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Deadly clashes in eastern Ukraine city Slovyansk
Ukrainian forces killed five militants during operations to take down the pro-Russians\' roadblocks in Slovyansk on Thursday, the Ukrainian interior ministry said.Suspected mass grave excavated in Serbia
Forensic experts from Serbia, Kosovo and Bosnia have begun excavation of a suspected mass grave in Serbia. It\'s believed to contain at ...Russia threatens response if interests attacked in Ukraine
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told state television that Russia would retaliate if its legitimate interests or Russians are attacked. He said ...US sending troops to Eastern Europe
The United States is sending about 600 soldiers to Poland and the three Baltic states for infantry exercises, the Pentagon said on ...Russia expels Canadian diplomat as tensions rise
Russia expelled a first secretary at the Canadian embassy in Moscow on Tuesday in what it said was a response to Canada\'s ...Gunbattle in eastern Ukraine leaves four dead
Three pro-Russian militants and at least one other person were killed in a gunbattle near the volatile eastern Ukrainian town of Slavyansk ...80% of Syrian chemical weapons shipped out: monitors
The head of the international team overseeing the destruction of Syria\'s chemical arms says the country has shipped out or destroyed nearly ...No obstacles to normalizing Russian-West relations – Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin says nothing should impede the normalization of relations between Russia and the West, after ties have hit a ...4 French journalists held hostage in Syria freed
Four French journalists held captive in Syria for almost a year were free and "in good health" on Saturday, President Francois Hollande ...Putin says hopes will not have to use force in eastern Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he has "a right" to send troops into Ukraine but hopes he will "not have to ...