The Ukrainian army and Moscow-backed separatists yesterday launched the last phase of a troop pullback ahead of a high-stakes summit with Russia, the warring sides said. The long-awaited withdrawal of troops in the conflict-riven Donetsk and Lugansk regions is a precondition for the first face-to-face…

Democrat Joe Biden strode into New Hampshire’s state house Friday like he owned the place, back-slapping officials and insisting he has broad voter…

The 1992 demolition of Babri Masjid—a mosque named after the Mughal emperor Babur—by Hindu hardliners in the Indian holy city of Ayodhya led to riots that left more than 2,000 dead. Hindus say the small patch of land where it stood is the birthplace of their revered god Ram, and the site…

Asurma Arab and her family spent more than two years waiting in Serbia for their chance to cross the steel fence that Hungary erected along its border…

Germany yesterday marks 30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall that ushered in the end of communism and national reunification, as the Western alliance that helped secure those achievements is riddled with divisions. Two days before the date that brought epochal change, France’s President…

5 Mexican police officers killed in ambush AFP, Oaxaca, Mexico   At least five police officers were killed after they were ambushed in a small community nestled in the highlands of the state of Oaxaca in southern Mexico, local authorities reported. The policemen were attacked late on Friday afternoon,…