Crimea militias stormed the Ukrainian navy headquarters in the Black Sea port of Sevastopol on Wednesday, taking it over without resistance.

Several hundred militiamen took down the gate and made their way onto the...

The Ukrainian ambassador to NATO said in Brussels on Thursday that the armed group occupying the Crimean Parliament building have identified themselves as Russian activists.

Tensions remained high in the Crimea...

1. US President George W. Bush seated in Oval Office with Romanian President Traian Basescu

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"I am happy to pass our message regarding...

Ukraine's new Prime Minister, Arseny Yatsenyuk, on Saturday demanded that Russian troops withdraw immediately from Crimea after unidentified gunmen in military vehicles took over various parts of the...

Many Crimeans were celebrating on Monday, after the region's election commission said the final results of Sunday's referendum showed 97 percent of voters supported leaving Ukraine to join...

The Acting President of Ukraine warned Russia on Thursday not to interfere in the ongoing situation in his country, after large-scale military exercises were launched by Moscow.

Oleksandr Turchynov told...

Three pro-Russian militia members died and 13 were wounded when Ukrainian troops repelled an attack on a National Guard base in the Black Sea port of Mariupol, Ukraine's interior minister said on Thursday.

A crowd of...

As polls in Crimea's contentious referendum closed on Sunday, thousands of residents of the Crimean port of Sevastopol gathered in the city's main square to celebrate.

The Crimea referendum offered voters on...

Tension remained high in the southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol on Thursday after three pro-Russian militants died and 13 were wounded when Ukrainian troops repelled an attack on a National...

Ukraine's acting president on Tuesday called for Russian troops to return to their base in Crimea, saying it was the only way to reduce tension in the southern peninsula.

Oleksandr Turchynov told fellow lawmakers in...

A ceasefire between pro-Russian separatists and Ukrainian government troops appeared to be largely holding in eastern Ukraine on Monday, a day after shelling and clashes rattled nerves and imperiled the peace...

Russia's treaty with the Georgian region of Abkhazia is a "concrete step toward annexation", the Georgian Foreign Minister warned on Monday.

President Vladimir Putin has signed an agreement with the leader of...

Ukraine's acting president on Friday urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop "provocations" in Crimea and to pull back military forces from the peninsula.

Oleksandr Turchynov, who stepped in as...

In an attempt to resolve one of the most hotly-debated issues in

Russian-Ukrainian relations, Russia on Sunday (15/10) made m
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Turkey officially opened the Marmaray railway tunnel under the Bosphorus Strait on Tuesday, completing a plan initially proposed by an Ottoman sultan around 150 years ago.

The tunnel...

US Secretary of State John Kerry and Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu expressed mutual support during a bilateral meeting at the NATO summit of foreign minister's summit in Brussels on Wednesday.

"Turkey is such a...

The Danube is a watery thread 2,857 kilometers (1,775 miles) long.

It flows from its beginnings in Germany , through Central Europe and out...

Daybreak on the Danube. Wildfowl can feed, swim and stretch their wings, in the early morning sun.

For much of its course from the Black Forest to the Black Sea, the...

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