U.S. Announces New Sanctions Against Russian Economy
President Obama announced new sanctions against Russia as fighting flares up between Russian-supported rebels and the Ukraine army.
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President Obama announced new sanctions against Russia as fighting flares up between Russian-supported rebels and the Ukraine army.
A Charlotte missionary is fighting one of the deadliest diseases in the world.
Nancy Writebol who worked at SIM on Choate Cirlce, contracted the deadly Ebola virus while working in Liberia.
The move comes as Ukrainian officials say they are seeing artillery attacks coming from Russian territory.
The wreckage of a missing Air Algerie flight has been found in Mali. It's the third major international airline disaster in about a week.
Taiwan's Central News Agency says a plane has crashed in a failed emergency landing, killing 51 people.
CNN says the FAA has told U.S. airlines that they are prohibited from flying to or from Israel's Ben Gurion Airport for a period of up to 24 hours.
Train cars full of bodies rolled away from the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 impact site Monday. Meanwhile, President Obama is pressuring Vladimir Putin to allow international investigators full access to the site.
A passenger who took a picture of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 just before boarding is receiving a lot of attention after the crash.
Israel has invaded the Gaza strip, escalating a 10-day military campaign against Gaza's Hamas rulers. Another 18,000 reserve soldiers are on standby.
One local terrorism expert says what happened Thursday sets a terrible precedent within the Ukraine/Russia conflict.
Hours after Israel agreed to an Egyptian peace deal, Hamas militants fired more than 40 rockets into Israel. One rocket hit an empty school.
Their arrival comes as the battle between Iraqi forces and the militant group ISIS intensifies.
President Obama is also sending 275 U.S. forces to Iraq for embassy security in Baghdad.
Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is at an army hospital in San Antonio preparing for a long recovery. Military officials say Bergdahl is in stable condition.
The US Defense Secretary is defending the prisoner exchange that freed Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl from the Taliban.
Joining European leaders in Normandy, President Obama paid tribute to US service members and their allies who stormed the beaches in 1944.
A military report in 2009 concluded he left his post willingly, did not label Bergdahl a deserter because officials couldn't ask him why he left.
Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, freed after 5 years, is in stable condition in a German hospital. A fellow soldier says he walked off his base voluntarily.
A UN committee approved sanctions against Boko Haram Thursday, as Charlotte residents continue to show support for the victims' families.