UKRAINE

There were no children among those killed in the shelling at School No. 57 on the first day of the new school year.

It was the largest loss of life among Ukrainian soldiers in a single incident since the ceasefire began on Sept. 5.

Video footage of a Lenin statue being torn down in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday.

Lots of book series have spawned film and television recreations, but to translate the 127-year-old Sherlock Holmes to a video game? Well, that’s unusual.

Sanctions and low oil prices threaten to bring the already slow Russian economy to a point of stagnation.

Parliamentarians and film directors are calling for a boycott of U.S. movies, as relations sour over the crisis in Ukraine.

The professional services firm forecasts that retail sales will grow at least 4 percent this season vs. 2.8 percent last season.

"Russian aggression in Europe recalls the days when large nations trampled small ones in pursuit of territorial ambition,” Obama said

The shelling is the latest violation of a cease-fire agreement between Ukraine and pro-Russia separatists.

As recently as a week ago, NATO said it believed Russia still had around 1,000 soldiers inside Ukraine.

Russian President Putin and his security council are scheduled to discuss Russian Internet isolation soon.

The project to explore for Siberian shale oil is yet another Russian energy venture scotched because of western sanctions.

Last Tuesday, Kiev passed a law offering special status to regions controlled by pro-Russia rebels, in an effort to end the months-long violence.

Military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said the pro-Russian separatists and Russian troops were targeting government forces.

The Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crash lawsuit will be filed by Elmar M. Giemulla, an aviation-law expert.

The Ukrainian government and the pro-Russian separatists had agreed on a buffer zone about 18.6 miles wide.

Several blasts hit Donetsk after a night of heavy clashes between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists.

Over the last five years, U.S. planes have intercepted nearly 50 Russian airplanes near its airspace.

Former president Leonid Kuchma said the two sides had agreed to move artillery 9 miles away from the front line.

Many news organizations have become increasingly reliant on freelance reporters to document conflicts around the world.

Russia is denying reports that Exxon is pulling out of a massive drilling operation there in the face of sanctions.