Eurasia

Russia said on Thursday it had started military exercises near the border with Ukraine. The Russian Ministry of Defense has confirmed exercises began in the military district

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu met with Secretary General of the UN Ban Ki -moon in New York on Tuesday , reiterated the importance of unity in Ukraine and stressed that any concessions on the territorial integrity of

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to London to meet with Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Friday to discuss proposals for resolving the Ukrainian crisis. “Our job is to try to present them with a series of options that are appropriate in order to try to respect the people of Ukraine, international

The European Parliament Wednesday expressed deep concern at recent allegations of high-level corruption in Turkey and stressed that

President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso Wednesday called on Russia “to cease all efforts to annex Ukraine’s autonomous Republic of Crimea.”

The US House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a resolution condemning Russia’s violation of Ukrainian sovereignty and calling for Russian sanctions.

United States President Barack Obama is hosting the new Ukrainian prime minister at the White House on Wednesday, a high profile gesture aimed at cementing the West’s allegiance to Ukraine’s fledgling government.

Justice Faisal Arab who is heading the special court trying former President General (retd) Pervez Musharraf for high treason on Wednesday

 US Secretary of State John Kerry spoke this morning with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov during which Kerry made clear that “any further escalatory steps makes the window for diplomacy more difficult.”

Ousted Ukrainian leader Viktor Yanukovych on Tuesday said that he was still the country’s legitimate president and commander-in-chief, predicting he would be able to return to Kiev soon.