UKRAINE

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said India was placing more importance on "money" than "values" by welcoming Crimean leader.

Russian military in the Baltic Sea area has been called "considerable," but the nation claims it's only testing NATO defenses.

News of the operation comes amid growing tensions between Western powers and Russia over its role in the Ukraine crisis.

The "cromnibus" spending bill produced with bipartisan support includes money to fight ISIS and Ebola, and prohibits spending on abortion.

If the breakaway regions of Donetsk and Luhansk are looking to Moscow for financial support, they may be disappointed.

Beijing has reportedly sent an official to a conference of nuclear powers in Vienna, despite declining to participate in the event.

The Boeing 777 came down in eastern Ukraine on July 17, killing all 298 people on board, two-thirds of them Dutch..

If it holds, it could improve prospects for a renewal of peace talks in the Belarussian capital Minsk later this week.

A report will be released Tuesday outlining torture tactics used by the CIA. But, America isn't the only country to have used torture.

US specialists on board the Russian aircraft will monitor the flight and the Russian inspectors' adherence to the Treaty on Open Skies.

On its 20th anniversary, the agreement that guarantees the territorial integrity of Ukraine is in tatters.

The families of MH17 victims want the U.N. to take over the investigation, but the Dutch government says investigators "cannot do anything more right now."

On Friday, defense secretary nominee Ashton Carter said he would give the president his "most candid strategic advice."

Richard Chichakli was a reportedly an aide to Viktor Bout, who is serving a 25-year jail-term for supplying weapons to war zones.

“Talking to Russia from a position of strength is meaningless,” he said, speaking of what he called centuries of “deterrence policies.”

Expectations of more stimulus from other global central banks was also lifting markets.

ECB President Mario Draghi will present updated forecasts from the bank's staff for growth in output as well as inflation.

Obama said that the war in Ukraine has to fall out of favor with Russians before leadership changes course.

"NATO is doing all this under the guise of the so-called Russian threat," Alexander Grushko said.

The accident, in Ukraine's largest nuclear power plant, could reportedly aggravate the power crisis in the country.

The airline made the announcement during a briefing with families of Flight MH370's passengers and crew, The Malaysian Insider reported.