US President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel said today that Western sanctions must remain in place against Russia until it complies with a ceasefire deal with Ukraine. “The two leaders discussed the ongoing crisis in Ukraine and agreed that the duration of sanctions should be clearly linked to …

Pro Russian Militants have committed over 4,000 violations of truce and killed more than one hundred Ukrainian servicemen and over 50 civilians since the Minsk agreements took effect, Ukrainian Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak has said.

At least 19 militants including five commanders and seven soldiers were killed during a clash in Pakistan’s North Waziristan tribal region, said the military on Monday. A statement by Pakistan military’s Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said, “19 terrorists were killed, including five of their commanders, in an intense exchange …