U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said he hopes to meet with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia in Europe next week to discuss the crisis in Ukraine.

President of United States, Barack Obama, imposed sanctions against Russian officials and a bank Thursday and warned to apply more on the wider Russian economy if Moscow escalates actions against Ukraine. “Russia must know that further escalation will only isolate it further from the international community,” Obama said at the White …

Shootouts between supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad died down in Tripoli, northern Lebanon on Friday after heavy fighting in the past 24 hours, three deaths.