Politics
Pushed from Slaviansk, Ukraine rebels barricade Donetsk
Pro-Russian rebels erected new barricades on the streets of Donetsk on Monday, preparing to make a stand in the city of a ...Ukraine says forces will press forward after taking rebel stronghold
Ukraine\'s government said it would quickly seize more territory from pro-Russian separatists after re-taking their stronghold of Slaviansk in what President Petro ...Merkel says U.S spying allegations are serious
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday allegations that a German man worked as a double agent for U.S. intelligence were serious ...Israel launches deadly airstrikes in Gaza
Israel launched a series of air strikes on Gaza early on Monday to quell Hamas rocket fire, and the Islamist group\'s armed ...Germany summons US ambassador over spy allegations
Germany summoned the US ambassador in Berlin on Friday following the arrest of a man reported to have spied for the United ...Kurds push for independence vote amid Iraq chaos
The president of Iraq\'s autonomous Kurdish region asked its parliament on Thursday to plan a referendum on Kurdish independence, signaling his impatience ...Saudi Arabia deploys 30,000 soldiers to border with Iraq
Saudi Arabia deployed 30,000 soldiers to its border with Iraq after Iraqi soldiers abandoned the area, Saudi-owned al-Arabiya television said on Thursday, ...Sarkozy detained in French corruption probe
Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday became the first former French president to be placed in custody for questioning in a criminal investigation.Israel finds bodies of three missing teenagers in West Bank
The bodies of three missing Israeli teenagers were found in the occupied West Bank, and Israel vowed to punish Hamas, the Palestinian ...Poroshenko ends Ukraine ceasefire, says government will attack rebels
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Tuesday government forces would renew offensive operations against rebels and "free our lands", hours after a ...