Section: U.S. News (USA)
Kerry off to Russia for Syria talks after Brussels attacks
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry is heading to Moscow for talks on Ukraine and Syria as Tuesday’s terrorist attacks in Brussels underscored the urgency of fighting the Islamic State group. …read more Source: U.S....
Russian judge reads verdict in trial of Ukrainian pilot
DONETSK, Russia (AP) — A Ukrainian pilot who is charged with complicity to murder in the deaths of two Russian journalists in war-torn eastern Ukraine has arrived to court in southwestern Russia where the verdict in her trial is to continue. …read more Source: U.S....
Court finds Ukrainian pilot guilty of complicity to murder
DONETSK, Russia (AP) — A Russian court has found Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko guilty of complicity to murder two Russian journalists in war-torn eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: U.S....
Court finds Ukrainian pilot guilty of complicity to murder
DONETSK, Russia (AP) — A Russian court has found Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko guilty of complicity to murder two Russian journalists in war-torn eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: U.S....
Rebel rep: Ukraine truce deal could take years to implement
MOSCOW (AP) — A rebel representative at peace talks for eastern Ukraine says the truce deal between the Ukrainian government and separatists could take years to be implemented. …read more Source: U.S....
Kremlin: Putin resists Obama’s call for Savchenko release
MOSCOW (AP) — A Kremlin spokesman says Vladimir Putin is resisting President Barack Obama’s call for Russia to release a Ukrainian pilot who is on trial over the death of two Russian journalists. …read more Source: U.S....
European flight safety authority wants better info sharing
BERLIN (AP) — Europe’s flight safety authority is calling for better, quicker and broader information-sharing about possible risks to aircraft passing over combat zones following the 2014 downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine. …read more Source: U.S....
Obama urges Putin to release Ukrainian pilot Savchenko
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has urged Russian President Vladimir Putin (POO’-tihn) to release Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko (SAHV’-chen-koh) from Russian prison. …read more Source: U.S....
Ukrainians rally to demand Russia release Savchenko
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — About 2,000 people have rallied on Independence Square in Kiev to demand that Russia release Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko. …read more Source: U.S....
US: Sophisticated attackers hacked Ukrainian electric grid
WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. investigation found that a December hack on the Ukrainian power grid was coordinated and highly sophisticated. …read more Source: U.S....