Ukraine’s pro-EU opposition leaders jetted to Germany for talks with Angela Merkel on Monday as the country took a small step to resolving its worst post-Soviet crisis with the adoption of a political amnesty.

Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovych will most likely submit his proposal for a new Prime Minister later this week. This comes almost a month after PM Mykola Azarov resigned, following months of turbulent and often violent anti-government

The leader of Central African Republic asked French troops Monday to stay until polls due in early 2015. Interim President Catherine Samba Panza’s appeal came three days after France’s decision to