Ex-Greek Deputy Minister Commits Suicide during Wealth Probe
A former Greek deputy interior minister being probed for amassing ill-gotten wealth has committed suicide, police said on Thursday.
A former Greek deputy interior minister being probed for amassing ill-gotten wealth has committed suicide, police said on Thursday.
The UN Security Council has condemned a Syrian mortar attack on a Turkish border town that killed five civilians.
The Syrian government has presented its deepest regrets to Turkey for a stray shell that fell onto Turkish territory, causing the deaths of 5 Turkish civilians.
Turkey's Grand National Assembly has give a green light to the government for military intervention in Syria, following recent cross-border skirmishes between the two countries.
EU High Representative Catherine Ashton has condemned Syria for shelling that killed five civilians in Turkey, calling on both countries to refrain from violence.
NATO has demanded an immediate halt to Syria's "aggressive acts" against alliance member Turkey.
US President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney have clashed over their economic plans in the first of three televised debates, as polls show only a narrow lead for the incumbent.
Nuclear stress tests carried out at the European Union's 143 atomic reactors have exposed "hundreds" of problems which could need between EUR 10 B and EUR 25 B of investment in order to restore proper plant safety levels.
Turkey has responded to Wednesday's Syrian attack, as Turkish artillery has fired on targets in Syria.
Mortar shells from the raging civil war in Syria have killed five people and wounded nine others in a town inside southern Turkey, according to the Turkish authorities.
Georgian billionaire tycoon Bidzina Ivanishvili, the leader of the Georgian Dream coalition that won the October 1 parliamentary elections, has said his first foreign visit will be to the United States.
A Russian security official has blamed al-Qaeda for the recent spate of forest fires in Europe.
NATO allies have extended the term of chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen, leaving him at the helm of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization for one more year, his fifth in the post.
Sabah al-Sakkari, a female member of the Muslim Brotherhood's political wing Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), is running for the first time in the chairmanship elections to replace outgoing chairman of the party Mohammed Mursi, the current Egyptian presid
At least 31 people have been killed and dozens wounded by five bomb explosions in the centre of Syria's second city, Aleppo, officials have said.
EU Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom has voiced support for a gay pride march in Belgrade, stressing that homo-and trans-phobia in Europe are issues to take seriously.
Georgian opposition's likely victory in parliamentary elections yesterday spells no more than token changes in relations with Russia, Russian analysts have argued.
French prosecutors dropped Tuesday the alleged rape case against former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn.
At least 20 students have been shot dead by unknown gunmen in Mubi, north-eastern Nigeria, a police source has told the BBC.
Hours after both rulers and opposition in Georgia claimed poll victory, President Mikheil Saakashvili has finally admitted his party has lost the parliamentary election.
Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos has announced he has prostate cancer and will have surgery on Wednesday.
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