Western Europe

One journalist is killed every 4.5 days, reveals Unesco report

One journalist is killed every four-and-a-half days, according to a shocking report released by Unesco on Wednesday.

After four long years! Eurozone jobless rate falls to lowest level

Unemployment across the 19-country eurozone has fallen to its lowest rate in a little more than four years

US talking to India, China to isolate Russia on Ukraine issue

The United States says it is talking with India and China among others as part of diplomatic efforts to isolate Russia over its annexation of Crimea.

Ukraine confident that UN vote will declare Crimea referendum illegal

Ukraine is predicting that the UN General Assembly will adopt a resolution Thursday reaffirming the country's territorial integrity and calling the referendum that led to Russia's annexation of its Crimean Peninsula illegal.

Ukraine orders troops to pullout from Crimea

Russia's foreign minister met with his Ukrainian counterpart for the first time on Monday and demanded more autonomy for Ukraine's regions, even as Ukraine under pressure ordered its troops out from Crimea after the Russian seizure of military bases there.

West readying sanctions against Russia after Crimea vote

The West is readying to impose harsh sanctions on Russia for what US officials described as Moscow's insistence in undermining the new upstart government in Kiev, and fueling tensions among those who oppose it.

Commitment to reform is key in Ukraine aid programme, says IMF

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Thursday that its fact-finding team will complete its work in Ukraine as early as Friday and the evaluation on its commitment and capacity to reforms is key in considering the financial aid programme.

Obama to host new Ukrainian PM at White House

In a diplomatic dig at Russia, President Barack Obama is hosting the new Ukrainian prime minister at the White House, a high-profile gesture aimed at cementing the West's allegiance to Ukraine's fledgling government.

Obama to meet with Ukraine prime minister on Wednesday

President Barack Obama will meet this week with Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, the White House said, in a prominent show of US support for Ukraine's fledgling new government.

Russia, Ukraine feud over mysterious sniper carnage in Kiev

One of the biggest mysteries hanging over the protest mayhem that drove Ukraine's president from power: Who was behind the snipers who sowed death and terror in Kiev?