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FILE - In this Sunday, May 25, 2014 file photo, European Commission presidency candidate Jean-Claude Juncker, addresses the media, at the European Parliament in Brussels. European Union leaders at an EU summit on Friday, June 27, 2014 have proposed former Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker to become the 28-nation bloc&#8217;s new chief executive. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe, File)

Over British objections, Juncker in line for top EU job

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Ukraine, EU sign historic trade and economic pact

By John-Thor Dahlburg - Associated Press

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko delivers his speech at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, eastern France, Thursday June 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Christian Lutz)

Thousands flee Ukraine for Russia; truce nears end

By Balint Szlanko - Associated Press

Nigel Farage, leader of Britain's UK Independence Party (UKIP). (AP Photo)

Political ‘earthquake’ creates fractures in EU

Associated Press

Ukrainian presidential candidate Petro Poroshenko, right, is welcomed by his supporters during a rally in Kruvuy Rig, Ukraine, Saturday, May 17, 2014. A Presidential vote in Ukraine is scheduled for May 25. (AP Photo/Mykola Lazarenko, Pool)

Candy tycoon the front-runner for Ukraine’s next president

Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 17, 2012, file photo, a man raises his hand during at Google offices in New York. People should have some say over the results that pop up when they conduct a search of their own name online, Europe's highest court said Tuesday, May 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

European court: Google must yield on personal info

By TOBY STERLING - Associated Press

Ukraine Europe Chess Game Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

KEENE: Ukraine: Repeating a perilous history

By David Keene - The Washington Times

FA chairman proposes Premier League ‘B’ teams

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

This image taken from Associated Press video shows Igor Strelkov, military commander of pro-Russian militias in Slovyansk talking to journalists in Slovyansk, Ukraine, Sunday, April 27, 2014. Strelkov has been identified as a Russian security services operative by Ukraine's government. In what appeared to be a closely vetted interview to Russian media, Strelkov did not directly deny the accusation, saying the uprising in Ukraine was being carried out by opponents of the &quot;Kiev junta&quot; — language similar in tone to that adopted by the Kremlin leadership. (AP Photo/Associated Press Video)

EU names 15 new targets for sanctions

By JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG - Associated Press

Masked pro-Russian activists beat a participant of a pro-Ukrainian rally as police try to stop the clash in Donetsk, Ukraine, Monday, April 28, 2014. About a thousand pro-Russian activists armed with sticks and steel rods attacked the participants of pro-Ukrainian rally in center of Donetsk. Ukraine's acting government and the West have accused Russia of orchestrating the unrest, which they fear Moscow could use as a pretext for an invasion. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

EU targets 15 high-ranked Russians for more sanctions

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

This image taken from Associated Press video shows Igor Strelkov, military commander of pro-Russian militias in Slovyansk talking to journalists in Slovyansk, Ukraine, Sunday, April 27, 2014. Strelkov has been identified as a Russian security services operative by Ukraine's government. In what appeared to be a closely vetted interview to Russian media, Strelkov did not directly deny the accusation, saying the uprising in Ukraine was being carried out by opponents of the &quot;Kiev junta&quot; — language similar in tone to that adopted by the Kremlin leadership. (AP Photo/Associated Press Video)

Shadowy commander is face of insurgency in Ukraine

By PETER LEONARD - Associated Press

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov looks on at the start of the two days of closed-door nuclear talks on at the United Nations offices in Geneva on Oct. 15, 2013. (Associated Press)

Russia accuses West of lowering new ‘Iron Curtain’ with sanctions

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

U.S. President Barack Obama, along with Philippines President Benigno Aquino III, speaks at a joint news conference at Malacanang Palace in Manila, the Philippines, Monday, April 28, 2014. President Obama said a 10-year agreement signed Monday to give the U.S military greater access to Philippine bases will help promote regional security, improve armed forces training and shorten response times to humanitarian crises, including natural disasters. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

New US sanctions on Russian officials, companies

By JULIE PACE - Associated Press

J&J says Europe clears new diabetes treatment

Associated Press

US court revives European suit vs. R.J. Reynolds

By LARRY NEUMEISTER - Associated Press

Former Sen. Bob Dole, R-Kan., second from left, greets former Mission Mayor Laura McConwell, right, at Johnson County Republican Headquarters in Overland Park, Kan., Monday, April 21, 2014. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

Bob Dole says US should send weapons to Ukraine

By JOHN HANNA - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, shakes hands with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov before a bilateral meeting to discuss the ongoing situation in Ukraine as diplomats from the U.S., Ukraine, Russia and the European Union gather for discussions in Geneva Thursday, April 17, 2014. Ukraine is hoping to placate Russia and calm hostilities with its neighbor even as the U.S. prepares a new round of sanctions to punish Moscow for what it regards as fomenting unrest. (AP Photo)

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov: Deal reached on calming Ukraine tensions

Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the start of a bilateral meeting to discuss the ongoing situation in Ukraine as diplomats from the U.S., Ukraine, Russia and the European Union gather for discussions in Geneva on Thursday, April 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Jim Bourg, Pool)

Skeptics on all sides take aim of John Kerry’s tentative deal on Ukraine

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Illustration on UKIP, the "British Tea Party" by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

KEENE: Familiar refrains from Britain’s ‘Tea Party’

By David Keene - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, meets with EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton in a bilateral meeting to discuss the ongoing situation in Ukraine in Geneva, Switzerland, Thursday, April 17, 2014. Secretary of State Kerry arrived in Geneva on Wednesday for the high-stakes diplomatic meetings with Russia, Ukraine and the EU. (AP Photo/Jim Bourg, Pool)

Deal reached on calming Ukraine tensions _ for now

By LARA JAKES and JOHN HEILPRIN - Associated Press