Section: Miami Herald (USA)
Britain asks for emergency UN meeting on Ukraine
Britain has asked for an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council on Ukraine. …read more Source: Miami...
Malaysian airliner crashes over Ukraine; missile strike suspected
A Malaysia Airlines plane with 295 people aboard crashed Thursday in the eastern Ukraine, and a senior Ukrainian official charged that it was shot down by pro-Russia separatists who control the Donetsk region with a Soviet-designed anti-aircraft missile system. …read more Source: Miami...
Obama, Putin discuss Malaysia plane incident
The Kremlin says Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Barack Obama have discussed the Malaysia Airlines plane incident over eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Miami...
Official: Malaysian plane shot down over Ukraine
A Ukrainian official said a passenger plane carrying 295 people was shot down Thursday over a town in the east of the country, and Malaysia Airlines tweeted that it lost contact with one of its flights over Ukrainian airspace. …read more Source: Miami...
Japan wary as US, Europe up sanctions on Russia
For Japan, the ramping up of sanctions by the West against Russia can be summed up in a familiar phrase: It’s complicated. …read more Source: Miami...
Russia dismisses US sanctions as ‘bullying’
Russia’s foreign ministry has dismissed the latest round of U.S. sanctions for its actions in Ukraine as ‘bullying’ and says it is ready to push back. …read more Source: Miami...
US imposes more sanctions against Russia
The Obama administration announced today a new series of sanctions against Russian companies in the wake of Russia’s refusal to back off in Ukraine. …read more Source: Miami...
EU leaders plot strategy over Ukraine, Russia
European Union leaders are considering whether to toughen sanctions against Russia because of what they consider its destabilization of neighboring Ukraine. …read more Source: Miami...
Ukraine rebels reclaim village on Russian border
Separatist rebels in east Ukraine say they have retaken a village near the Russian border from government forces as they attempt to regain territory. …read more Source: Miami...
Ukraine orphans become pawns in civil conflict
Tamara Popova and her fellow orphans are adamant: They don’t want to go to Russia. The separatist gunmen running this eastern Ukrainian city aren’t asking. They’re giving orders. …read more Source: Miami...
