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A three-day-old ceasefire in eastern Ukraine was under pressure after three government soldiers were killed.

• 12 декабря 2014, 11:15

President Bashar al-Assad met a top Russian envoy who said Moscow is hoping to relaunch peace talks for the war-torn country and could host a Syria-US meeting.

• 11 декабря 2014, 13:34

Ukraine and the pro-Russian rebels said they had agreed to halt fire on December 9 under the terms of a truce aimed at ending one of Europe's bloodiest conflicts in decades.

• 05 декабря 2014, 13:05

NATO foreign ministers approved fresh support for Ukraine and condemned Russia for backing pro-Moscow rebels.

• 03 декабря 2014, 10:36

Ukraine's military said that its forces and Russian generals had agreed a temporary ceasefire around the airport in rebel-held Donetsk.

• 02 декабря 2014, 12:48

Russia lashed out at NATO, saying its military drills in the Baltics could destroy northern Europe's stability.

• 02 декабря 2014, 12:39

French authorities and NATO confirmed the presence of four Russian warships in the English Channel.

• 29 ноября 2014, 10:57

NATO's top military commander said he was "very concerned" that Russia's military build-up in the annexed Crimean region could be used as a launchpad for attacks.

• 27 ноября 2014, 13:11

Canada's Defense Minister Rob Nicholson announced the sending of winter coats, boots and gloves to dress 30,000 Ukrainian soldiers.

• 27 ноября 2014, 11:04

Ukraine's pro-Western political parties agreed to make joining NATO a priority in a coalition deal that will give them a parliamentary majority.

• 22 ноября 2014, 10:44

Four Russian navy ships that appeared off Australia's northern coast amid heightened tensions ahead of the G20 summit have now left.

• 20 ноября 2014, 13:36

An explosion of a grenade in Almaty college in southern Kazakhstan killed a student. It also injured 12 others, some of whom remain in critical condition. But how could a real grenade replace a model in a basic military training classroom?

• 19 ноября 2014, 16:58

Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed never to use force to achieve Beijing's goals, including in maritime disputes.

• 17 ноября 2014, 21:42

A grenade explosion has rocked the College of Fashion and Design in Almaty this morning killing a female student and injuring twelve others.

• 17 ноября 2014, 17:37

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko claimed his country was "prepared for total war" as fighting continued around the rebel stronghold of Donetsk.

• 17 ноября 2014, 12:56

Russia hit back against Western claims that it was sending fresh military hardware into eastern Ukraine which could fuel a return to all-out conflict.

• 14 ноября 2014, 12:14

NATO accused Russia of sending tanks, troops to east Ukraine, raising fears of renewed all-out fighting and calling into question the Minsk peace deal.

• 13 ноября 2014, 09:46

A Pentagon official suggested that lower-level figures of the Islamic State group may have been hit.

• 11 ноября 2014, 15:08

New unidentified armoured columns rumbled toward the pro-Moscow rebel stronghold in eastern Ukraine.

• 10 ноября 2014, 18:55

The White House expressed grave concern at reports of Russian military reinforcements in eastern Ukraine.

• 10 ноября 2014, 13:28