Sep 30 U.S. hits Russia with new sanctions as tensions over Ukraine soar By Fatima Hussein, Matthew Lee, Associated Press U.S. officials said Friday they would support any effort by Ukraine to retake the annexed territories by force, setting the stage for further hostilities. Continue reading
Sep 30 West rejects Putin’s claim it sabotaged Nord Stream gas pipelines By Jan M. Olsen, Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed that the West had turned from sanctions against Russia to "terror attacks," sabotaging the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines in what he described as an attempt to "destroy the European energy infrastructure."… Continue reading
Sep 30 WATCH: U.N. Security Council meets to discuss Nord Stream pipelines explosions By Jan M. Olsen, Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused the West of sabotaging the Russia-built gas pipelines under the Baltic Sea to Germany. Continue reading
Sep 28 Watch 5:16 UN investigator outlines evidence of Russian war crimes in liberated areas of Ukraine By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi The Russian-installed leaders of occupied regions of Ukraine formerly announced the results of so-called referendums and said they wanted to join Russia. Erik Møse, the official in charge of the U.N. Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, joined Nick… Continue watching
Sep 28 UN envoy says risk of war in Yemen is ‘real’ By Samy Magdy, Associated Press The U.N. envoy for Yemen has warned that the risk of a return to fighting in the country "is real" and urged warring parties to accept a longer extension of the current cease-fire due to expire next month. Continue reading
Sep 24 WATCH: China tells world leaders ‘external interference’ on Taiwan won’t be tolerated By Ted Anthony, Associated Press China underscored its commitment Saturday to its claim on Taiwan, telling assembled world leaders that anyone who gets in the way of its determination to reunify with the self-governing island would be “crushed by the wheels of history.”… Continue reading
Sep 24 WATCH: Russian foreign minister defends war in Ukraine as world opinion turns against Putin By Associated Press, Matthew Lee, Associated Press The tide of international opinion appears to be decisively shifting against Russia, as a number of non-aligned countries are joining the United States and its allies in condemning Moscow’s war in Ukraine and its threats to the principles of the… Continue reading
Sep 23 Watch 4:14 Russia stages sham referenda in Ukraine as U.N. says it finds new evidence of war crimes By Nick Schifrin, Teresa Cebrian Aranda In an escalation of the war, Moscow launched what the U.S. and others call illegal referenda in the Russian-occupied regions of Ukraine. Meanwhile, the United Nations said it has found new evidence of war crimes and many Russians appear to… Continue watching
Sep 23 U.N. experts conclude war crimes committed in Ukraine by Russians By Jamey Keaten, Associated Press A team of experts commissioned by the U.N.’s top human rights body to look into rights violations in Ukraine says its initial investigation has turned up evidence of war crimes in the country following Russia’s invasion. Continue reading
Sep 22 Watch 2:58 ‘One man chose this war’: U.N. Security Council discusses Russian horrors in Ukraine By Nick Schifrin, Teresa Cebrian Aranda The war in Ukraine took center stage at the U.N. Security Council as leading players on opposite sides came face-to-face for the first time since Russia's invasion. They waged verbal battle as the war claimed more casualties. Nick Schifrin reports. Continue watching