Section: Time (USA)
EU Preparing Further Sanctions Against Russia After MH17 Crash
For a continent determined to present a united message of outrage and reprisals after the downing of Flight MH17 killed 211 of its citizens, the signals coming from the European Union this week have been contradictory. MoreHagel Pushes NATO Partners to Put More Skin in the GameNot Even the Threat of War in Europe Can Unite the E.U.’I Lost...
Ukrainian Pilots Missing After 2 Jets Shot Down in East
Pro-Russia separatist rebels shot down two Ukrainian military planes over eastern Ukraine Wednesday, a spokesperson for Ukraine’s National Defense and Security Council told TIME. Both pilots ejected from their aircraft but remain missing. An aide to separatist leader Alexander Borodai, told CNN that the two jets had been shot down by rebel...
Malaysia Airlines Ukraine Crash: ‘No Evidence’ Black Boxes Tampered With
A team of investigators led by the Dutch Safety Board said in a report Wednesday there’s “no evidence” that Malaysia Airlines Flight 17′s cockpit voice recorders had been manipulated after the crash. The Dutch Safety Board requested that the Air Accident Investigation Branch of the United Kingdom (AAIB) analyze Flight...
FAA Grounded Your Israel Flight? Russia Will Fly You There
Need to fly to Tel Aviv from the U.S.? While domestic carriers such as American, Delta and United continue to temporarily suspend air service to Ben Gurion airport due to rocket fire, there’s at least one European carrier that can get you there: Aeroflot. Russia’s flagship airline is running daily flights from JFK to Tel Aviv via...
Plane crashes in Taiwan, 47 Trapped, Feared Dead
(TAIPEI, Taiwan) — A plane landing in stormy weather crashed outside an airport on a small Taiwanese island late Wednesday, and the transport minister said 47 people were trapped and feared dead. MoreFlight Horror: Passenger Plane Crashes in Stormy Taiwan NBC NewsBleak Homecoming: First Ukraine Crash Bodies Land in Netherlands NBC...
Ukraine Says 2 Military Jets Shot Down Over East
Ukraine said that two of its fighter jets were shot down Wednesday over eastern Ukraine, the Associated Press reports, less than a week after a passenger jet was downed in the same region. The news came as the two black boxes from the downed MH17 jet arrived in Britain and 40 of the recovered 200 bodies were being flown to the Netherlands. The...
2 Ukrainian Military Fighter Jets Shot Down
(KIEV, Ukraine) — Two Ukrainian military fighter jets have been shot down in the east, according to the country’s Defense Ministry. The Sukhoi-25 fighters were shot down 1:30 p.m. local time Wednesday over an area called Savur Mogila. Defense Ministry spokesman Oleksiy Dmitrashkovsky says the planes may have been carrying up to two...
Bodies of Malaysia Jet Victims Leave Ukraine
(KHARKIV, Ukraine) — Two military aircraft carrying the first bodies of victims of the Malaysia Airlines crash left the embattled plains of eastern Ukraine Wednesday, while British investigators began work on a pair of “black boxes” to retrieve data on the flight’s last minutes. MorePutin’s Power: Why Russians Adore...
Kerry Cites Progress in Gaza Cease-Fire Talks
(JERUSALEM) — Offering the first glimmer of hope for a Gaza cease-fire, the United States on Wednesday said negotiations to broker a truce between Israel and Hamas militants are making some progress even if an end to more than two weeks of bloodshed is nowhere near. MoreSecond American ‘Lone Soldier’ Gets Hero’s Burial NBC...
The Immigrant Soldiers Dying for Israel in Gaza
Max Steinberg was from Los Angeles. Nissim Sean Carmeli was from South Padre Island, Texas. Jordan Bensemhoun came to Israel on his own from Lyon, France. MoreGaza’s Ghastly Calculus: 650 Palestinian Dead (77% Civilians), 30 Israeli Dead (Almost All Soldiers)Former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg Flies to Israel, Dismissing Safety FearsSecond...
