Section: The Huffington Post (USA)
Ukraine Releases Footage Of Captured Russian Soldiers
KIEV, Aug 26 (Reuters) – Ukraine said on Tuesday its forces had captured a group of Russian paratroopers who had crossed into Ukrainian territory on a “special mission” – but Moscow said they had ended up there by mistake. The Ukrainian military meanwhile reported pro-Russian separatist forces were shelling the town of...
Entente Cordiale: The US and Iran in the Middle East
A year after the election of reformist Hassan Rouahni, Tehran and Washington have entered a de facto entente. While the ongoing nuclear negotiations are yet to produce a permanent deal, both sides have stepped up their assistance to the Shia-dominated government in Baghdad and the Kurdish regional government in Iraq. Just like how Washington and...
Woman Recounts Story Of Alleged Sexual Assault By Malaysian Airlines Flight Attendant
A passenger has come forward to tell her story of what she says was sexual abuse at the hands of a Malaysian Airlines flight attendant. Australian Laura Bushney, 26, tells Channel 7’s Sunday Night that on a half-full August 4th flight from Kuala Lumpur to Paris, chief steward Mohd Rosli Bin Ab Karim sexually assaulted her under the guise of...
The News Summer From Hell and the End of Optimism
By this point in the summer, a sane person could reasonably conclude that the world is going nuts. Spiraling out of control, descending into darkness, making optimism a delusional last recourse — that kind of feeling. “What fresh hell is this?” — the question Dorothy Parker asked when her doorbell rang — now applies...
Ukraine’s President Clears Way For New Elections
KIEV, Aug 25 (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko signed a decree on Monday to dissolve parliament, he said on a Twitter post, paving the way for a new election. “I have decided to prematurely end the authority of parliament,” he wrote. Under the law, the election must be held within 60 days of the decree being...
Ukraine Says Russian Troops Crossed Border To Open New Front
By Pavel Polityuk and Alessandra Prentice KIEV, Aug 25 (Reuters) – The Ukrainian military said on Monday a group of Russian forces, in the guise of separatist rebels, had crossed into south-east Ukraine with ten tanks and two armored infantry vehicles, aiming to open a new front in the separatist war. Earlier, a separate military statement...
Russia Plans To Send A Second Aid Convoy To Rebel-Held Eastern Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has announced plans to send a second aid convoy to rebel-held eastern Ukraine, where months of fighting have left many residential buildings in ruins.Russia unilaterally sent about 200 tractor-trailers across the border on Friday, a move that Ukraine characterized as an invasion. By Saturday, all of the vehicles had returned...
Ukraine Celebrates Independence Day As Rebels Parade Captives
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — As armored vehicles rumbled through downtown Kiev in an ostentatious celebration of Ukraine’s independence, pro-Russian rebels who are battling government forces in the east paraded captured soldiers down the besieged streets of Donetsk and displayed charred wreckages of destroyed Ukrainian tanks. Sunday’s rival...
Ebola Quarantine, Beijing Ice Bucket Challenge And Greasy Pole Climbing: Week In Photos, Aug. 17 – 24
Nothing quite compares to the power of a photograph to communicate the goings on in the world. Ranging from the serious to the silly, these photos offer peeks into what happened around the globe this week.1. On Aug. 21, 2014, Pakistan Awami Tehreek supporters protest against the government in Islamabad, Pakistan. (Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency/Getty...
Russian Aid Trucks Begin To Leave Ukraine
DONETSK, Russia (AP) — Hundreds of trucks from a bitterly disputed Russian aid convoy to rebel-held eastern Ukraine rolled back across the border into Russia on Saturday. An Associated Press reporter counted 225 of the white tarp-covered trucks as they drove from Ukraine into a Russian border town called Donetsk, which bears the same name as the...
