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US-led military exercises involving 1,300 troops from 15 countries started on Monday in northwestern Ukraine.

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New police operations in the Balkans against Islamic extremists

Russian mobile firms face being squeezed out of Ukraine after Kiev signaled it would favor European companies in future airwave auctions to curb Moscow’s influence in the country

Ukraine is 'still in a state of war' with neighboring Russia despite a cease-fire between Kiev's forces and Moscow-backed rebels in the east, the country's prime minister says

The 200 trucks in Russia's second convoy with humanitarian aid for the troubled eastern regions of Ukraine have crossed the border Friday night and Saturday morning, reports RT.com. 

"At 08:00 Moscow time  the customs procedures for all trucks and goods in them were completed," local customs service spokesman Rayan Farukshin told RIA Novosti news agency.

Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko has voiced his hope that Ukraine will become a non-NATO ally "in the near future".

He made clear he would use his forthcoming trip to Washington to secure such status.

New European Union sanctions targeting Russia over the crisis in Ukraine went into force on Friday, despite the threat of retaliation from Moscow.

The European Commission said on Thursday it is mobilising EUR 22 M to help the population of Ukrainian regions suffering from the consequences of the conflict.

The funding comprises additional EUR 5 M in humanitarian assistance plus EUR 17 M in development aid, the EU executive body said in a statement.

Interpol signed an agreement with the International Commission on Missing Persons to create an international victim identification resource that uses techniques pioneered in post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina.

TIANJIN - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has said that the decision by the top Chinese officials to visit Serbia after many years illustrates the trust in Serbia that is becoming well-positioned.