The missile used by pro-Russian separatists to hit the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was seized from Ukraine's army, says a German report.
Talks on resolving the Ukraine conflict go nowhere as fighting around the Donetsk airport intensifies.
Up to 200 members of Sweden's military are scouring the waters near Stockholm for suspected 'foreign underwater activity'.
Russia cut off gas supply to Ukraine in mid-June following more than two years of dispute on the price.
The credit of Russia's government is hovering just above "junk" status as rich Russians dump the ruble for stronger currencies.
European leaders, at a EU-Asia summit, urged Russia to do more to end constant, deadly violations of a cease-fire in eastern Ukraine.
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said that he met Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Asia-Europe summit on Thursday in Milan.
The United States successfully derailed Venezuela's 2006 bid for the Security Council, but stayed quiet this time.
The demonstration was another of the activist group's trademark topless protests.
Merkel asked European Union leaders to consider the nervousness in financial markets about signs of a global slowdown.
American-led forces have sharply intensified air strikes in the past two days against Islamic State fighters threatening Kurds on Syria's Turkish border after the jihadists' advance began to destabilize Turkey.
The clashes come on the day the parliament approved former National Guard chief Stepan Poltorak as the country’s new defense minister.
The command server, which was located in Germany, reportedly exposed Russian-language computer files that had been uploaded by the hackers.
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said he will have the "toughest conversation of all" with Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit.
According to reports, Vladimir Putin has ordered Russian troops to withdraw to their permanent bases after exercises near the border with Ukraine.
Russia is set to go head-to-head with France over a multibillion-dollar contract to build warships threatened by cancellation.
Ten years in the making, the $400 billion project to bring natural gas from Russia to China will begin in 2015.
Frans Timmermans, the Dutch foreign minister, had said Wednesday that a passenger on Flight MH17 was found with an oxygen mask around the neck.
The revelation raises doubts about claims that all passengers died instantly after Flight MH17 was hit while flying over eastern Ukraine.
A proposed new law will allow foreign assets in Russia to be seized and sold, to compensate those targeted by US and EU sanctions.
President Obama has received regular updates regarding the data breach that affected nearly 80 million households.
The death toll in the Ukraine crisis includes more than 300 fatalities during the cease-fire between Ukraine and pro-Russia separatists.