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Based on the precedent set by previous airline disasters, experts are likely set to begin a long process of identifying the remains.

An article in AirAsia's in-flight magazine has come under renewed scrutiny as authorities still search for any sign of missing flight QZ8501.

Allianz is believed to be also facing insurance liabilities of nearly $200 million for the loss of Malaysia Airlines Flights MH370 and MH17.

The November contraction is the biggest sign to date of the impact Western sanctions and a slump in oil prices are having on Russia's economy.

Parliament is under pressure to approve a budget to get the next tranche of financial aid under a $17 billion IMF loan package.

Russia's newly updated military doctrine lists NATO and the U.S. as major military threats and outlines the use of nuclear weapons.

Ukraine will get 125 of its soldiers back, while the separatists will take home 225 of their fellow fighters.

Representatives of all sides held talks Wednesday and had been expected to meet again Friday to discuss key issues in the conflict.

Russia's ruble rose on Friday to its strongest levels in more than three weeks in a sharp rebound from its recent all-time lows.

The ruble plunged to all-time lows last week on heavy falls in the price of oil and Western sanctions over the Ukraine crisis.

As peace talks commence: Russia plans more military in Belarus, and Ukraine briefly cuts power to Crimea.

A Kremlin official warns of harm that will be "practically impossible to repair."

Russia will take on credit risk for firms, whose foreign debt obligations have shot up in ruble terms because of the currency's sharp slide.

Ukrainian support for NATO membership has swelled, but there's little appetite among NATO leaders to fan conflict with Russia.

Various Kremlin officials wasted no time in publicly saying that Kiev's action was hostile to Russia.

The Ukrainian parliament on Tuesday renounced Ukraine's "non-aligned" status with the aim of eventually joining NATO.

According to a report from the CPJ, Syria remained the deadliest country for reporters -- for the third year in a row.

The dates were discussed in a phone conversation among France's Hollande, Germany's Merkel and Russia's Putin.

Tranformations by plastic surgery to change their appearance, and 2014 was no exception.

China's trade minister proposed more use of China's currency in settling trade with Russia in the face of a weaker ruble.

Aleksey Navalny, an anti-corruption blogger, is to be sentenced Jan. 15 on embezzlement charges.