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.
Britain will close its embassy in Yemen on Sunday and Monday driven by "increased security concerns" as a precautionary measure.
Italy's ex-leader Silvio Berlusconi has lost his final appeal against a tax fraud sentence in a ruling that jolted the political establishment on Friday but left the government in place for now.
People look at a section of the a 360 degree panoramic picture of the historic Battle of the Nations in Leipzig August 2, 2013.
Former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden was safe and felt fine after leaving the transit zone of Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport, his lawyer said Friday.
Foreign competitors and spectators at next year's Sochi Winter Olympics will have to abide by a new Russian law banning "gay propaganda", the host nation's sports minister said on Thursday.
But a recent photo of Chinese tourists soaking their feet in the fountain outside the Louvre Museum in Paris has sparked heated debate in China on whether the image of Chinese tourists has been deteriorating.
For the first time in decades of criminal prosecution, a conviction against former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi finally stuck on Thursday, leaving the media mogul with a four-year prison sentence for tax fraud with all of his appeals exhausted.
The Chinese navy has fulfilled its long-held dream of breaking through the "first island chain blockade", and its vessels have gained access to the Pacific Ocean.
Fugitive US intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden has received temporary asylum in Russia for one year, and has moved to a safe place, a lawyer assisting him said Thursday.
A Russian lawyer for US National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden has left the transit zone of Moscow's airport and entered Russia.
Snowden granted one year's temporary asylum in Russia
The illegal immigrants lost their lives on Wednesday when a boat carrying them sank in the Aegean Sea off the coast of Ezine.
Lon Snowden, father of fugitive former CIA contractor Edward Snowden, tells his son Wednesday on Russian television to stay in Russia because he won't get a fair trial in the United States.
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