Section: San Francisco Chronicle (USA)
3 years on, families honor loved ones lost on downed MH17
VIJFHUIZEN, Netherlands (AP) — Relatives and friends of people killed three years ago when a surface-to-air missile blew a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet out of the sky over Ukraine gathered Monday to mark the anniversary at a new memorial near the Amsterdam airport from which the plane departed. The commemoration, in presence of the Dutch king,...
3 years on, families commemorate loved ones lost on MH17
VIJFHUIZEN, Netherlands (AP) — Relatives and friends of people killed three years ago when a surface-to-air missile blew a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet out of the sky over Ukraine are marking the anniversary together with the Dutch king at a new memorial near the Amsterdam airport from which the plane departed. …read more Source: San...
Egypt attacks: 2 tourists stabbed to death; 5 police killed
CAIRO (AP) — Two Ukrainian female tourists were stabbed to death while four other foreigners were wounded in an attack Friday at a hotel in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Hurghada, an Egyptian security official said. No group has so far claimed responsibility for the killing of the policemen but that attack bore the hallmarks of a smaller Islamic...
The Latest: Serbs, Ukrainians, Polish stabbed in Egypt
An Egyptian security official says the six foreign tourists stabbed in an attack in the Red Sea resort of Hurghada include three from Serbia, two from Ukraine and one from Poland. Egypt’s Interior Ministry says six foreign tourists, of different nationalities, were wounded when a man attacked them with a knife in the Red Sea resort of...
Russia warns of response if US doesn’t reopen its properties
In response to reports of Russian meddling in the presidential election, the outgoing Obama administration last year expelled 35 Russian officials from the U.S. and shut down two Russian estates that President Barack Obama said were being used for spy operations. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov and U.S. Undersecretary of State Tom...
News of the day from across the globe, July 11
Major NATO exercises in Eastern Europe began in Bulgaria on Tuesday involving 25,000 military personnel from more than 20 allied and partner countries as the U.S. seeks to reassure NATO’s European allies. The drills aim to increase the interoperability of participating countries and demonstrate resolve and readiness to act in support of...
EU completes association deal with Ukraine
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has completed an association deal with Ukraine which should boost trade between the two and keep the eastern European nation firmly linked to the EU. …read more Source: San Francisco...
Ukraine says it will focus on reforms, not NATO membership
Russian officials have claimed the new Kiev government would have turned Crimea, home to a Russia-leased naval base, into a NATO base. …read more Source: San Francisco...
Tillerson calls on Russia to reduce tensions in Ukraine
In surprisingly blunt language just two days after Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin met in Germany, Tillerson said Russia should use its influence with separatists in Ukraine’s east to fully restore an oft-violated truce, end harassment and attacks on international monitors and pull back heavy weaponry to lines agreed upon under a...
Tillerson pledges to maintain Russia sanctions over Ukraine
KIEV, Ukraine — U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told Russia on Sunday that it must take the first steps to reduce tensions in eastern Ukraine and that American and European sanctions would remain in place until Moscow reversed course in the region. In surprisingly blunt language just two days after presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin...
