypt on Saturday. But the claims have not been verified and some preliminary reports say mechanical failure is to blame. See also: Russians, Ukrainians mourn compatriots on plane that crashed in Egypt The Airbus A-321, operated by...
Russians, Ukrainians mourn compatriots on plane that crashed in Egypt
Russia’s association of tour operators has released the names of all 224 people who were on board the Kogalymavia Airbus A321 that crashed on the Sinai Peninsula on Saturday. Russian authorities say there are no survivors See also: No survivors of Russian plane crash in Sinai, Egypt says While the exact cause is still unknown, sources...
No survivors of Russian plane crash in Sinai, Egypt says
UPDATED 2:20 p.m. GMT There are no survivors from a Russian plane with 224 on board that crashed in a mountainous area of Egypt’s Sinai, Egyptian authorities said Saturday, as search and recovery teams investigated the wreckage Reuters reported that the “black box” data recorder has been found Air traffic controllers lost...
Humanitarian crisis looms in eastern Ukraine as winter approaches
POPASNA, Ukraine — On a bench in the center of this war-wrecked town, Galina and Sergei, two elderly pensioners, soak up the warmth of the sun on an otherwise chilly autumn day as they tell stories of the hardships they’ve endured over the past 18 months. Around them are buildings with shattered windows and blown-apart rooftops, painful...
Brilliant parody posters give Ukraine elections a ‘Game of Thrones’ twist
Ukraine is awash in election fever ahead of this Sunday’s local polls, which will include an important mayoral race in the capital, Kiev The election — only the second since the Moscow-leaning president was overthrown during the country’s revolution in February 2014 — is an important one. Many view the polls as a referendum on the...
A Lenin statue in Ukraine got a Darth Vader makeover
Lenin has gone to the dark side — at least in Ukraine A statue of the controversial Russian leader that stands in the city of Odessa received a “facelift” — Lenin’s head was replaced with Darth Vader’s, according to several local reports. See also: Russia’s ambassador to the UK mixed up Kal Penn with a terrorist...
