Kerry Turns Up Pressure on Russia Over Ukraine, Warning of New Sanctions
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on June 26th, 2014 11:08 pm by HL
Kerry Turns Up Pressure on Russia Over Ukraine, Warning of New Sanctions
Secretary of State John Kerry said Russia needed to take steps in the coming “hours” to pressure separatists in eastern Ukraine to give up the fight.
In the Shadows of Shrines, Shiite Forces Are Preparing to Fight ISIS
Security officials in Iraq’s Shiite holy twin cities, Karbala and Najaf, scoff at the extremist Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, saying their defense forces are ready to meet the threat.
News: Slain Libyan Rights Activist Documented Her Last Hours Online
One of Libya’s most prominent civil rights activists, Salwa Bugaighis, was assassinated in her home in Benghazi on Wednesday, shortly after she posted an image of militiamen outside her home on Facebook.