World Nov 30 Ukraine blocks entry of most Russian men as tension mounts between nations The long-simmering conflict bubbled over Sunday when Russian border guards rammed into and opened fire on three Ukrainian boats near the Crimean Peninsula, which Moscow annexed in 2014.
World Nov 29 Ukraine urges NATO to deploy ships amid standoff with Russia The Ukrainian president has urged NATO to deploy naval ships to the Sea of Azov, a proposal that has been sharply criticized by Russia as a provocation that could further inflame tensions between the two countries.
World May 31 Ukraine: Reporter’s fake murder involved pig’s blood, morgue KIEV, Ukraine — The Russian journalist who worked with Ukrainian authorities to fake his own death said Thursday that the elaborately staged murder including getting smeared in pig's blood and taken to the morgue.
World May 08 Armenia protest leader Nikol Pashinyan elected new prime minister Many Armenians have stewed for years about the country's poverty and widespread corruption, but Pashinian was able to galvanize that discontent into a mass movement that was raucous but largely peaceful.