Investigators: Russian-made missile downed Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine

Investigators: Russian-made missile downed Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine

Special to WorldTribune.com Dutch investigators on Oct. 13 said that Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down by a Russian-made BUK missile that was fired from eastern Ukraine. All 298 people on board the July 17, 2014 flight were killed. “Flight MH17 crashed as a result of the detonation of a warhead outside the airplane […]

Moscow loses its cool as West turns up the heat with new sanctions

Moscow loses its cool as West turns up the heat with new sanctions

Special to WorldTribune.com By Miles Yu, Geostrategy-Direct.com The new round of economic sanctions imposed by the United States, with much stronger European endorsement, has been met with defiance and fury in Russia. President Vladimir Putin said that he will “deal with the sanctions without fuss.” He characterized the West’s association of Russia with the shooting […]

On a surreal and tragic day, POTUS was in N.Y. but only the UN Security Council was engaged

On a surreal and tragic day, POTUS was in N.Y. but only the UN Security Council was engaged

UNITED NATIONS — Truth is often stranger than fiction. The horrific events over eastern Ukraine, that of a civilian airliner being shot out of the skies by a high altitude Sam 11 missile, seem almost the improbable grist of a thriller novel or a pilot episode of the TV series 24. Add the fact the […]