Europe
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 humiliating setbacks on Wednesday as pro-Russia separatists seized several...
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
Pro-Russia activists defy Kiev's threats of ‘full-scale' offensive
An early morning deadline set by Kiev for pro-Moscow militants to disarm and leave the administrative buildings they have seized in the country's separatist east passed on Mon...
UKRAINE
Clashes in eastern Ukraine claim casualties on both sides
A Ukrainian officer and a pro-Russian activist were killed in the eastern city of Slaviansk, officials said Sunday, after gunfire broke out as Ukraine tried to oust militants who h...
UKRAINE-USA
US Vice President Biden to travel to Ukraine in sign of support
Vice President Joe Biden will travel to Ukraine on April 22 to show Washington’s support for the new government in Kiev, as tensions between authorities and eastern separatists thr...
UKRAINE
Ukraine accuses Russia of ‘aggression’ amid unrest in east
Ukraine accused Moscow of ‘aggression’ on Saturday after armed separatists seized two security buildings in eastern Ukraine amid spreading protests demanding that the Russian-speak...
UKRAINE
Armed pro-Russia protestors seize two police stations in eastern Ukraine
Several dozen armed pro-Russia protestors seized two police stations in the eastern Ukrainian towns of Donetsk and Slaviansk Saturday as tensions in the country’s Russian-speaking...
GERMANY
German shop apologises over Hitler coffee mugs
A German furniture chain has apologised for selling coffee mugs featuring portraits of Adolf Hitler it had “mistakenly” ordered from a Chinese supplier, a news report said on Thurs...
VATICAN
Pope asks forgiveness for child abuse by priests
Pope Francis made his first public plea for forgiveness on Friday for the “evil” committed by priests who molested children, using some of his strongest words yet on the Roman Cath...
UKRAINE
Ukraine turns to Germany and France for gas
Ukraine on Friday said it plans to buy future gas supplies from France and Germany as fears mount that Russia may reduce, or even cut, gas flow to the former Soviet state to punish...
NORTHERN IRELAND
