Politics
IMF approves $17bn aid deal for Ukraine
The International Monetary Fund has approved a two-year $17.1 billion loan package for Ukraine.Thailand to hold fresh general election in July
Thailand\'s government and election authorities agreed Wednesday to hold a new general election on July 20 in an attempt to end the ...Pro-Russian separatists seize second provincial capital
Hundreds of pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine seized another regional government headquarters on Tuesday.Dozens killed in suicide attacks ahead of Iraqi vote
Attacks including a spate of suicide bombings killed 57 people on Monday as soldiers and policemen cast their votes in Iraq\'s first ...Egypt sentences 683 Morsi supporters to death
An Egyptian court on Monday sentenced Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie and 682 supporters to death, a lawyer and prosecutor said.US, EU impose sanctions on more Russian officials, firms
The U.S. and Europe have imposed sanctions on more than 60 Russian and Ukrainian individuals—many of them Russian executives and close Putin ...South Sudan peace talks resume in Ethiopia
Peace talks between South Sudan\'s government and rebels aimed at ending a four-month-old civil war resumed in the Ethiopian capital on Monday, ...Pro-Russian separatists release observer
Pro-Russia forces on Sunday freed one of the eight European military observers being held prisoner in eastern Ukraine.South Korean Prime Minister resigns over Sewol ferry disaster
South Korean Prime Minister Chung Hong Won said he offered to resign over the government\'s failure to properly handle a ferry sinking ...Afghanistan faces presidential election run-off between Abdullah and Ghani
Afghanistan\'s presidential election will go to a second round after no one candidate garnered more than 50% of the vote, the country\'s ...




