Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday defended his actions in Crimea and said he would use force in Ukraine only as a last resort. The comments came as hedeniedthat Russian armed forces were directly engaged in the bloodless seizure of Crimea, saying the uniformed troops without national insignia were "local self-defense forces". "As for ...

(Reuters) - One senior Obama administration official called Vladimir Putin's actions in theUkraine"outrageous." A second described them as an "outlaw act." A third said his brazen use of military force harked back to a past century. "What we see here are distinctly 19th and 20th century decisions made by President Putin," said the official who spoke ...

Tehran, March 2, IRNA Spanish Foreign Minister Jos Garca-Margallo on Sunday cut short his 4-day visit to Tehran to attend an EU emergency meeting on Ukraine.   In a joint press conference with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif, Garca-Margallo regretted that he had to leave Iran before completing his visit to historical city of ...