Ukraine detains two Russian soldiers near Crimean border

U.N. says nearly 1 million Syrians besieged; U.S. names, shames commanders


UNITED NATIONS The number of besieged Syrians has more than doubled over the past year to nearly one million, the United Nations aid chief told the Security Council on Monday, as the United States named 13 Syrian military commanders it accused of killing civilians.




After Trump and Brexit, French voting hard to call


PARIS "The polls are still getting it wrong," a friend of deeply unpopular French President Francois Hollande said cheerfully on Monday after the latest voting upset to hit pollsters.




New Russia missiles in Kaliningrad are answer to U.S. shield: lawmaker


MOSCOW Moscow will deploy S-400 surface-to-air missiles and nuclear-capable Iskander systems in the exclave of Kaliningrad in retaliation for NATO deployments, a senior pro-Kremlin lawmaker was quoted as saying on Monday.