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.
Prince William and former England captain David Beckham helped launch The Football Association's (FA) 150th anniversary in London on Wednesday.
French telecom operator Alcatel-Lucent on Wednesday announced a 1-billion-US dollar contract with India's Reliance Communications (RCOM) to enhance the latter's telecom network in Eastern and Southern India up to 2020.
The Russian economy finished 2012 on a positive note, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday.
The delegation of the European Union to China on Jan 16launched its first smartphone app, which can offer Chinese audiences easy access to a vast amount of up-to-date, interesting and entertaining information about the EU and its member states.
The European Commission's anti-dumping and anti-subsidy probes into Chinese steel products are "unreasonable" and will harm Chinese companies' legal rights.
A Rokot rocket carrying three military satellites blasted off from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in northern Russia on Tuesday.
Unidentified robbers dug a 30-metre tunnel into the safe deposit room of the bank's basement and escaped with their haul on Monday morning.
Russia plans to launch an unmanned space vehicle to the Moon in 2015, federal space agency Roscosmos said on Tuesday.
Eight people were injured late Monday in a shooting at a rural cafe in the western Ukrainian region of Rovno, authorities said Tuesday.
Russia will build two more nuclear-powered strategic submarines of the Borei A class, official daily Rossiiskaya Gazeta said on Monday.
China was one of the leading providers of high-tech goods to the Netherlands in 2012, leaping ahead of the United States and Germany.
The Shard - Western Europe's tallest skyscraper - will open its viewing platform to the public on Feb 1, giving unrivaled views over London and defiantly snubbing critics of the gigantic tower.