Tag: Ukraine

Dutch experts identify 23 Ukraine plane victims

Toby Sterling · August 8, 2014 3:27 pm

A Malaysia Airlines Boeing 737-800 plane sits on tarmac at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Malaysia, Friday, Aug. 8, 2014. Malaysia's state investment company said Friday it plans to make Malaysia Airlines fully government owned, removing it from the country's stock exchange before carrying out a far-reaching overhaul of the carrier that is reeling from double disasters. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Malaysia Airlines revamp: New start or false hope?

Kelvin Chan · August 8, 2014 9:58 am

Canada will send military supplies to Ukraine

Washington Examiner · August 7, 2014 8:43 pm

Women choose Dutch tomatoes at a supermarket in downtown Moscow on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014. The Russian government has banned all imports of meat, fish, milk and milk products and fruit and vegetables from the United States, the European Union, Australia, Canada and Norway, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev announced Thursday. The move was taken on orders from President Vladimir Putin in response to sanctions imposed on Russia by the West over the crisis in Ukraine. The ban has been introduced for one year. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

Russia retaliates on West’s sanctions over Ukraine

Vladimir Isachenkov · August 7, 2014 7:23 pm

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, left, greets NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen during their meting in Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Mykola Lazarenko, Pool)

NATO pledges support to conflict-wracked Ukraine

PETER LEONARDYURAS KARMANAU · August 7, 2014 6:03 pm

Head of the European Central Bank, ECB, Mario Draghi attends a news conference in Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014. Draghi says the bank will "closely monitor" the possible repercussions of "geopolitical risks" on the modest economic recovery in the 18-country eurozone. He spoke Thursday after the bank left its key interest rate unchanged at a record low 0.15 percent. It also held off from announcing further stimulus measures to boost the recovery. (AP Photo/dpa, Boris Roessler)

ECB’s Draghi cautions over Ukraine impact

David McHugh · August 7, 2014 3:33 pm

Residents inspect the damage after night shelling on a market in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014. Airstrikes and artillery fire between pro-Russian separatists and Ukrainian troops have brought the violence closer than ever to the city center, as Kiev's forces move in on the rebel stronghold. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Tensions grow in Ukraine over Russia troop buildup

Yuras Karmanau · August 7, 2014 2:34 am

President Barack Obama listens to a question during his news conference at US African Leaders Summit, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014 at the State Department in Washington. Obama and dozens of African leaders opened talks Wednesday on two key issues that threaten to disrupt economic progress on the continent: security and government corruption. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama: US sanctions are straining Russian economy

Deb Riechmann · August 7, 2014 1:19 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with local officials in Voronezh, Russia, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014. Putin says he has ordered the government to develop measures in response to Western sanctions. In a meeting with state officials in the city of Voronezh on Tuesday, did not specify what the measures might be but said: "I have given the order today to formulate them," Russian news agencies reported. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service)

Report: Russia to block US agricultural imports

Jim Heintz · August 6, 2014 11:36 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with local officials in Voronezh, Russia, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service)

Beltway Confidential

Farm Bureau president scoffs at Vladimir Putin’s agriculture import ban

Sean Higgins · August 6, 2014 8:39 pm

Australian, Malaysian and Dutch investigators examine the area of the downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, near the village of Rossipne, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014. The West has accused Russia of most likely providing the insurgents with surface-to-air missiles that may have been used to shoot down the Malaysia Airlines passenger jet over rebel-held territory on July 17, killing all 298 people on board. (AP Photo)

Dutch premier halts search for Ukraine victims

Toby Sterling · August 6, 2014 6:22 pm

People pass in front of the New York Stock Exchange in this Monday, March 9, 2009 photo. Worries over Russian troops amassing near the Ukraine border caused a sharp sell-off in global stock markets on Wednesday Aug. 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Fears of escalation in Ukraine roils markets

Pan Pylas · August 6, 2014 4:15 pm