Rescue teams have been activated and are currently searching for a Malaysia Airlines flight that disappeared two and a half hours after take-off on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
The speaker of Russia's upper house of parliament, Valentina Matviyenko, says Russian lawmakers will support Crimea's decision if the Ukrainian region decides in a referendum to join Russia.
BEIJING — China plans to boost defense spending to $130 billion, a 12 percent increase.
It was announced at a news conference held in Israel that the Israeli military had seized a ship in the Red Sea on Wednesday that was carrying scores of advanced rockets going to the Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip from Iran.