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Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych said on Saturday he would not sign any of the new laws passed by parliament, which included a measure to release the jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko.

Ukraine’s army on Saturday ruled out any involvement in the current crisis rocking the country, just hours after the police pledged its support to the people following deadly violence in anti-government protests this week.

On March 18, President Obama will award the Medal of Honor to 24 Army veterans “following a congressionally mandated review to ensure that eligible recipients were not bypassed due to prejudice.” According to the Associated Press, the “mass ceremony…will honor

With a power vacuum and what looks to be a long struggle to see who will rule in Kiev, the Associated Press reports today on the possibility of the Ukraine being split in two. Though supposedly ousted in a coup,

UPDATE 4:33 PM ET: This concludes our live update. For more on Ukraine, click here UPDATE 4:09 PM ET: Reuters reports that Ukraine’s border authorities said they had refused to allow ousted President Viktor Yanukovich to leave the country. The Interfax news

Ukraine’s parliament voted on Saturday to dismiss President Viktor Yanukovich and hold early elections on May 25. Parliament said Yanukovich was “not fulfilling his obligations” in the resolution calling for new elections. On Thursday, Yanukovich signed a deal with the

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Protesters took control of Ukraine’s capital Saturday, seizing the president’s office as parliament sought to oust him and form a new government. President Viktor Yanukovych described the events as a coup and insisted he would not

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Europeans broker a ‘peace agreement’ in Ukraine Ukraine’s parliament votes to free president’s arch-enemy from jail Venezuela and other countries increasingly block press freedom Europeans broker a ‘peace agreement’ in Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko, Yanukovych’s

Ukranian President Viktor Yanukovych has reportedly fled Kiev for Kharkiv amid “[the loss] of most of his power base following the bloodiest day in a 72-hour period in Ukraine.” According to InterpreterMag.com, he announced “early elections” prior to fleeing, although

Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovich signed a deal with opposition leaders that curbs his powers, holds early elections and releases his 2010 presidential opponent, Yulia Tymoshenko, from prison. But not all Ukrainians are happy, and protesters said they will stay until

STANFORD, Fla., Feb. 21 (UPI) —Authorities in Florida said an intoxicated man scaled a fence at an Army Reserve Training Center and drove off in a 5-ton Humvee. The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said Jose Quinones, 19, climbed over a

Petro Nazapo sharpens a wooden table leg with his penknife as he prepares for another night at the barricade of sandbags and barbed wire. Behind him, masked protesters were putting the finishing touches to a makeshift wood-and-tarpaulin storehouse full of

While Israel and the Palestinian Authority engage in peace negotiations, Hamas continues to bolster its military capabilities for the next round of fighting with Israel. Al-Monitor is reporting that Palestinian terrorists had conducted a field test, firing an anti-aircraft missile at an Israeli airplane

The highly credible HSBC/Markit Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) of economic demand in China reported that demand in China’s factories fell for a second month in a row and hit a seven-month low.  Markit Research also reported that production turned negative

In Tokyo, hundreds of copies of The Diary of Anne Frank have been vandalized in more than 30 libraries. Scores of pages were ripped out of at least 265 books; city official Mitsujiro Ikeda said that in the Nakano district

US President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin will speak by telephone Friday following the deal to end the political crisis in Ukraine, a US official said. The call will take place later on Friday, the official said on

“CNN’s programming, 24 hours a day, is war programming,” the likely illegitimate Venezuelan president boomed yesterday afternoon. In a public appearance with the state’s bus drivers, Nicolás Maduro promised to “kick them out of Venezuela” for trying to “show the world

GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.’s human rights office says it is “deeply concerned” about the high number of executions in Iran this year. The Geneva-based office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights says at least 80 people have

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — In a day that could significantly shift Ukraine’s political destiny, opposition leaders signed a deal Friday with the country’s beleaguered president that calls for early elections, a new constitution and a new unity government. Russian officials

This Wednesday, February 19, marked the 69th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima. One of the bloodiest battles in the Pacific War and all of World War II, the month-long slug-fest between American and Japanese forces in many ways

Typifying the utterly ineffectual foreign policy that has been endemic for the entirety of the Obama administration, Ukrainian Defense Minister Pavel Lebedev rebuffed U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, refusing to take even one of the phone calls Hagel made to him.  Pentagon

According to Russia Today, opposition leader Viktor Kiltschko told German paper Bild they are prepared to sign a deal with Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovich. “We will sign the deal,” Bild quoted Klitschko as saying. “We are prepared to do everything to obtain

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com China is training for a ‘short, sharp war’ with Japan How a world war with China would unfold Intelligence chief Fanell confirms worst fears of China’s military buildup China is training for a ‘short,

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan officials say suicide bombers have attacked a police compound in a mountainous area near the capital, Kabul. Interior Ministry spokesman Seddiq Seddiqi said a suicide car bomber first blew through the gates of the district