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.
Russia will host the summit of the Group of Eight in the Russian city of Sochi in 2014, Kremlin announced Monday.
Visiting US Vice President Joe Biden on Monday said France and the United States agreed on the need to hand over Mali military operations to a United Nations mission when it is "prudent."
Greek Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras received a bullet in the post, Greek media reported on Monday.
Spain's unemployment rate has reached 26.02 percent in January, the Spanish Ministry of Employment and Social Security reported on Monday.
The Los Angeles-based Air Lease Corporation signed a 9-billion-U.S. dollar deal for Airbus aircraft, the plane manufacturer announced on Monday.
France will withdraw its troops from Mali once the Sahel state has restored sovereignty over its national territory, French President Francois Hollande said on Saturday.
The German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble warned of complacency about the improvements made in eurozone, saying that the crisis is not over.
The German defense minister on Friday dismissed the warning of a cooling down in the EU-US relations, saying that Europe is the best possible partner of the US.
German Defence Minister Thomas de Maiziere said on Friday that military intervention is necessary to resolve problems in Mali, but it is not a solution in the long run.
A Russian Zenit-3SL carrying rocket failed to send an US telecommunications satellite into space and fell down into the Pacific Ocean on Friday, local media reported.
Spanish model Natalia Calixte, 19, wearing a creation by Virginia Herrera, poses backstage during the International Flamenco Fashion Show (SIMOF) in the Andalusian capital of Seville, Spain, Jan 31, 2013.
Greece was gripped by a fresh 24-hour strike in the public sector on Thursday, as workers in many unions demonstrated against the harsh austerity measures introduced to address the debt crisis.