Russia has told the US that Western sanctions over the Crimea dispute are unacceptable, and has threatened “consequences”. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov issued the warning in a telephone call…

EU foreign ministers are due to discuss further sanctions against Russia after a Moscow-backed referendum in Crimea backed a split from Ukraine. The 28-member bloc is considering a visa ban…

Some 25 countries are now involved in a vast search operation for the missing airliner that disappeared over a week ago, Malaysian officials say. The search area – from central…

US officials helping with the search for Flight MH370 are “shifting focus” to the “Indian Ocean region”. However, one official told the BBC that this did not necessary mean specific…

China’s Premier Li Keqiang has pledged to continue search efforts for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight “as long as there is a glimmer of hope”. His comments came as Vietnam…

Search teams are scouring waters off both sides of the Malaysian peninsula, amid confusion over a missing Malaysia Airlines plane’s last known location. Malaysia’s air force chief has denied reports…

Military radar suggests the missing Malaysia Airlines plane turned west, away from its planned route, before vanishing, Malaysia’s air force says. Flight MH370 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing went missing…

Azharuddin Abdul Rahman said officials had not ruled out hijacking as a cause of the plane’s disappearance. He said all reported sightings of debris from the plane in the seas…

Radar signals show a Malaysia Airlines plane that has been missing for more than 24 hours may have turned back, Malaysian officials have said. Rescue teams looking for the plane…

The airline said in a statement that flight MH370 disappeared at 02:40 local time on Saturday (18:40 GMT on Friday). It had been expected to land in Beijing at 06:30 (22:30 GMT)….