Heavy Fighting Reported in Ukraine's Slovyansk -- Voice of America
Ukrainian government forces fought gun battles Monday with pro-Russian milititants in the separatist-controlled eastern Ukrainian city of Slovyansk, a day after pro-Russian protesters stormed the police station in the southern city of Odessa.
Six people have been killed and around 100 wounded, said a Ukraine Security Service spokeswoman. Russia's Interfax news agency quoted a separatist source in Slovyansk as saying that 20 or more pro-Russian militants had been killed in the fighting.
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MIDDLE EAST
Iranian official: Iran’s front line is in Lebanon.
Syria clashes kill 21 rebels in Aleppo province.
Report: Thousands flee Syria rebel clashes.
U.S. recognizes Syria opposition offices as 'foreign mission'.
Military: 43 militants killed in Yemen campaign.
Dozens dead in continuing Iraq violence.
Report: Nuclear inspectors to visit Iranian sites.
Abbas meets Hamas leader in Doha.
Israel to get its own version of Air Force One.
Saudi Arabia MERS cases surpass 400, more than 100 dead.
ASIA
China plans for North Korean regime collapse leaked.
Pakistan forces kill 10 separatist militants in Baluchistan.
China's Xi warns of 'strike-first' strategy after militants bomb capital of Xinjiang.
Australia PM drops Indonesia trip amid asylum boat reports.
Philippines, U.S. begin war games focusing on maritime threats.
Japan split over revision to pacifist constitution.
Afghanistan landslide: Day of mourning declared. Focus now on Afghan families displaced by slide. Scale of Afghan landslide 'absolutely devastating'.
South Korea changing maritime rules after sinking.
6.0-magnitude quake causes minor damage in Thailand.
AFRICA
Egypt's el-Sissi: Brotherhood will not return. Egypt's Sisi says there have been attempts to assassinate him.
S. Africa's Zuma confident about ANC election victory.
Libya Congress confirms new PM Ahmed Maitig.
'I will sell them,' Boko Haram leader says of kidnapped Nigerian girls. Boko Haram admits abducting Nigeria girls from Chibok.
Nigeria 'arrests abduction protest leaders'.
Deadly blasts hit buses in Kenyan capital.
Kerry pushes both sides toward South Sudan talks.
South Sudan crisis: Bentiu government offensive falters.
Sudan rebels say unmanned drone shot down in S. Kordofan.
South Sudan's outgoing army chief says Khartoum arming rebels.
U.S. threatens sanctions against South Sudan rebel leader.
DRC court clears most soldiers of rape.
MSF halts most Central African Republic work as government fails to condemn killings.
Libya speaker confirms new PM's appointment.
EUROPE
Moldova puts borders on alert amid Ukraine unrest.
Ukraine crisis: Rebels 'retreating' in Sloviansk. Ukrainian troops killed in battles with Slaviansk separatists.
Dozens injured, fatalities on both sides as Kiev’s military op continues.
Ukrainian military helicopter shot down over rebel-controlled eastern town of Slaviansk: ministry.
Ukraine moving police special forces to control Odessa.
Ukraine's largest bank suspends cash operations in east.
Moscow releases ‘White Book’ on human rights abuses in crisis-torn Ukraine.
Pope Francis hits out at 'people who follow Jesus for money'.
U.N. torture committee probes Vatican on sex abuse scandal, human rights issues.
EU raises its growth forecast for 2014.
AMERICAS
U.S. to banks: 'No such thing as too big to jail'.
Outsider Juan Carlos Varela wins Panama election.
Support for Venezuela's Maduro drops to 37 percent - report.
Venezuela violated rights of protesters: rights group.
UN: Torture of detainees common in Mexico.
Five Honduran youth gang members killed in jail fight.
Honduras to extradite wanted Sinaloa cartel drug trafficker to US.
Cuba demands removal from list of state sponsors of terrorism.
Colombia court backs Santos in sea boundary dispute with Nicaragua.
Costa Rica concerned about Nicaragua's military ties with Russia.
TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR
Terrorist attacks have increased by 43 percent in the last year.
FBI Director: Number of Americans traveling to fight in Syria increasing. FBI expects ‘diaspora’ of jihadists out of Syria.
Guantanamo prisoner to skip parole hearing to avoid body search.
Al Qaeda announces death of a leader in Yemen due to U.S. drone strikes.
Defense bill, midterms likely to stall drive to shutter Guantanamo, again.
ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS
Apple on medical tech hiring spree.
Exclusive: Global anti-money laundering group moves meeting from Moscow.
Switzerland urges U.S. to treat its banks fairly in tax probe.
Target's chief executive resigns.
China's 'ordinary' billionaire behind grand Nicaragua canal plan.
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