Politics
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 ...Iraq launches offensive to recapture Tikrit
The Iraqi government launched its biggest push yet to wrest back ground lost to Sunni militants, as soldiers backed by tanks and ...Pro-Russian rebels free second OSCE team in Ukraine
Pro-Russian separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine on Saturday released a second group of four monitors from the Organization for Security and Cooperation ...Bosnia marks 100 years since killing that sparked WWI
Sarajevo marks 100 years since the assassination that triggered World War I on Saturday, but without the leaders of Europe and with ...EU signs trade pact with Ukraine, threatens sanctions on Russia
Ukraine\'s President Petro Poroshenko signed a landmark trade and economic agreement with the European Union in Brussels Friday, and said he would ...Jean-Claude Juncker nominated as EU Commission President
European Union leaders have nominated former Luxembourg PM Jean-Claude Juncker as the next president of the European Commission in a meeting in ...Ukrainian rebels free four OSCE hostages, four still in captivity
Rebels in southeast Ukraine early on Friday released four out of eight international observers, captured over a month ago, in an apparent ...Obama proposes $500 million to aid Syrian rebels
US President Barack Obama called on Congress Thursday to approve $500 million to train and equip vetted Syrian rebels battling the forces ...Jordan acquits radical cleric Abu Qatada of terror conspiracy charges
A Jordanian court on Thursday acquitted al-Qaida-linked Muslim cleric Abu Qatada, who was extradited from Britain last year, of charges of plotting ...Iraq prime minister rejects unity government
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has rejected calls from the United States and other countries to form an emergency government.