Estimated read time: 2-3 minutes
This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in its archived form does not constitute a republication of the story.
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's foreign minister is blaming the United States for the Ukrainian crisis, saying America is trying to influence Ukraine to further challenge Moscow as well as leaning on the European Union. The EU is giving Russia until Monday to show it's trying to help ease tensions, or face further sanctions. Ukraine just signed a trade deal with the EU that Moscow is angry about.
BAGHDAD (AP) — The hometown of former dictator Saddam Hussein has come under attack from the Iraqi military, which witnesses used helicopter gunships to conduct airstrikes. Tikrit is one of two major cities to fall in recent weeks to the al-Qaida breakaway Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and allied Sunni militants. A military spokesman says the strikes targeted militants attacking Iraqi troops.
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — With gay pride parades taking place in many cities across the world this weekend, the U.S. role in a struggle that still hasn't been won at home will be more visible than ever. President Barack Obama's administration has been using American embassies across the world as outposts to expand the struggle. Diplomats will take part in parades and some embassies will fly the rainbow flag along with the Stars and Stripes.
VERNON, Ariz. (AP) — Today's weather forecast may be helpful to fire crews in eastern Arizona's White Mountains. The prediction of lighter winds may help the effort to make progress against a wildfire that has charred more than 8 square miles. Winds picked up yesterday and blaze outran its containment lines.
NEW YORK (AP) — An American rower who set out to cross the Atlantic Ocean in honor of his brother is resting on the Caribbean island of Saint Martin before continuing. A spokeswoman for 48-year-old Victor Mooney says the specially built oceangoing rowboat was towed about 20 miles to shore while Mooney was aboard a search and rescue vessel. He has lost 80 pounds as he continues a 3,000-mile journey from the African coast to the British Virgin Islands and then another 1,800-plus miles back to New York.
Copyright © The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
