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UKRAINE
Ukraine separatists say ‘not bound’ by Geneva deal
Pro-Russian separatists on Friday rejected a diplomatic deal calling for them to disarm and evacuate occupied buildings in east Ukraine, saying they have no intention of leaving th...
ANALYSIS
Ukraine: ‘One bloody incident could scupper Geneva deal’
Sometimes being the odd man out helps. Western powers in Geneva had no option but to deal with Sergei Lavrov, Russia's tough foreign minister, who came to the talks with a ver...
UKRAINE
Video: Tensions remain high in Mariupol despite Geneva deal
FRANCE 24’s special correspondents went to the eastern Ukrainian port city of Mariupol on Thursday, hours before top diplomats in Geneva reached a deal to ease the country’s separa...
FRANCE
Eurostar train mishap causes 'severe' delays
Hundreds of Eurostar passengers had their Easter travel plans disrupted on Thursday after a "fatality" coupled with "infrastructure problems" held trains up for...
DIPLOMACY
Russia and West agree on steps to ease Ukraine crisis
Top diplomats from Russia, Ukraine, the US and the EU reached a breakthrough on Thursday in talks in Geneva by agreeing on steps to calm the crisis in Ukraine, including a call for...
UKRAINE
Ukraine talks open in Geneva as Putin talks tough on TV
Ukrainian, Russian and Western diplomats began high-level talks in Geneva on Thursday after Kiev suffered setbacks in its eastern provinces, where armed pro-Russian separatists hav...
UKRAINE
Pro-Russian separatists killed in attack on Black Sea base
Three pro-Russian militants were killed as Ukrainian troops repelled an overnight attack by some 300 men on a National Guard base in the Black Sea port of Mariupol, Ukraine’s inter...
UKRAINE
Crunch talks on Ukraine begin in Geneva
Representatives from Russia, Ukraine the United States and the European Union gather for high-stakes diplomatic talks in Geneva on Thursday, seeking to ease the separatist crisis i...
UKRAINE
Kiev powerless as pro-Russia activists seize armoured vehicles
Ukraine’s military offensive to reassert control over its troubled eastern regions suffered a string of setbacks on Wednesday as pro-Russia separatists seized several Ukrainian arm...
UK - NORTH KOREA
N. Korea not amused by London hair salon's Kim Jong-un ad
North Korean officials have paid a visit to a London hair salon after it used a poster of "Dear Leader" Kim Jong-un to advertise a discount offer for people suffering fro...
France
Paris laboratory loses deadly SARS virus samples
The Pasteur Institute in Paris has asked the authorities to investigate the disappearance of more than 2,000 vials containing fragments of the SARS virus, while insisting that miss...
UKRAINE
Pro-Russia separatists ‘seize’ Ukrainian armoured vehicles
Ukraine’s defence ministry on Wednesday said pro-Moscow militants had seized a column of Ukrainian armoured vehicles sent to the country’s troubled east in a bid to restore order,...
ITALY
Berlusconi sentenced to community service for tax fraud
An Italian court on Tuesday ordered former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi to do a year of community service following his conviction for tax fraud.
UKRAINE
West pressures Russia as separatists tighten grip on east Ukraine
Pro-Russian activists seized more buildings in east Ukraine Monday after Kiev failed to follow through on a threatened military crackdown as US President Barack Obama urged Russia...
UKRAINE
