Ukraine crisis prompts the US to bolster its forces in Europe

The World Health Organization is to set up a $100m emergency contingency fund following the Ebola outbreak, its director-general announces.

Russia’s military seizure of Crimea and preparations for a possible annexation of the southern Ukrainian province have revived fears, calculations and reflexes that had been rusting away since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.

Let’s be real. It’s one thing to say that Russia’s takeover of the Crimean Peninsula “cannot be allowed to stand,” as many foreign policy sages have proclaimed. It’s quite another to do something about it.

Public discussion on Ukraine is all about confrontation. But do we know where we are going? In my life, I have seen four wars begun with great enthusiasm and public support, all of which we did not know how to end and from three of which we withdrew unilaterally.

France qualifying for the World Cup finals at Ukraine’s expense is partly to blame for the present conflict in the country, former French national coach Raymond Domenech has claimed.

As Moscow and the West dig in for a prolonged stand-off over Russia’s annexation of Crimea, risking spillover to other former Soviet republics and beyond, here are 10 ways in which the Ukraine crisis could change attitudes and policy around the world.

Donald Rumsfeld sparked uproar among Europeans a decade ago when he depicted a split over the US-led invasion of Iraq as pitting “Old Europe” against “New Europe”.

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South Sudan's rebels are strengthening their defences in the key city of Bentiu in anticipation of a government offensive to recapture the oil-rich area, a BBC reporter there says.