KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Fierce clashes between police and protesters — some including gunfire — shattered a brief truce in Ukraine's besieged capital Thursday, killing at least 19 people.

In the midst of the chaos, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has sacked the head of the armed forces

With attention on the Olympics, the Ukrainian government, with Russian support, are using violence to crack down on the nonviolent protesters...

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Thousands of police armed with stun grenades and water cannons charged into the large opposition camp in Ukraine's capital that has been the epicenter of nearly three months of anti-government protests after at least nine pe ...

A leaked audio recording of a phone call allegedly catches the top U.S. diplomat to Europe working on a behind-the-scenes deal to end the Ukrainian political turmoil, and using profanity to express strong frustrations with inaction and indecision by ...

Returning to Kyiv almost two weeks ago, was returning to a very different situation—one the western media has failed to report fully on. I’m writing this post from a hospital bed at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Washington, D.C. due ...

The latest verdict from an Italian Appeals court finding Amanda Knox and her then boyfriend Rafaelle Sollecito guilty of murdering her roommate Meredith Kercher may come as a stunning outrage to many Americans. But maybe it’s not quite that hard to u ...

Ukraine is on the brink of civil war, the Eastern European country's first post-independence President warned. Opposition Leader, Vitali Kiltschko, calls the amnesty proposal unacceptable and for no end to protests without real change beyond fr ...

Ukraine is on the brink of "civil war" as a result of the standoff between authorities and protesters across the country, its first post-independence president Leonid Kravchuk told parliament Wednesday."All the world acknowledges and U ...

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Aaron Swartz faced 35 years under the initial charges against him, as the trial approached more charges were heaped upon him in a superseding indictment putting him at risk for up to 50 years. The piling on of charges was done for no other reason th ...

How is it we are so willing to put our prestige on the line for people in the Arab countries for whom democracy is a stranger and women’s rights are often held hostage to male ignorance while ignoring people in the West who cry out for democracy, are ...

For the first time in the history of college sports, athletes are asking to be represented by a labor union, taking formal steps on Tuesday to begin the process of being recognized as employees. The president of the National College Players Associat ...

President Viktor Yanukovych has accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, according to the president's official website. Azarov's government will continue working until the new prime minister is appointed. Azarov, who has le ...

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What I saw during the Orange Revolution that may spell doom for the Protesters