World Sep 27 Pro-Moscow officials say 4 occupied areas of Ukraine have voted to join Russia According to Russia-installed election officials in Zaporizhzhia region, 93.11 percent of the ballots case in the vote were in support of the annexation. Results from three other Ukrainian regions were expected to follow shortly.
World Sep 27 Kremlin-led referendum vote concludes, rising Western tensions Moscow-backed officials in the four occupied regions in southern and eastern Ukraine said polls closed Tuesday afternoon after five days of voting and the counting of ballots had started.
World Sep 26 Russian military recruiter shot at enlistment office amid troop call-up A young man shot a Russian military officer at close range at an enlistment office Monday, in an unusually bold attack reflecting resistance to the Russian leadership's efforts to mobilize hundreds of thousands of men to wage war on Ukraine.
World Sep 25 EU divided on response to Russians fleeing military service Russia’s rush to mobilize hundreds of thousands of recruits to staunch stinging losses in Ukraine is a tacit acknowledgement that its “army is not able to fight,” Ukraine’s president said Sunday, as splits sharpened in Europe over whether to welcome…
World Sep 20 Separatist-controlled areas in Ukraine to vote on joining Russia The separatist leaders of four Russian-controlled areas of Ukraine say they are planning to hold votes starting later this week for the territories to become part of Russia as Moscow loses ground in the war it launched.
World Sep 19 Russian missile strikes close to nuclear plant, Ukraine says Ukrainian officials say a Russian missile strike has hit just 300 meters (328 yards) from a nuclear power plant in the country's south.
World Aug 16 Iran submits a 'written response' in nuclear deal talks, blames Washington for delay Iran's state-run IRNA news agency offered no details on the substance of its response, but suggested that Tehran still wouldn't take the European Union-mediated proposal, despite warnings there would be no more negotiations.
Arts Aug 15 Iran denies involvement in Salman Rushdie attack but justifies assault An Iranian government official has denied that Tehran was involved in the assault on author Salman Rushdie.
World Aug 04 Indirect Iran nuclear talks resume in Vienna as Tehran expands uranium enrichment Negotiators from Iran, the United States and the European Union have resumed months-long, indirect talks over Tehran's tattered nuclear deal.
World May 14 Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan appointed as UAE's president The ascension of Sheikh Mohammed, 61, had been expected after the death Friday of his half-brother and the UAE's president, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, at the age of 73.