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.
French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault is arriving in the Philippines on Friday for a three-day visit, the first by a French leader since the Philippines forged diplomatic ties with France 65 years ago.
The latest Greek general strike on Thursday was marred by the death of a protester when a march turned violent.
The French foreign ministry on Thursday said it hoped an upcoming meeting in Bamako would enable the African Union (AU) and ECOWAS to "make progress in planning an African intervention in Mali".
The WTO Appellate Body rejected China's appeal against a panel rulings in a dispute over China's import duties on US grain oriented flat-rolled electrical steel on Thursday.
When Chao Qiuling arrived in the British port city of Liverpool to open a Confucius Institute in October 2009, her first class had just eight students.
Germany likely will accept 150 Chinese healthcare workers next year, German and Chinese labor agencies said.
European shares rose for a third consecutive session on Wednesday after Spain clung onto its top grade credit rating, bolstering expectations the euro debt crisis can be contained.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday dismissed Minister of Regional Development Oleg Govorun and appointed Igor Slyunyaev in his place, the Kremlin press service said.
Former Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadzic started his defense at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Tuesday.
A fire broke out at one of Moscow's biggest art and flea markets in a suburb around midnight Tuesday and severely damaged a building.
The European Union's health commissioner John Dalli has resigned here on Tuesday for being involved into a fraud investigation.
Russia's Aerospace Defense Forces test-fired an anti-missile system Tuesday, the Defense Ministry said.
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