An official with the pro-Syrian   Arab Democratic Party   was assassinated by masked gunmen in the northern city of   Tripoli   Thursday, triggering violence that left two people killed and five wounded. Unknown assailants on a small motorcycle...

Fresh fighting broke out in central Kiev on Thursday, shattering a truce declared by Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich, as the Russian-backed leader met European ministers demanding he compromise with pro-EU opponents. A Reuters photographer saw the bodies of 21 dead civilians...

Ukrainian protesters poured on to a central Kiev square on Wednesday, preparing to confront police anew after the bloodiest day since the former Soviet republic, caught in a geopolitical struggle between  Russia  and the West, won its independence. After hours of...

US Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday intervened as a political crisis in Ukraine turned deadly, calling President Viktor Yanukovych and saying he should withdraw government forces who stormed a protest camp. "Vice President Biden called Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych today to...