Slavyansk families find shelter in Ukraine monastery
Elena and her four-year-old son arrived at the monastery doors clutching two travel bags and a teddy bear, as they sought shelter from the violence engulfing their hometown of Slavyansk.…
Ukraine showdown to shadow Obama in Europe
President Barack Obama will begin Monday a trip ringing with historic echoes to Europe, where sudden turbulence has rocked the political and security order and reshaped his foreign policy. The…
Russia pushes back Ukraine gas cut ultimatum
Crisis-hit Ukraine won a vital reprieve from Russia on Monday when Moscow pushed back until next week a possible cut in gas shipments that would also impact parts of Europe.…
National Organization For Marriage Broke Campaign Finance Law
The National Organization for Marriage, a leader in the campaign to ban same-sex marriage in the U.S., sustained a blow to its five-year effort to keep campaign donors’ names secret…
Obama to meet Ukraine’s Poroshenko
President Barack Obama promised Ukraine's president-elect Petro Poroshenko "the full support of the United States" on Tuesday and said he would meet him in Europe next month. The White House…
Ukraine forces suffer new losses in separatist east
Ukrainian forces suffer fresh losses on Wednesday in a rebel raid in the separatist east as the newly-elected president promised to hold his first talks with Russia's Vladimir Putin on…
OSCE team ‘detained’ in Ukraine’s Donetsk
A team of international monitors with the OSCE was detained at a checkpoint in restive eastern Ukraine on a day of deadly fighting between government forces and pro-Russian gunmen, officials…
Ukraine forces suffer fresh losses in separatist east
Ukrainian forces have suffered fresh losses in a rebel raid in the separatist east as the newly-elected president promised to hold his first talks with Russia's Vladimir Putin on easing…
Akhmetov: Ukraine’s ‘oligarch-in-chief’ and top powerbroker
Ukraine's richest man Rinat Akhmetov may have just swung the tide in favour of Kiev's beleaguered Western-backed leaders by denouncing pro-Russian rebels who have run riot over his industrial base…
‘Islamic Jew-hatred’ ads appear on Washington buses
Bus ads linking "Islamic Jew-hatred" Islam with Adolf Hitler are out on the streets of Washington, and the US capital's mass transit authority said Tuesday it is legally powerless to…