RUSSIA

U.S. Air Force Gen. Philip Breedlove says military force would be used to keep Russia from pulling another Crimea.

Pro-Russian separatists have controlled much of the Luhansk region for months.

U.N. nuclear-agency chief Yukiya Amano called his trip to Tehran useful.

Neither Russia nor the pro-Russian separatists have confirmed the exact origins of the reinforcements.

Per usual, Ukraine and Russia are squabbling over the facts, this time over what appears to be the first claimed Russian incursion into Ukrainian territory.

Venezuela's state-backed TeleSUR English site has a solid Chavista bias, but its U.S. coverage is surprisingly relevant.

City shelled heavily as Russia dismisses claims of invasion pretext.

Coca-Cola Co (KO.N) said Thursday it is making a cash payment of $2.15 billion for a 16.7 percent stake in Monster Beverage Corp (MNST.O) as the world's largest soda maker seeks to expand into faster-growing categories such as energy drinks.

With the Ukrainian military closing in, Igor Strelkov, one of the most controversial figures in the pro-Russian movement, has resigned.

Though the euro area economy flatlined in the second quarter, forecasts point to growth in coming quarters.

A Russian convoy of more than 400 aid trucks and military vehicles is less than 15 miles from the Ukrainian border.

A series of tweets critical of the Russian government continued to be posted from Medvedev’s account and were re-tweeted by his followers.

If 1950 DA crashes into the Atlantic Ocean, the blast could pack enough energy to trigger 200-foot-high tsunami waves.

Russian supermarkets won't be overflowing with European products for much longer. Yet, at multinationals like McDonald's, Big Macs will thrive.

Arsen Avakov, the Ukrainian interior minister, said that Ukraine will not allow the Russian convoy of over 250 trucks to cross its border.

The exercises on the disputed islands are a blow to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's efforts to court resource-rich Russia.

The separatists opened fire on a bus taking the men to fight just outside the rebel-held city of Donetsk.

Data show that more money left Russian stocks and bonds in mid-July than at any other time in the last six months.

King Digital Entertainment's stock price plunged over 20 percent Tuesday after the maker of “Candy Crush Saga” posted sales below estimates.

Russia and Ukraine have come to an agreement to deliver aid.

The International Energy Agency's monthly oil statistics suggest global oil demand in 2014 and 2015 will be lower than previously expected.