'Free Ukraine, not me': Tymoshenko urges EU leaders
Jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko called on EU leaders to drop all demands and sign a historic pact with Ukraine without any preconditions at a summit that opens Thursday.
End 'sharp words' over Ukraine, Putin tells EU leaders
Russia's president on Tuesday called for European leaders to end their criticism over Ukraine's decision to delay a key EU pact, as thousands rallied in Kiev in a third day of protests.
Tymoshenko goes on hunger strike in support of pro-EU protests
Jailed Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko went on a hunger strike Tuesday in solidarity with thousands of pro-European protesters outraged with the ex-Soviet state's shock decision to scrap a key EU pact.
Vote looms to expel Italy's Berlusconi from parliament
Italy's Silvio Berlusconi is in for a tumultuous week that will likely see him booted out of parliament and shift into opposition to a government where he is still formally a coalition partner.
World powers, Iran clinch 'historic' nuclear deal
World leaders hailed Sunday a "historic" nuclear deal with Iran as a triumph for diplomacy, but cautioned the hard work was just starting to keep Tehran from building a bomb.
Race for Arctic resources must be conflict-free: Pentagon
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Friday the United States will assert its sovereignty in the rapidly thawing Arctic but called on countries to work together to avoid conflict over the untapped frontier.
Building relationships with Russia is like constructing a skyscraper: Nazarbayev
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev has compared development of the Kazakhstan-Russia relations with construction of a skyscraper.
Putin topples Obama in Forbes power ranking
Having outfoxed him on Syria, Russian President Vladimir Putin has now pipped Barack Obama to the title of the world's most powerful leader as ranked by Forbes on Wednesday.
McCain op-ed to Russia: Putin 'doesn't believe in you'
US Senator John McCain penned a blistering column for Russian media, telling the Russian people that their President Vladimir Putin is a dissent-quashing tyrant who "doesn't believe in you."
Nazarbayev helps Putin and Aliyev make up
Azerbaijan undertook the obligations to Russian President Vladimir Putin with some assistance from Nursultan Nazarbayev.
Obama scraps Moscow summit with Putin
US President Barack Obama on Wednesday scrapped a Moscow summit with Russia's Vladimir Putin.
Nazarbayev and Putin discuss integration
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev had a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Putin joins Orthodox leaders for religious anniversary in Ukraine
President Vladimir Putin travels to Ukraine on Saturday to mark the 1025th anniversary of the arrival of Christianity in Kievan Rus.
Putin to visit Iran for nuclear talks: report
President Vladimir Putin is to visit Iran in August to try and restart talks on Tehran's controversial nuclear programme.
Russia condemned as Putin foe jailed for five years
A Russian court's decision to sentence protest leader Alexei Navalny to five years in a penal colony on fraud charges has prompted global concern.
Russia-US ties 'more important' than Snowden scandal: Putin
President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said Moscow's relations with Washington outweighed the "squabbles" over a spying scandal revealed by US fugitive Edward Snowden, who has applied for asylum in Russia.
Russia puts Putin's opponents on trial
As a judge prepares to give his verdict Thursday in the fraud trial of Russian protest leader Alexei Navalny, a growing number of President Vladimir Putin's opponents are facing trial and the prospect of long prison terms.
Putin says Snowden at Moscow airport, rejects extradition
Vladimir Putin has described US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden as " a free man," confirming that he is still in a Moscow airport transit zone and rejecting calls for his extradition to the United States.
Defiant Putin sets himself up as G8 outsider
Vladimir Putin's participation in the first G8 summit of his new term was supposed to seal his comeback to the global stage as Russia's paramount leader after winning a third presidential term last year.
Putin foe Navalny nominated for Moscow mayor
Russia's top opposition figure Alexei Navalny faced the uphill battle of getting on the ballot for Moscow mayor on Saturday after being nominated for the post by other leaders of the country's nascent protest movement.