Section: The News Tribune (USA)
Polish president: No return to imperial ambitions in Europe
Poland’s president has warned that Europe must learn lessons from World War II and must not tolerate any return to imperialist land grabs, an apparent reference to Russian aggression in Ukraine. … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The News...
Kiev says new cease-fire in eastern Ukraine is holding
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says a new cease-fire in eastern Ukraine is holding, after months of fighting. … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The News...
Relatives of MH17 victims seek EU help in getting radar data
Frustrated relatives of those killed when Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot out of the sky over eastern Ukraine are appealing to the European Union’s top diplomat to put pressure on Russia, Ukraine and the United States to hand over intelligence and radar data to investigators. … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The News...
Human rights activists condemn secret detentions in Ukraine
International rights group are raising the alarm about secret detentions in Ukraine. … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The News...
Rights group urges Russia to release Crimean Tatar leader
An international rights group has urged Russia to release a Crimean Tatar leader Ilmi Umerov who has been sent to a psychiatric hospital. … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The News...
Kerry, Lavrov meet in Geneva to discuss Syria, Ukraine
The top diplomats of Russia and the United States are meeting in Geneva to discuss the Syria civil war, the Ukraine crisis and other issues. … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The News...
Trump aides covertly fought freeing of Ukraine prisoner
For more than three years, lobbyist Jim Slattery worked in Washington to secure the release in Ukraine of the imprisoned political rival of the country’s then-president. He said the work was sometimes harder than expected. … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The News...
Russia, Germany, France raise alarm over fighting in Ukraine
The leaders of Russia, Germany and France have raised the alarm about a recent uptick in fighting in eastern Ukraine, the Kremlin said on Tuesday. … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The News...
Manafort out amid scrutiny of covert lobbying campaign
The sudden resignation Friday of Donald Trump’s campaign chairman put renewed emphasis on revelations about his past work on behalf of Ukraine’s pro-Russian political leaders, including his firm’s role directing a covert Washington lobbying operation that would have required him under federal law to disclose his efforts to the...
Ukraine details payments allegedly earmarked for Trump aide
Once-secret accounting documents of Ukraine’s pro-Kremlin party were released Friday, purporting to show payments of $12.7 million earmarked for Paul Manafort, who resigned from his job as Donald Trump’s campaign chairman following the revelations. … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The News...
