The leaders of Germany, France, Russia, and Ukraine have renewed their support for a cease-fire in eastern Ukraine during phone discussions between them.

• December 30, 2015

The Georgian parliament confirmed former Foreign Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili as the country's new prime minister on December 29.

• December 29, 2015

Issue # 87
12/28/2015
Militants capture village close to Mariupol
Trilateral contact group on Donbas meets again in Minsk
Donetsk separatists refuse to exchange prisoners by year-end
Putin appoints new Russian envoy to contact group
Yet another Russian "humanitarian convoy" enters Ukraine's Donbas
Ukrainian court allows Luhansk rebel leader to be tried in absentia READ MORE

• December 28, 2015

Bangladesh's state-run Atomic Energy Commission signed a deal with Russia on Friday to set up two nuclear power plants, each with 1,200 megawatt capacity, an investment totaling $12.65 billion, a government official said.

• December 25, 2015

Russian President Vladimir Putin is meeting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for an annual bilateral summit expected to focus on defense and energy cooperation.

• December 24, 2015

Syria is ready to enter peace talks in Geneva, the country’s foreign minister has said during an official trip to China.

• December 24, 2015

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is heading to Moscow for an annual bilateral summit expected to focus on defense and energy cooperation.

• December 23, 2015

WASHINGTON -- The United States has added nearly three dozen people and companies to its sanctions list for activity directly or indirectly connected to the conflict in eastern Ukraine and the annexation of the Crimean Peninsula.

• December 22, 2015