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Obama announces new sanctions over Ukraine

US President Barack Obama has announced new sanctions in a bid to stop President Vladimir Putin from fomenting the rebellion in eastern Ukraine.

Ukraine blames Moscow for ‘human shield’ detentions

Pro-Russian separatists are ready to exchange captured monitors for fellow rebels now in the custody of the Ukrainian authorities.

New sanctions threats as Ukraine stalemate continues

A day after an international deal in Geneva to defuse the East-West crisis in Ukraine, pro-Russian separatists vowed not to end their occupation.

East Ukraine separatists stay put despite diplomatic deal

Separatists are holding public buildings in Ukraine, saying they need more assurances about security before complying with an international deal.

Pro-Russia activists throw stones as they storm the regional police building in the eastern Ukrainian city of Horlivka.

Ukraine president threatens military operation as unrest grows

Ukraine’s president has threatened military action after pro-Russian separatists occupying government buildings ignored an ultimatum to leave.

Ukraine launches fightback for eastern town

Ukrainian forces have launched an "anti-terrorist" operation to end the grip of separatists on the eastern town of Slaviansk.

Troops in Crimea have opened fire around the Black Sea

Pro-Russia forces open fire in Ukraine

Pro-Russia troops have used gunfire in seizing a Ukraine military base, while Nato has declared early-warning flights around the east.

At Kiev’s Independence Square

Ukraine prepares for war after Putin’s ‘declaration’

Arseny Yatseniuk says the announcement to invade Ukraine made by Russia’s Vladimir Putin was not a threat, but "the declaration of war to my country".

“The result of American and British grandstanding at the UN this week – seeing who can be ruder about Assad – is that Vladimir Putin has gathered ever more cards to his pack.”

Putin hasn’t ruled out Syria strike

The Russian president says he has not ruled out the option of strikes on Syria if clear evidence of chemical weapons attacks can be provided.

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin was the winner of the meeting in Alaska with US President Donald Trump. Photo: File

Snowden: Putin dismisses US’s ‘ravings and rubbish’

In his first public comments since Edward Snowden flew into Russia, Vladimir Putin has appeared to make light of the uproar over the fugitive.

Russia detains kissing gay rights activists

Russia’s police have detained more than 20 gay rights activists involved in a "kissing protest" outside parliament.

Election corruption: Russia’s carousel voters
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Election corruption: Russia’s carousel voters

A journalist infiltrated and followed a group of what he called "carousel" voters, people who are allegedly paid to vote for a specific candidate.

Russia to lift grain export ban

Putin vows revenge for suicide bombing

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin vowed revenge on Tuesday for a suicide bombing that killed at least 35 people at Russia’s busiest airport.

Al-Bashir: ‘We don’t care about the decision of the ICC’

Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir said the ICC attempt to prosecute him for genocide and war crimes had only strengthened his position.

Defiant al-Bashir rejects Darfur genocide charges

Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, on his first trip abroad since the ICC moved to indict him for war crimes, on Tuesday denied the charges.

Istanbul factory blast kills 19

At least 19 people were killed and 69 were injured on Thursday when an explosion ripped through an Istanbul building that housed workshops including an illegal fireworks factory.…

Turkish army kills Kurds in new clashes

Turkish soldiers killed 20 Kurdish guerrillas on Sunday in a major military operation against separatist rebels in eastern Turkey, army sources said. The operation involving 8Â…

Turkey hunts Kurdish rebels after Iraqi talks fail

Turkish military planes scoured the Iraqi border for Kurdish rebel camps on Saturday, army sources said, after diplomatic talks in Ankara to avert a major cross-border operation…

Turkey sends more troops to Iraqi border

Turkish helicopters ferried more troops to the border with Iraq on Friday as diplomatic efforts got under way in Ankara to avert a major offensive against Kurdish guerrillas…

Turkey masses more troops as raids in Iraq confirmed

Turkish warplanes and troops attacked Kurdish rebels inside Iraq this week, security sources said on Wednesday, but Ankara wants to hold back from any major incursion for now and…