More than 70 people have been arrested in Moscow after activists tried to hold the city's first gay rights rally, despite a ban on the event. About 50 gay rights supporters were held, as well as 20 people from religious and nationalist groups opposed to
The only surviving suspect from the Beslan school siege was found guilty of murder and terrorism at a court in southern Russia.
US President George Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair called for the international community to give its full support to the new Iraqi government. Standing with Blair, his most stalwart ally, Bush refused to commit to any specific US troop withdr
Russia and the EU said they will try to avoid "misunderstandings" over energy policy in future. The two sides discussed their energy partnership at a Black Sea summit, against a backdrop of threats to look for other suppliers and customers.
Pope Benedict XVI has been greeted by cheering crowds at the start of a visit to Poland - the land of his immediate predecessor John Paul II. There was choral singing and applause to mark his arrival, while the streets of Warsaw were festooned with the fl
Three people were reportedly injured when a huge fire ravaged in the freight area of Istanbul's main Ataturk airport, disrupting the whole air traffic. Hundreds of people have fled the area and nearby terminals.
Five powerful earthquakes with a magnitude ranging from 5.1 to 7 on the Richter rattled villages on Russia's remote Kamchatka Peninsula but there were no immediate reports of serious injury.
As many as 13 000 people have been quarantined in the Romanian capital in the wake of the confirmed presence of birds infected with avian flu there. The bird flu has been found in Bucharest's district 4, and troops and police have blocked some 40 streets.
A US bombing raid in Afghanistan has killed at least 60 Taleban and 16 civilians, world media said Monday. Warplanes are said to have dropped bombs on an Islamic religious school and homes in which Taleban fighters had taken up position, in southern Afgha
One of the two flight "black boxes" from an Armenian Airbus that crashed in the Black Sea May 3 has been recovered. A representative of a center involved in the recovery effort announced Monday efforts are continuing to find the second black box.
A gunman opened fire at a church in the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, killing four people, reports from the US say. The man then abducted his wife and one of his children and fled the church, police said.
Close to 90 % of the people of Montenegro have already voted in the independence referendum that would sever the country's union with Serbia. Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic from Montenegro's pro-independence government believes that dissolving formal link
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr LEE Jong-wook, is still in hospital after undergoing a brain surgery on Saturday, the organization announced. Lee suddenly fell ill on Saturday afternoon while he was attending an official function.
Avian flu hotbeds have been confirmed in two districts in Romania's main city of Bucharest. Districts 2 and 4 have been placed under quarantine, Bucharest general mayor Adriean Videanu told media on Saturday.
A blast shook the Palestinian intelligence headquarters on Saturday, wounding the service's chief. The blast ripped the elevator that chief Tareq Abu Rajab was riding in with six bodyguards.
At least 40 people died in a severe lorry collision in Turkey on Friday. A lorry carrying passengers crashed into a stationary lorry on a road near the southern town of Osmaniye, world media reported.
A thronged pro-independence rally marched along the streets of Podgorica, ahead of Sunday's referendum to decide if Montenegro is to break away from Serbia. Montenegro currently forms part of the state union of Serbia and Montenegro.
The French parliament has adopted a controversial immigration bill that makes it very difficult for the unskilled to settle in France. The bill, drafted by Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy, offers residence permits only to highly qualified newcomers from
A moderate earthquake rocked northern Greece early on Thursday morning, media said. The 4.
Italy's new Prime Minister Romano Prodi has named his new government after giving a list of ministers to President Giorgio Napolitano. There a number of ex-prime ministers on his team - including Massimo D'Alema, who will take the foreign minister seat an
A strong earthquake shook Indonesia's island of Nias in the late hours of Tuesday, causing visible cracks in the land, media reported. The epicentre of the 6.
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