TEHRAN, Feb 24 (Bernama) -- Ukrainian Ambassador to Tehran, Oleksandr Samarskiy, on Sunday described the recent anti-government uprising which toppled President Victor Yanukovych, as similar to the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran, Iran's IRNA reported. Speaking to reporters, Samarskiy said the black era of communism has come to an end in Ukraine. Samarskiy ...

As a bloody week of street protests in Ukraine draws to a close,President Viktor Yanukovych and opposition leaders have signed a deal, and the parliament hasvoted on a series of measuresthat curb Yanukovychs power. One of the resolutions changes a law in a way that could lead to the release of Yulia Tymoshenko. Tymoshenko is a former two-term prime ...

[caption id="attachment_80027" align="alignright" width="180"] Protesters in the Justice Ministry, Kiev, Ukraine (27 Jan 2014)The protesters said they took over the building without resistance[/caption] Ukraine's justice minister has warned anti-government protesters occupying her ministry she will call for a state of emergency if they do not leave....

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- Two people have died in clashes between protesters and police in the Ukrainian capital Wednesday, according to medics on the site, in a development that will likely escalate Ukraine's two month-long political crisis. An Associated Press reporter saw medics declare two people dead near the barricades where police and protesters ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Thousands of anti-government demonstrators clashed for hours with riot police in Ukraine's capital, attacking officers with sticks, stones and flares after new laws were passed to stifle protests. The riots, some of the most violent Kiev has seen in recent times, were continuing well into the early hours of Monday morning. They ...

Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych has agreed to negotiate with pro-EU protesters and opposition leaders after violent clashes in the capital Kiev. He said a cross-party commission would be set up on Monday to try to resolve the deepening crisis. Opposition leaders confirmed this. Earlier, a group of protesters - trying to reach parliament -...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Some 50,000 pro-Western Ukrainians rallied in Kiev calling on President Viktor Yanukovych to step down and to protest the recent beating of an opposition leader. Yuri Lutsenko, a member of jailed ex-premier Yulia Tymoshenkos cabinet, was transferred out of intensive care on Saturday evening after being attacked by truncheon-...