Russia war games over Ukraine prompt US warning Vladimir Putin's announcement of huge new war games came as Ukraine's protest leaders named a millionaire former banker to head a new government after the pro-Russian president went into hiding.February 26, 2014
Obama: US may leave Afghanistan, but door's open to staying In a phone conversation, the president told Afghan leader Hamid Karzai that the U.S. was prepared to take on a limited mission that would include going after the remnants of al-Qaida.February 25, 2014
Hagel says US military must shrink to face new era The nation can afford a smaller military so long as it retains a technological edge and the agility to respond on short notice to crises anywhere on the globe, Hagel said.February 24, 2014
Ukraine's ousted leader Yanukovych on the run from mass murder charge Authorities want Yanukovych and some of his aides to be tried for the deaths of scores of protesters in Kiev last week, acting Interior Minister Arsen Avakov writes on his Facebook page. First, though, officials have to find the 63-year-old.February 24, 2014
Ukraine's Parliament Votes To Oust Yanukovych After He Flees Kiev Ukraine's parliament has voted to oust President Viktor Yanukovych hours after he fled the capital and denounced events in the country as "a coup d'etat" in a television interview.February 22, 2014
Ukrainian president announces concessions In what could be a major move toward ending the violence in the streets of his capital, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych announced Friday that he's agreed to hold new elections, form a unity government and restore a constitution drafted in 2004.February 21, 2014
Animated GIF: Kiev, Ukraine before bloodshed, and after This animated image shows Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine during peaceful times in 2009 and again during battle between anti-government protesters and police on Thursday.February 20, 2014
Photos: Kiev burns as death toll rises Just hours after a truce was declared, clashes between anti-government protesters and security forces have broken out again in Ukraine's capital,February 20, 2014
World's outrage grows as death toll rises in Kiev Just hours after a truce was declared, clashes between anti-government protesters and security forces have broken out again in Ukraine's capital.February 20, 2014
Ukraine's president announces halt to hostilities The development comes amid the worst violence to hit Ukraine since protests began last November, and on the eve of a visit by the foreign ministers of France, Germany and Poland.February 19, 2014
Kiev is 'a war zone' as chaos continues in Ukraine The center of Kiev looks like a war zone today. Streets and squares in the capital of Ukraine are littered with rocks, bricks, spent stun grenades and tear gas canisters, rubber bullets and burning tires, the BBC's David Stern said Wednesday on Morning Edition.February 19, 2014
America Abroad: Women's rights after the Arab Spring The revolutions of the Arab Spring promised greater freedoms for the people of the Middle East. But while some freedoms have been gained, stability has been lost. Hear from women in Egypt, Turkey, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, and from women who are leading or studying this change.Minnesota Public Radio News Presents, February 11, 2014
Robert Gates speaking about his difficult years as Defense Secretary Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates, speaking about his controversial new book "Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War," January 29, 2014 at the Reagan Presidential Library. He said he released the book before President Obama was out of office because he felt he had something important to say about the issues the country is facing today, not in 2017. Gates also discussed his private "frustration, disgust and anger" with Congress, and said many members of Congress put self before country.Minnesota Public Radio News Presents, January 30, 2014