Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko called Russia's Vladimir Putin to discuss a plan to end the bloodshed in eastern Ukraine, the second late-night phone conversation between the leaders this week, the Kremlin said.
As many as 75 scientists and staff in US government laboratories in Atlanta may have been exposed to live anthrax bacteria after researchers failed to follow safety procedures, prompting an investigation by federal authorities.
Monarch's biggest challenge to spur dialogue between Madrid, Catalonia
A divorced former journalist, Letizia Ortiz, became Spain's first commoner queen on Thursday when her husband, Felipe VI, was sworn in as king.
Britain's UK Independence Party succeeded on Wednesday in forming a European Parliament grouping with other euro-skeptic parties, giving it access to more money, staff and speaking time.
Al-Maliki appeals for national unity, with focus on defeating insurgents
The Palestinian president defended his policy of security cooperation with Israel in a politically risky speech to senior Arab officials on Wednesday, even as Israeli forces escalated their most extensive West Bank crackdown in years in response to the alleged abduction of three Israeli teenagers.
Polish police and state prosecutors on Wednesday raided the headquarters of a magazine that recently published compromising information about the government, in a failed attempt to seize its computers.
The South Korean military said on Thursday it would hold a rare live-fire drill near islets also claimed by Japan in a move likely to further raise diplomatic tensions with Tokyo.
Antarctic scientists warned on Wednesday that a surge in tourists visiting the frozen continent was threatening its fragile environment and called for better protection.
A one-cent postage stamp from a 19th century British colony in South America has become the world's most valuable stamp - again.
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