Ukraine: Russian troops flown in by helicopter seized a natural gas terminal and a village just over the Crimean border inside Ukraine yesterday. There were no reports of shots fired.  Russian-occupied Crimea is voting today on whether to secede from …

Flight 370: The missing Malaysian airlines jet was deliberately diverted from its course and flew for at least seven hours, prime minister Najib Razak said today. The plane bound from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing is now believed to have taken …

Flight 370: Confusing and conflicting reports continue to leak from the investigation into the missing Malaysian airlines jet. Reports that a Chinese satellite spotted debris off Vietnam, and that the plane flew for hours after it went silent, both are …

Flight 370: The search for the missing Malaysian Airlines jet appears to be in disarray as authorities have given conflicting reports about whether the plane took a hard left turn off course. The jet with 239 people on board should …

Lost Flight: Malaysian authorities say they have identified one of two men who boarded the missing Malaysia Airlines flight using false identification, but are not revealing who the man was. They said he is not Malaysian and not from the …

Ukraine Crisis: Russian parliament leaders are saying they welcome Crimea breaking away from Ukraine and joining the Russian Federation. They are unlikely to have said it without the approval of Russian President Vladimir Putin.   A Kiev court ruled that …

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 …

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 …

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 …