Eurasia

European Union leaders holding a crisis meeting on Ukraine on Thursday could impose sanctions on Russia if there has been no “de-escalation” by then, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said.

In a show of U.S. support for Ukraine’s new leadership, Secretary of State John Kerry walked the streets of Kiev on Tuesday and promised the crowds that American aid is on the way.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Deshchytsia sounded a conciliatory tone towards Russia, saying he wanted to resolve their impasse “peacefully.”

Syrian warplanes carried out a series of airstrikes near a Lebanese border town on Wednesday, officials said, the latest spillover of Syria’s civil war into its neighbour. Lebanese state media said at least three strikes hit near the town of Arsal in Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa valley, 12 km

President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia saw no need to use military force in the Crimea region of Ukraine for now, in remarks apparently intended to ease East-West tension over fears of war in the former Soviet

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Moscow reserves the right to use all means to protect Russians in Ukraine as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was on his way to Kiev. Tensions remained high in the strategic Ukrainian

Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to a proposal from German Chancellor Angela Merkel to set up a contact group on Ukraine, the German government said. “President Putin accepted the German chancellor’s proposal to immediately establish a mission of inquiry as well as a contact group, possibly under the

The United States on March 2 said it will send its top diplomat to Kiev in a show of support and threatened economic sanctions against Russia but made clear it is not seriously considering military action over Ukraine. 

United States President Barack Obama has warned his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin against violation of Ukrainian sovereignty and asked him to pull the forces back to their bases in Crimea. In a 90-minute phone call, Obama expressed “deep concern” over Russia’s “violation of Ukrainian sovereignty and territorial integrity” and asked …

European leaders lashed out at Russia on Saturday, as Moscow moved to deploy troops in Ukraine’s pro-Russian region of Crimea. A range of EU officials — from Britain and Finland to Germany, France and Spain, expressing alarm over Moscow’s military plans.