Jailed former Georgian PM goes on hunger strike
The jailed former prime minister of Georgia has gone on a hunger strike, according to his lawyer, who says Vano Merabishvili is demanding a television ...
Georgia shuts 2 bases in Afghanistan after attacks
Georgia said Wednesday that the country has closed two of its bases in Afghanistan after 10 of its soldiers were killed by militant attacks within the ...
Georgia minister visits Afghanistan after 7 deaths
Georgia's defense minister visited his troops in Afghanistan on Friday, a day after seven Georgian soldiers were killed in a huge truck bomb blast at ...
Georgia says 6 soldiers killed in Afghanistan
Georgia's Defense Ministry says at least six Georgian soldiers have been killed in an attack by insurgents in Afghanistan. Ministry spokesman Irakli ...
Gay rights advocates rally in Georgia
Several hundred activists defending the rights of gays have rallied in the capital of ex-Soviet Georgia, separated by police from a few hundred ...

Georgian ex-PM detained on abuse of office charge
Allies of Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili — a former prime minister and a provincial governor — were charged on Tuesday with embezzlement and ...

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 ...
NATO: 3 troops killed in Afghanistan attack
A truck bombing Monday killed three coalition service members in southern Afghanistan, NATO said in a statement. A local official said the attack ...

Georgia confirms Sochi Olympics participation
Georgia has confirmed it will take part in next year's Winter Olympics in Russia. Georgia's participation in the Sochi Games had been under question ...

Rally in Georgia backs embattled president
About 10,000 supporters of Georgia's embattled pro-Western president gathered in the capital Friday for a rally testing their strength before ...

Ex-AP writer McArthur, who covered Vietnam, dies
Former Associated Press writer George McArthur, who was the quintessential foreign correspondent as he reported from the boulevards of Paris to the ...
Saakashvili breaks shoulder in bike accident
Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili has a broken shoulder after a bicycle accident in Turkey. A statement from the presidential administration says ...

Isotope seized in Georgia too small for dirty bomb
Three men are under arrest in Georgia on charges of illegally possessing a radioactive isotope that can be used in a dirty bomb, but authorities say ...
Georgian president agrees to curb his powers
The speaker of Georgia's parliament says President Mikhail Saakashvili has signed a constitutional amendment that removes from the president the power ...
European powers resume qualifying with easy games
The European powers resume qualifying for the 2014 World Cup on Friday with some of the easiest matches they'll play on the road to Brazil.

Russia marks 60th anniversary of Stalin's death
Devotees of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, whose brutal purges killed millions of innocent citizens and made his name a byword for totalitarian terror, ...
Georgian president's top ally faces charges
Georgian investigators on Saturday filed criminal charges against a top ally of the president, whose supporters condemned the move as politically ...
Russia charges Georgian deputy with plotting riots
Russia's top investigative agency on Thursday charged a lawmaker from the former Soviet republic of Georgia with plotting anti-government riots.

Russia mulls resumption of Georgian wine imports
A Russian official said Monday that Moscow may soon resume imports of Georgian wine, mineral water and fruit after a seven-year ban, the first ...
Russia signals Georgian wine could return
A top Russian health official is signaling that imports of Georgian wine could resume nearly seven years after a ban that aggravated relations between ...