Obama: ‘What Exactly Are They Trying To Hide?’
WASHINGTON (WNEW/AP) — President Barack Obama says Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine are blocking international officials from conducting an investigation into the downing of Malaysia...
View ArticleJournalists: Smell Of Decaying Bodies From Malaysian Airlines Flight...
HRABOVE, Ukraine (AP) — Dutch forensic investigators told armed separatists guarding train cars full of bodies from the downed Malaysia Airlines jet that the train must be allowed to leave as soon as...
View ArticleUkraine Rebels Turn Over Black Boxes, Bodies From Downed Plane
HRABOVE, Ukraine (AP) — Bowing to international pressure Monday, pro-Moscow separatists released a train packed with bodies and handed over the black boxes from the downed Malaysia Airlines plane, four...
View ArticleHillary Clinton: ‘There Is A Price To Pay For This Kind Of Behavior’
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday that the U.S. and Europe should work together to develop tougher sanctions on Russia while she backed President Barack Obama’s calls for a thorough...
View ArticleWhite House Defends Obama Headlining Fundraisers During Foreign, Border Crises
WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid a swirl of foreign and border challenges, President Barack Obama is embarking on the one mission that has regularly proved a winner for him — raising money for his fellow...
View ArticleRussian News Told Viewers Downed MH17 Flight Was Assassination Attempt...
MOSCOW (CBS News/CBSDC/AP) — An assassination attempt against Russian President Vladimir Putin. A desperate ploy to draw the West into the battle for Ukraine’s east. A botched mission to commit mass...
View ArticleU.S. Senator: ‘All Signs Point to Putin’ Being Responsible for Malaysia...
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin has called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to accept responsibility for downing a MalaysiaU Airlines jetliner over eastern Ukraine. Speaking on the floor of the...
View ArticleUS Intel Officials: No Evidence Of Direct Russian Government Involvement In...
KHARKIV, Ukraine (CBS News/CBSDC/AP) — Ukraine held a departure ceremony Wednesday for the bodies of many Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 passengers and crew who became victims of fighting raging far below...
View ArticleMalaysia Jet Victim’s Bodies Arrive In The Netherlands
EINDHOVEN, Netherlands (AP) — Victims of the Malaysian jetliner shot down over Ukraine returned at last Wednesday to Dutch soil in 40 wooden coffins, solemnly and gently carried to 40 identical...
View ArticleFormer National Security Adviser: The West Is Putin’s ‘Natural Enemy’
WASHINGTON (CBS DC) – A top foreign policy adviser warns Russian President Vladimir Putin is just what he appears to be…an old KGB agent with a deep hatred and distrust of the West. General Jim...
View ArticleState Department: US Has Evidence Russian Military Shelling Ukraine From...
WASHINGTON (CBS News/CBSDC/AP) — The Obama administration is accusing Russia of firing artillery to hit Ukrainian military sites and planning to send pro-Russian separatists more lethal weaponry. The...
View ArticleRussian Foreign Minister Dismisses US Claims That Rockets Have Been Fired...
KIEV, Ukraine (CBS News/CBSDC/AP) — At least eight civilians have been killed by fighting and shelling in two Ukrainian cities held by separatist militants, officials in the rebellion-wracked east said...
View ArticleSoccer Writer: ‘It Would Be Nice If Somebody Else Hosted The World Cup’...
WASHINGTON (CBSDC) — The next World Cup is already mired in controversy. Weeks after Germany won the thrilling tournament that was filled with drama, new, albeit political drama has encompassed FIFA...
View ArticleObama Coming Back To White House Midway Through Vacation To Attend Meetings
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is doing something unusual with his summer vacation on Martha’s Vineyard: He’ll come back to Washington midway through the getaway to attend White House...
View ArticleUkraine Accuses Russia Of ‘Direct Invasion’ For Sending Aid Trucks Into...
IZVARYNE, Ukraine (CBS News/CBSDC/AP) — Russia unilaterally sent an aid mission into rebel-held eastern Ukraine on Friday, saying its patience had worn out after a week of delays it blamed on the...
View ArticleMember Of Putin’s Advisory Council On Human Rights: ‘I Consider This An...
NOVOAZOVSK, Ukraine (CBS News/CBSDC/AP) — The strategic southeastern Ukraine town of Novoazovsk appeared firmly under the control of Russia-backed separatists Thursday, and Ukraine’s president called...
View ArticleNATO Official: Russia Wants To Turn Eastern Ukraine Into A ‘Frozen Conflict’
NOVOAZOVSK, Ukraine (CBS News/CBSDC/AP) — Two columns of tanks and military vehicles rolled into southeastern Ukraine from Russia on Thursday after Grad missiles were fired at a border post and...
View ArticleRussian Fund With US Advisers Eludes Obama’s Sanctions
WASHINGTON (AP) — As President Barack Obama warns of stepped-up economic punishments against Russia for its military incursions inside Ukraine, U.S. sanctions have so far avoided one prominent...
View ArticleNATO Preparing High-Readiness Force To Counter Potential Russian Aggression
BRUSSELS (CBS News/CBSDC/AP) — NATO leaders this week will be asked to approve the creation of a high-readiness force and the stockpiling of military equipment and supplies in Eastern Europe to help...
View ArticlePro-Russian Rebels Soften Demand For Full Independence From Ukraine
MOSCOW (CBS News/CBSDC/AP) — Pro-Russian rebels softened their demand for full independence Monday, saying they would respect Ukraine’s sovereignty in exchange for autonomy – a shift that reflects...
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