Separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine reported heavy casualties on Tuesday after a second day of fighting with government forces, as authorities in Kiev vowed to continue the military offensive "until not a single terrorist" was left.
Another Russian naval ship is on its way toward the Syrian coast, the Interfax news agency reported Friday.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin welcomes US President Barack Obama before the first working session of the G20 Summit in Constantine Palace in Strelna near St Petersburg, September 5, 2013.
US President Barack Obama faced growing pressure from Russia's Vladimir Putin and other world leaders on Thursday to decide against launching military strikes in Syria, which many of them fear would hurt the global economy and push up oil prices.
President Xi Jinping met Thursday with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin before the G20 summit.
Xi, Putin meeting to focus on 'mega projects'
Xi arrives in St Petersburg for G20 summit
Russia is sending a missile cruiser to the east Mediterranean to take over the navy's operations in the region.
President Vladimir Putin has warned the United States against any unilateral military actions against Syria without approval from the UN Security Council, and said Russia would not extradite former intelligence employee Edward Snowden back to the US.
As property prices in Spain bottomed out and became stable, Chinese workers there are getting active in purchasing real estate.
A diver swims amid 12,000 rubber ducks during the third duck race on the inner Alster in Hamburg, Germany, September 1, 2013.
Ninety-two-year-old former SS officer Siert Bruins went on trial on Monday for murdering a Dutch resistance fighter about 70 years ago.
A cluster of new skyscrapers transforming the London skyline are often blamed for spoiling the view. Now one has been accused of "melting" a car.
French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault on Monday rejected opposition's calls for a parliament vote on the Syria crisis.
Cooperation is the only viable way to safeguard Eurasian countries' security in the face of transnational terrorist threats,says Chinese Vice-President Li Yuanchao.Toward new glory of Silk Road
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