U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday called on Russia to withdraw troops from the border with Ukraine and begin direct talks with its neighbor. Obama said that “a number of troops along the border groups under the guise of military exercises,” U.S. intelligence agencies reportedly cited “evidence” about

NATO decided Friday to appoint Jens Stoltenberg as Secretary General of NATO and Chairman of the North Atlantic Council, in a succession of Anders Fogh Rasmussen.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday submitted to the State Duma, the lower house of parliament, a motion to terminate agreements with Ukraine on the Black Sea Fleet. “After the signing of the treaty between Russia and the Crimea on March 18, 2014 on the accession of Crimea to Russia