Europe
THE HAGUE - RUSSIA
Russia ordered to pay Yukos shareholders over $50bn in damages
An international court on Monday ordered Russia to pay Yukos shareholders just over $50 billion in damages for the expropriation of the now-defunct oil giant.
AUSTRIA
The centenary of Austria-Hungary’s calamitous last hurrah
Patriotic crowds had been massing for hours outside newspaper offices in Vienna when Emperor Franz Joseph’s proclamation of war against Serbia - only later recognised as the start...
UKRAINE
Video: Slaviansk mourns mass grave victims
Weeks after separatist rebels were driven from their former stronghold of Slaviansk in eastern Ukraine, the city’s residents are still coming to terms with the aftermath of the fig...
RUSSIA - EU
Ukraine fighting prevents observers from accessing MH17 crash site
Heavy shelling around the crash site of downed Malaysian flight MH17 forced Dutch and Australian police to scrap a planned trip on Sunday, as 13 people including two children were...
ITALY
Costa Concordia arrives in port of Genoa to be scrapped
The doomed Costa Concordia cruise ship arrived Sunday at its final resting place in Genoa where it is due to be scrapped, two and a half years after it capsized in a tragedy that c...
RUSSIA - EU
Russia lashes out at new EU sanctions over Ukraine
Russia has criticised the latest round of EU sanctions imposed Friday over the Ukraine crisis, saying the measures show that Europe has turned its back on cooperating with Russia o...
MALAYSIA FLIGHT MH17
Video: 'Lack of security' at MH17 crash site, FRANCE 24 reports
No investigation appears to be under way at the crash site of downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, FRANCE 24 reports, as Dutch and Australian troops remain on standby for deployme...
UKRAINE
Ukraine names acting PM after Yatseniuk's shock resignation
Ukraine's cabinet on Friday selected deputy PM Volodymyr Groysman to serve as acting premier after the shock resignation a day earlier of Arseny Yatseniuk (pictured), who serv...
UKRAINE
Two Ukrainian fighter jets shot down over rebel-held territory
Ukraine’s military has said that two of its fighter jets were shot down by pro-Russia separatists in the country’s east on Wednesday, not far from where Malaysia Airlines Flight MH...
NETHERLANDS - UKRAINE
Netherlands holds day of mourning for victims of flight MH17
Two planes carrying the remains of many of the victims from Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 arrived in the Netherlands Wednesday as the country marked a day of national mourning for...
FRANCE - RUSSIA
Defying UK, France to proceed with warships sale to Russia
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius responded with a strong dose of sarcasm to British criticism of France’s planned sale of two warships to Russia, saying the UK should put its...
MALAYSIA FLIGHT MH17
Flight MH17 shot down ‘by mistake', US intelligence indicates
Pro-Russian separatists probably shot down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, US intelligence officials said on Tuesday, adding that the rebels were likely "ill-trained" and...
FRANCE
A call for harmony in riot-hit ‘Little Jerusalem’ Paris suburb
Religious leaders gathered for an interfaith service in the Paris suburb of Sarcelles a day after Jewish-owned businesses and a synagogue were attacked during Sunday’s banned demon...
EU - RUSSIA
Hollande says French warship delivery will ‘depend on Russia’s attitude’
French President François Hollande on Monday said the decision on whether to deliver a second Mistral warship to Russia will “depend on Moscow’s attitude” over the Ukraine crisis a...
MALAYSIA FLIGHT MH17
