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.
Members of the Corps Band of Versailles of France perform during the International Military Music Festival "Spasskaya Tower" at Moscow's Red Square on Sept 1, 2013.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel faces off her Opposition challenger Peer Steinbrueck on Sunday night in their only TV debate before the September 22 general election.
British journalist David Frost, best known for interviewing former US President Richard Nixon, died of a heart attack on Saturday at the age of 74, the BBC said on Sunday.
Russia has sent an Israeli communications satellite into orbit, the federal space agency Roscosmos said Sunday.
US President Barack Obama will not have a one-on-one meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the Leaders' Summit of the G20.
The British government has asked the New York Times to destroy copies of documents leaked by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden related to the operations of the US spy agency and its British partner.
Seamus Heaney, Ireland's foremost poet who won the Nobel literature prize in 1995, has died after a half-century exploring the wild beauty of Ireland and the political torment within the nation's soul. He was 74.
Unemployment rate of the euro area stood at 12.1 percent in July, the same as last month and also the highest level since such statistics started to publicize in 1995.
Germany has no plans to join military actions against Syria, a government spokesman said Friday.
Scientists have grown the first mini human brains in a laboratory and say their success could lead to new levels of understanding about the way brains develop and what goes wrong in disorders like schizophrenia and autism.
While global economy remains at risk, Moscow intends to ensure sustainable, inclusive growth as a common goal for the Group of Twenty (G20), President Vladimir Putin said.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi that imposing a military solution to the Syrian crisis would only destabilize the country and the Middle East.
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