
Gay pride rally in Georgia derailed
Thousands of anti-gay protesters, including Orthodox priests, occupied a central street in Georgia's capital Friday, with some threatening to lash ...

Russian and American spies square off
The embarrassing arrest of a suspected CIA officer in Moscow is the latest reminder that, even after the Cold War, the U.S. and Russia are engaged in ...

US beats Russia 8-3, Canada loses shootout
Paul Stastny had two goals and two assists and Craig Smith had five assists on Thursday to give the United States a spot in the hockey world ...
UN: 14 Iranian exiles moved from Iraq to Albania
The first exiles from an Iranian opposition group have moved to Albania from a camp near Baghdad as part of a relocation process, the United Nations ...

US scores 8, beats Russia at hockey worlds
Paul Stastny had two goals and two assists and Craig Smith had five assists on Thursday to give the United States a spot in the hockey world ...
Hungarian ex-president's plagiarism case closed
Former Hungarian President Pal Schmitt hopes to continue working in the Olympic movement despite a plagiarism scandal. Schmitt resigned as Hungarian ...

Beckham to retire from football at end of season
David Beckham is retiring from soccer, ending a career in which he transcended the sport with forays into fashion and a marriage to a pop star that ...
Boston Symphony Orchestra names new music director
Andris Nelsons has been named the Boston Symphony Orchestra's music director. The chairman of the 132-year-old orchestra's trustees made the ...

Ratings firm warns of economic slowdown in Russia
Russia faces harsh times ahead for its economy unless the government improves the country's poor investment climate and implements long-delayed ...
Slovenia govt' confirms union agreed wage cuts
Slovenia's government has formally approved an agreement it reached with trade unions to cut public sector wages by up to 4.8 percent as part of ...
Valtr Komarek, Czech leftist politician dies at 82
Valtr Komarek's son says the left-wing Czech politician and economist who helped overthrow the country's communist regime has died at age 82. His son ...

Bulgaria's center-right party wants vote canceled
Bulgaria's ex-prime minister says the results of last weekend's parliamentary election should be canceled due to "gross violations" of voting law.

Polish exports of meat for Jews, Muslims in limbo
For some, it was a barbaric way to treat animals. For others, it was great business. Until January, slaughterhouses across Poland — a deeply Catholic ...
Human Rights Watch urges legal reforms in Hungary
Human Rights Watch urged the European Union on Thursday to ensure that Hungary changes its constitution and other laws to bring them in line with ...
6 Russian crew killed in ship fire in north Japan
Six Russian crew members have died in a fire aboard their freighter in a northern Japanese port. Takashi Kagaya, a police officer in Wakkanai, on the ...

UN General Assembly approves Syria resolution
The U.N. General Assembly approved an Arab-backed resolution Wednesday calling for a political transition in Syria, but more than 70 countries refused ...

Syria rebels, regime troops fight in Aleppo prison
Rebel fighters battled regime troops inside the walls of the sprawling central prison compound in Syria's largest city Wednesday, hours after blowing ...

Russia says alleged spying case was 2nd this year
A Russian security services operative — his features bathed in shadows — went on state television Wednesday to claim that the U.S. diplomat who was ...

Wigs? A map? Strange stuff in alleged US spy kit
A couple of wigs, sunglasses and a compass? Really? Some of the items Russian authorities say they seized from a U.S. diplomat who they accuse of ...

Polish walkway named for woman who saved Jews
Polish officials have honored Irena Sendler, a Polish woman credited with saving 2,500 Jewish children from the Holocaust, by naming a walkway in a ...
European Tour in Bulgaria for World Match Play
In all his years on the European Tour, Ian Poulter has never seen surroundings like this — and not just because he's in a new country. With Bulgaria ...