UKRAINE

A Kremlin-backed journalist went on national TV and said Russia is the only country ready to turn the U.S. into radioactive ash.

With over half the votes counted, 95.5 percent had chosen the option of annexation by Moscow.

Kiev and the West call that scenario "illegitimate."

Latest attack comes after a killing in Donetsk; 2,000 pro-Russian protesters attack a pro-Ukraine group.

Almost 165 years after the first Crimean War, a new conflict could occur on the Black Sea peninsula. What would it look like if it happened?

The EU and the US have threatened to impose visa bans on at least 13 prominent Russian politicians and businessmen.

Their equity portfolios shrank as Russia's benchmark index plunged due to escalating tensions between Russia and Ukraine.

Following Thursday's fall, which was triggered by concerns about China, Friday adds the Ukraine crisis back into the mix.

The prosecutor general of Russia is requesting that the sites be added to a blacklist as tensions rise in Ukraine.

In an unusually robust and emotional speech, German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned of "catastrophe" unless Russia changes course.

But Russia’s central bank has been a strong and consistent buyer of gold in the past several years.

People took to the streets, to barricades and to fortifications in Central African Republic, Egypt, Libya, Syria, Turkey, Ukraine and Venezuela.

If extreme Iran-style sanctions are imposed on Russian exports, the EU would be much more exposed than the U.S.

Ukraine's first elected president tells IBTimes in an exclusive interview that he fears the escalating crisis will embroil the Western world in a full-scale war.

The arrest took place without incident, Austria's interior ministry said.

U.S.-Ukraine Business Council President Morgan Williams said sanctions against Russia need to be strong and effective.

The Ukraine crisis has affected many business models: here are 10.

Moldova is nervously watching the fate of Ukraine's autonomous region of Crimea as a sign of Russian encroachment.

What's more, Russia's dependence on crude sales may make it leery of further moves in Ukraine, U.S. officials hope.

Although Thailand is overwhelmingly Buddhist, Muslims dominate the three southern provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat.

If external financial support falters, the first signs of strain are likely to emerge in the banking sector.