UKRAINE

Nadezhda Savchenko, who was captured by pro-Moscow rebels in eastern Ukraine in June 2014, was charged with directing mortar fire that killed two Russian journalists.

As Russia begins its third year of occupation in Crimea, human rights activists warn of an increasingly stifling environment in the region formerly controlled by Ukraine.

Everyone on the Boeing 738 plane was killed at an airport in Rostov-on-Don, southern Russia, media reports said.

The open border policy would allow Turks to enter the EU without visas, but not work in member states.

Russian spying tactics include psychological warfare via "extreme movements, information operations and misinformation campaigns," say the Swedes.

Moody’s and Fitch have said in recent weeks that they plan to stop issuing ratings in Russia rather than be subjected to Moscow's new regulations.

The E.U. country wants to get rid of its old Soviet-built fighting vehicles amid regional aggression from Russia.

Both Russia and the U.S. have spent millions per day on operations in Syria. But Russia's economy has been less capable of supporting the expense.

As the civil war in Syria, which has left more than 250,000 dead, reaches the five-year mark, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday he had achieved his goals and was ready to remove his forces.

A moment of silence was observed across Japan to mark the fifth anniversary of the March 11 tsunami that devastated the country's northeast.

While the U.S. and EU hold steady with sanctions against Russia, a Ukrainian pilot's detention is fueling protests in both Kiev and Moscow.

Nadezhda Savchenko, the female Ukrainian pilot held in a Russian jail, has started to drink water on the personal request of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.

Nadezhda Savchenko, held in Russia since 2014, said she could die while on hunger strike before a Russian judge reaches a verdict.

A Greenpeace investigation revealed that residents living in areas contaminated by the nuclear disaster are eating food exposed to dangerously high levels of radiation.

Last October, the Dutch Safety Board's final report said that a surface-to-air missile exploded near the left side of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 in July 2014.

The latest unrest, linked to the ongoing trial of Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko, could worsen relations between Russia and Ukraine.

Protesters in Kiev on Sunday demanded the release of a hunger-striking Ukrainian pilot being held by Russian authorities.

The Nordic states have moved closer amid rising regional tensions in recent years. The possibility of a defense treaty is now on the table.

Continuing political and economic risks had made advertisers reach for cost cuts instead of expansion to hit profitability targets, CEO Martin Sorrell noted.

Slumping oil prices and Western sanctions make it likely that its crisis-hit economy will contract for a second consecutive year.

The demonstration of discontent at an agriculture exposition follows months of nationwide protests over what the farmers' union calls a lack of government support.