UKRAINE

Venezuela's state-backed TeleSUR English site has a solid Chavista bias, but its U.S. coverage is surprisingly relevant.

City shelled heavily as Russia dismisses claims of invasion pretext.

With the Ukrainian military closing in, Igor Strelkov, one of the most controversial figures in the pro-Russian movement, has resigned.

Though the euro area economy flatlined in the second quarter, forecasts point to growth in coming quarters.

A Russian convoy of more than 400 aid trucks and military vehicles is less than 15 miles from the Ukrainian border.

After weeks of investigation fraught with safety issues, the Dutch Safety Board will release its first report on MH17 next month.

Russian supermarkets won't be overflowing with European products for much longer. Yet, at multinationals like McDonald's, Big Macs will thrive.

Arsen Avakov, the Ukrainian interior minister, said that Ukraine will not allow the Russian convoy of over 250 trucks to cross its border.

The exercises on the disputed islands are a blow to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's efforts to court resource-rich Russia.

The separatists opened fire on a bus taking the men to fight just outside the rebel-held city of Donetsk.

Data show that more money left Russian stocks and bonds in mid-July than at any other time in the last six months.

King Digital Entertainment's stock price plunged over 20 percent Tuesday after the maker of “Candy Crush Saga” posted sales below estimates.

Russia and Ukraine have come to an agreement to deliver aid.

NATO and U.S. officials are worried Russia's humanitarian move might be a screen for launching a military operation in Ukraine.

President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that Russia is sending an aid convoy to eastern Ukraine despite urgent Western warnings against using humanitarian help as a pretext for an invasion.

The prison on the outskirts of Donetsk was hit in the Ukrainian offensive to take back the east. Like many other institutions in the east, it's now been directly affected by the separatist conflict in Ukraine.

A spokesman claimed Kiev's forces had now cut Donetsk off from the other main rebel-held city of Luhansk on the border with Russia.

Clinton is widely believed to be preparing for a presidential run in 2016 and distancing herself from Obama's foreign policy moves.

FIghting continued around Donetsk as Ukraine rejects a proposed cease-fire from pro-Russian separatists.

Ukrainian troops started shelling Donetsk Friday, killing one person and injuring 18, rebels claim.

The incident comes as US-Russian tensions mount because of Russian intervention in Ukraine.