RUSSIA

Many residents of the Black Sea port are staying put, despite signs that it may soon be the next front in the Ukrainian conflict.

The images of Ukraine's volunteers are particularly powerful in Germany, the birthplace of Nazism.

The EU, which approved fresh sanctions against Russia on Monday for inciting unrest in eastern Ukraine, has delayed implementing them.

The report from the Dutch Safety Board also ruled out technical faults and crew involvement in the plane's downing.

The dumping of liquid waste and pollutants into the world's largest freshwater lake has been identified as the root cause of the problem.

While China and India have close economic and historical links, there is deep suspicion too, fueled in part by a festering border dispute.

"I have ordered [the military] to secure the defense of Mariupol with howitzers, multiple rocket launchers, tanks, anti-tank weapons and air cover," Poroshenko told steel workers in the port on the Sea of Azov near the Russian border.

The new U.N. human rights chief urged world powers on Monday to protect women and minorities targeted by Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, saying the fighters were trying to create a "house of blood.

Russia has pledged to strike back, hinting at a ban of all EU flights over Russian territory.

EU had earlier said that new sanctions, targeting Russia's defense and oil companies, could be announced if the cease-fire fell through.

An amateur investigator and a team of forensic experts say they’ve solved the 126-year-old murder mystery.

The German automaker said the decision was based on Russia's faltering economy.

"In some ways, we are solving a non-existent problem because we can't solve the existing ones," a Western defense official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said as the 28-nation summit ended on Friday.

Witnesses saw plumes of black smoke filling the sky on Sunday morning, in a further test for a cease-fire that is barely 40 hours old.

Rebels also say that many elements from the cease-fire deal, brokered by the OSCE, are not acceptable to them.

The Ukrainian military and the Kiev authorities have denied the claims, saying that there has been no fighting in the region.

Mexico and Chile will look to build on their performances at the 2014 World Cup starting with a friendly in California on Saturday.

NATO sought to reaffirm its relevancy in a post-Cold War at its Wales summit.

Obama also said in a speech in Wales on Friday that NATO would implement a readiness action plan to monitor the situation in Ukraine.

Pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine said on Friday a cease-fire agreement with Ukraine had been reached. The stand-down starts immediately.

NATO's secretary-general made it clear that a "rapid response" force is a necessary measure to curb Russian aggression in Ukraine.