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.
Snowden possesses data that could prove far more "damaging" to the US government that he has chosen not to release, said a journalist who broke the story.
Violence flared for a second night around traditional Orange Day parades in Northern Ireland, with police coming under attack from petrol bombs, fireworks, stones and bottles and responding with water cannon.
Several people were injured in a stampede at Spain's San Fermin bull run on Saturday, when bulls that had chased them down the cobbled streets of Pamplona were crushed against them at the narrow entrance to the bullring.
Sexual surrogates are legal in most countries that allow prostitution, like Switzerland, Germany and Denmark.
French police have said that the final death toll in Friday's train derailment south of Paris is now definitive at six.
At least 12 people were killed and 16 others injured on Saturday when a truck crashed into a bus in Moscow, the Emergency Situations Ministry said.
Fugitive US intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden has not yet filed an official request for political asylum in Russia, the country's migration chief said Saturday. 
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Several people were injured in a stampede at Spain's San Fermin bull run on Saturday, when bulls that had chased them down the cobbled streets of Pamplona were crushed against them at the narrow entrance to the bullring.
With four more matchdays remaining, host Russia has already set a new record of winning most gold medals at a single Universiade.
Over a thousand well-wishers including Prime Minister David Cameron gathered at a military funeral on Friday for the British soldier who was hacked to death on a street in Woolwich, southeast London, two months ago.
US President Barack Obama raised US concerns directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin on former US spy agency contractor Edward Snowden, but there was no sign of a breakthrough.
France's Interior Ministry has lowered the death toll in a train derailment outside Paris to six and says nine people have been gravely injured.
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