Politics
Thai constitutional court declares Feb general election invalid
Thailand\'s Constitutional Court on Friday annulled the February 2 general election for failing to hold nationwide voting in every constituency on the ...Putin formally gets Crimea; Ukraine, EU sign deal
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed into law the treaty formally making Crimea part of the Russian Federation, after it was approved ...Obama imposes new sanctions, warns Russia against further escalation
The US has announced sanctions on 20 more senior Russian individuals over Moscow\'s takeover of Crimea and also singled out a bank ...EU mulls fresh sanctions on Russia over Crimea annexation
European Union leaders are due to meet in Brussels to discuss further targeted sanctions in response to Russia\'s annexation of Crimea from ...Greece reaches deal with international lenders on next bailout loans
Greece says it has reached an agreement with its international debt inspectors that will allow the release of a long-delayed rescue loan ...Protesters continue to occupy legislative chamber in Taiwan
Hundreds of students and activists opposed to a trade deal with China have occupied Taiwan\'s parliament and defied police efforts to evict ...Israeli airstrikes escalate tensions with Syria
Israeli airstrikes against Syrian military positions in the Golan Heights killed one soldier and wounded seven in the most serious escalation between ...Russia warns West over Crimea sanctions
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry that Western sanctions over the Crimea dispute were "unacceptable" and ...Defiant Putin signs treaty making Crimea part of Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin and officials from Crimea signed a treaty Tuesday to make the Black Sea peninsula part of Russia, just ...US halts Syrian embassy, consulate operations, orders diplomats out
U.S. officials have told the Syrian embassy in Washington to suspend operations. They say any Syrian diplomats who are not U.S. citizens ...




