Lawyers

• China to continue fight against ‘hostile forces’, separatists

  China's top priority for the year 2016 involves battling and reducing corruption that's been lingering the country. Also, their fight against hostile forces will continue.

• Ukraine's military says eastern rebels using truce to amass arms

  Ukraine's military said on Tuesday pro-Russian rebels were amassing heavy weapons in depots around separatist-held Donetsk city despite a ceasefire deal.

• New violence in Ukraine diminishes hopes before four-way summit

  Rockets killed more than 10 civilians and soldiers deep in Ukrainian government-held territory on Tuesday and rebels pushed on with an assault on an army-held rail junction, setbacks that showed Kiev's position worsening on the eve of peace talks.

• 'Day of Silence' aims to rebuild Ukraine truce but talks in doubt

  Ukraine plans a "Day of Silence" on Tuesday to try to rebuild a ceasefire with pro-Russian separatists that has all but disintegrated, but accompanying peace talks -- the first in three months -- look likely to be delayed.

• Worst east Ukraine shelling for month; ceasefire looks in doubt

  East Ukraine's rebel stronghold Donetsk was pummeled on Sunday by the heaviest shelling in a month, and the OSCE said it spotted an armored column of troops without insignia in rebel territory that Kiev said proved Moscow had sent reinforcements.

• Ukraine prosecutor opens criminal case against Russian officials

  Ukrainian state prosecutors said on Tuesday they had opened a criminal investigation against a Russian law enforcement agency, accusing it of supporting separatist and "terrorist" groups in the east of the country.

• Munitions factory hit in Ukraine's Donetsk, buffer zone to be set up

  The Ukrainian city of Donetsk was rocked by blasts on Saturday, even as government forces and pro-Russian separatists prepared to create a buffer zone to separate the warring sides.

• NATO countries have begun arms deliveries to Ukraine: defense minister

  Ukraine's defense minister said on Sunday that NATO countries were delivering weapons to his country to equip it to fight pro-Russian separatists and "stop" Russian President Vladimir Putin.