Kyiv insisted the move was a publicity stunt and people would not be able to escape.
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s announcement that his nuclear forces were on alert sparked outcry in the West as the invading troops faced stiff resistance on Monday. The UN General Assembly will hold a rare emergency session Monday to discuss the conflict, which has claimed dozens of lives and raised fears that it will displace millions of people. […]
Weeks of intense diplomacy and the imposition of Western sanctions on Russia failed to deter Putin, who had massed between 150 000 and 200 000 troops along the borders of Ukraine.
Ukraine on Tuesday urged its Western allies to hit Russia with “tough sanctions” after President Vladimir Putin recognised two breakaway regions as independent and ordered in his troops.
President Vladimir Putin ordered Russian troops into two Moscow-backed rebel regions of Ukraine Monday, prompting a furious response from the West with the United States denouncing the move at the UN Security Council as a “pretext for war”.
Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn will try to put two attempted rape accusations behind him in a television interview.
Monaco’s royal house invited the population of its tiny realm to join them in celebration as the Grimaldi clan prepared to embrace Charlene Wittstock.
Monaco has begun three days of royal wedding festivities marked by glamour, romance, rumours, suspense, intrigue and, yes, The Eagles.
The Middle East boiled with anger as protestors trying to topple more of the region’s rulers staged fresh mass demonstrations after Friday prayers
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SA set out its stall at the Davos meeting of the global elite on Wednesday, proud to be attending for the first time as a member of the Bric stable.