Politics
Crimea declares independence from Ukraine, applies to join Russia
Crimea\'s parliament has formally declared independence from Ukraine and asked to join the Russian Federation.Crimea votes on leaving Ukraine for Russia
Crimeans voted in a referendum on Sunday on whether to break away from Ukraine and join Russia, with Kiev accusing Moscow of ...Ukraine braces for Crimea breakaway vote
The U.N. Security Council will vote Saturday on a U.S.-drafted resolution urging countries not to recognize the results of an upcoming Crimean ...France sentences Rwandan ex-soldier for genocide role
A court in France has delivered the country\'s first ever conviction for genocide, sentencing a former Rwandan soldier to 25 years in ...Crimea talks fail to find US-Russian solution
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called talks Friday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov "constructive and frank" but said that Russia ...East African states to send troops to monitor South Sudan ceasefire
East African countries have agreed to send troops to South Sudan, to help enforce a shaky cease-fire deal between government and rebel ...Sierra Leone war-time leader Ahmad Tejan Kabbah dies
Sierra Leone\'s former president Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, who is widely credited with ending an 11-year civil war, has died after a long ...Ousted Libyan PM flees to Europe despite travel ban
Libya\'s former Prime Minister Ali Zeidan has left the country despite a travel ban, reports say.NATO jets to monitor Ukraine border
NATO says it is deploying reconnaissance aircraft along the borders of member states Poland and Romania, to monitor the crisis in nearby ...UN says tens of thousands flee fighting in Darfur
The United Nations says attacks in Sudan\'s long-troubled Darfur region have forced more than 45,000 people to flee their homes.




