The apprehended individual, who was traveling on a French passport, was found in possession of six firearms Malaysian police have apprehended a heavily armed Israeli national who investigators believe might be a Mossad hitman and a member of a larger spy ring. The suspect recently arrived in the country on a French passport and claims…

The vast deposits around the northern Yamal Peninsula will play a crucial role in the nation’s energy future, the company has said Russia has huge natural gas reserves that could last for more than a century, the head of state-owned Gazprom, Alexey Miller, said on Wednesday at the International Business Congress.

The country’s economy would go into “survival” mode without foreign aid, its deputy prime minister has said The Ukrainian government could be forced to delay paying pensions and salaries to millions of citizens if the US and the EU do not provide more financial support, Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Sviridenko has warned.