Ukraine: Western countries, including the US, are digging to produce billions of dollars worth of aid to prop up the failed Ukrainian state. The bailout had originally been promised by Russia, which led to political turmoil among Ukrainians who wanted …

Ukraine:  Interim President Oleksandr Turchynov said his country will seek closer ties with the European Union, just what thousands of protesters were demanding in the fiery violence that took at least 77 lives. “We have to return to the family …

Caught: Ending a 13-year manhunt, the world’s most-wanted drug dealer, Joaquín Guzmán Loera known as “El Chapo,” has been caught. Guzman, whose nickname means “Shorty,” escaped prison in a laundry basket in 2001 as he faced extradition for trial in …

Ukraine: President Viktor Yanukovych is reported to have had fled the capital a day after making a deal to end the country’s political violence. Where he went is unknown. Yanukovych left as the entryways to the capital were falling under …

Ukraine: President Viktor F. Yanukovych today agreed to restore the Ukraine constitution and call elections by the end of the year. In an agreement that could defuse the country’s crisis, Yanukovych promised not to declare a state of emergency or …

Ukraine: A brief truce was broken by gunfire today and at least 20 people were killed in Ukraine’s capital city Kiev. Police had moved in using stun grenades and were repulsed by gunfire. Shots came from both sides during the …

World: Twenty-five people died and hundreds were injured as riot police spearheaded by armored cars and water cannon made a bloody assault on protesters in Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine. Nine policemen were among the dead.   When the armored …

World: A half million people have fled the fighting in the Syrian city of Aleppo in recent weeks, according to the United Nations. In some areas of nearby Turkey the refugees outnumber the residents.   Secy. of State John Kerry …

Hijacked: The co-pilot of an Ethiopian Airlines plane locked his colleague out of the cockpit and hijacked the jet to Geneva seeking asylum in Switzerland. The plane with 202 passengers was originally bound from Addis Ababa to Rome, but the …

World: Secy. Of State John Kerry basted climate change deniers in a speech to students in Indonesia. “We should not allow a tiny minority of shoddy scientists and science and extreme ideologues to compete with scientific facts,” Kerry said. “The …