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.
Imitation of the crown of Russian Empress Catherine II mounted with 110,000 diamonds is unveiled at the International Jewellery Exhibition in St. Peterburg, Russia, on Feb 6, 2013.
The deaths of hundreds of hospital patients, left without food or water in filthy conditions, exposed an urgent need to change the culture of Britain's National Health Service.
A "bionic man" costing $1 million went on display at Britain's Science Museum, complete with artificial organs, synthetic blood and robot limbs.
Austria will fight hard against potential cuts to agricultural payments during European Union (EU) budget negotiations beginning Thursday and may even consider a veto, Agricultural Minister Nikolaus Berlakovich said Wednesday.
A Russian Soyuz-2.1a rocket carrying six satellites blasted off on Wednesday from Pad 31 of the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan.
Alstom, France's transport infrastructure and power generation giant, on Wesdnesday said it signed a preliminary accord with Brazilian energy group Renova Energia to provide hundreds of wind tribunes worth more than one billion euros (1.35 billion US dollars).
Snow-covered trees can be seen in a park in Moscow, capital of Russia, on Feb 5, 2013.
Celebrations were held in Austria and Tunisia for the Chinese Lunar New Year, which falls on Sunday.
Britain's parliament voted heavily in favor of legalising gay marriage on Tuesday, but Prime Minister David Cameron's authority in his own party took a blow as his Conservatives split in two over the measure he had championed.
France ruled out a long-term deployment of troops in Mali following progress made during France's three-week military intervention against Islamist rebels.
French President Francois Hollande on Tuesday called on eurozone nations to make structural reforms and take actions guided by common policy to make the European economy stronger.
Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti spoke of the importance of women's rights on Monday, while his election rival Silvio Berlusconi sought to have his latest hearing in a trial for underage prostitution postponed.
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