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.
Fourteen people died on Monday after a fire broke out in a workshop for handicapped people in southwestern Germany, a spokesman for the fire brigade said.
Spanish Finance Minister, Luis de Guindos said on Monday that he expects Spanish banks to receive around 37 billion euros (50 billion U.S. dollars) of funds from EU to help with their recapitalization.
King Juan Carlos of Spain had a successful operation to implant a prosthetic left hip late on Friday.
Both China and Russia have pledged to continue to support and promote women's exchange and cooperation between the two countries.
One person was killed and at least four were seriously wounded in a bar shooting in a southern suburb of Paris on Friday afternoon, local media reported.
Negotiations on the European Union's trillion-euro budget framework for 2014-2020 have been postponed until early 2013 after a two-day special summit ended here Friday without a deal.
Preciseness and patience were the most valuable lessons that Xu Jiakun received during his four-week training in Germany in November last year.
Magistrates questioned Sarkozy for 12 hours as they tried to establish if he had received illegal campaign funding from Liliane Bettencourt, heiress of the L'Oreal cosmetics empire.
The BBC on Thursday named a former journalist who runs the Royal Opera House to lead the broadcaster and restore public faith.
A total of 119 journalists have been killed while on assignment so far this year, the Vienna-based International Press Institute (IPI) said.
German Foreign Minister told the country's ambassador to NATO on Wednesday to approve Turkey's official request for NATO patriot missiles to be stationed near Turkish-Syrian border to help defend it from attacks.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday said it was likely to reach a deal at a meeting of European finance ministers by Monday, clearing the way for the release of the next aid tranche to Greece.