Europe could face gas supply disruptions after Ukraine failed to broker an 11th-hour deal with Russia.
Ukraine is mourning 49 people killed when pro-Kremlin rebels downed a military plane as Kiev prepares to host talks with Moscow to avert a gas cut.
Ukraine’s next president, Petro Poroshenko, will not negotiate with armed separatists but is open to dialogue, provided they reject violence.
Ukrainians to vote for new presidential candidates who have promised closer ties with the West.
The metal’s futures for June delivery have risen to $823 an ounce, the highest since August 2011 as a result of concerns about a supply shortage.
Pro-Russian regions Luhansk and Donetsk are voting in referendums to gauge support for self rule.
The US can go it alone, but Europe is divided in its response to Moscow’s assault on Ukraine.
Dozens of people have been killed as fighting broke out on the streets of Odessa, opening a new front in a conflict that has split the country.
US President Barack Obama has announced new sanctions in a bid to stop President Vladimir Putin from fomenting the rebellion in eastern Ukraine.
Pro-Russian separatists are ready to exchange captured monitors for fellow rebels now in the custody of the Ukrainian authorities.
New sanctions will be imposed on Russia as punishment for failing to adhere to an international deal aimed at stabilising the crisis in Ukraine.
The price of the metal has risen due to speculation that unrest in Ukraine will disrupt nickel supplies from Russia.
At least two people have been killed in a gunfight near a Ukrainian city, shaking an already fragile international accord to avert a wider conflict.
Following reports that masked men were seen handing out tracts demanding Jews register or be expelled, Arseniy Yatsenyuk has called for justice.
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.
Separatists are holding public buildings in Ukraine, saying they need more assurances about security before complying with an international deal.
Gold extended its biggest drop in three weeks on prospects of further cuts to the US’s quantitative easing programme.
Ukraine’s president has threatened military action after pro-Russian separatists occupying government buildings ignored an ultimatum to leave.
Oleksander Turchinov says Ukraine authorities will launch an "anti-terrorist" operation with the army against pro-Russian separatists.
Ukrainian forces have launched an "anti-terrorist" operation to end the grip of separatists on the eastern town of Slaviansk.
Marine Le Pen, leader of France’s far-right National Front, blamed the EU for declaring a new Cold War on Russia that would hurt all concerned.
Russia threatened several states with retaliation if they voted in favour of a resolution declaring Crimea’s secession vote from the Ukraine invalid.
The West’s insensitive handling of issues in the Ukraine created Russian President Vladimir Putin’s version of the Cuban missile crisis.
The US president tells his Russian counterpart his political strategy is a generation out of date.
South Africa, Africa’s biggest maize producer, has had to import yellow maize for the first time since April 2012 as stocks remain tight.
The gold price recovered from a four-week low as G7 leaders threatened further sanctions against Russia over its annexing of Crimea.
Rates decisions from Africa’s two largest economies, developments in Ukraine and key US, European and Asian reports are likely to move markets.
Elite Russian troops have stormed a Ukrainian airbase in Crimea as Russia’s defiant march rolled on despite sanctions and growing global isolation.
Vladimir Putin has signed laws completing Russia’s annexation of Crimea as investors took fright at a US decision to sanction his inner circle.
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Putin has made it clear that the country will no longer cave to the wishes of the US and its allies.
The US and its G7 allies will gather next week at the Hague to consider a further response to Russia’s attempt to absorb Ukraine’s Crimea region.