6 killed in bus crash in northwest Russia
Police say a bus crash in northwest Russia has killed six people and injured at least 18 others, including orphans returning from a field trip.

Russia's top cop sets sights on protest movement
Russia's top cop has a new star role at the heart of the Putin regime. His mission? Shut down the opposition. Alexander Bastrykin's Investigative ...

Cyprus: cash withdrawals capped at 300 euros
Banks in Cyprus are to open for the first time in more than a week on Thursday, operating for six hours from noon (10:00 GMT), but restrictions will ...

Part of Berlin Wall removed in pre-dawn operation
For nearly 30 years, the Berlin Wall was the hated symbol of the division of Europe, a gray, concrete mass that snaked through neighborhoods, ...

Expectations don't match reality again for England
The English need to realize they aren't as good as they, or FIFA, think they are. Despite a FIFA ranking as the fourth-best football team, England is ...
Czech court rejects treason charges against Klaus
The Czech Republic's highest court has thrown out high treason charges that lawmakers filed against President Vaclav Klaus. Parliament's upper house, ...

BRICS plan development bank to fund infrastructure
Leaders of five of the world's emerging economic powers agreed Wednesday to create a development bank to help fund their $4.5 trillion infrastructure ...

Court: Bosnian Serbs guilty of wartime persecution
The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal convicted two senior Bosnian Serbs on Wednesday of key roles in a campaign of murder, torture and persecution against ...
Tiny Luxembourg defends its large financial sector
Luxembourg defended the huge size of its financial sector from criticism Wednesday after Cyprus' messy bailout deal dragged other tiny economies with ...

An Olympic life and 7 vital minutes at Sochi Games
For Florent Amodio, it may be now or never. The French figure skater was just 19 at his first Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, in 2010, old enough to ...

Syria's Assad appeals to African summit for help
Syria's increasingly isolated president sent a letter calling for help from leaders of five nations at an economic meeting Wednesday in South Africa ...

3-year prison sentence for ex-Romanian diplomat
A Romanian court on Wednesday handed a three-year prison sentence to a former Romanian diplomat for killing a man in a hit-and-run accident in ...

1-room hotel with a view opens in Prague TV tower
It's a room with a view. A tall television tower in the Czech capital of Prague that has been called one of the world's ugliest buildings has a new ...
Slovak, Polish PMs support joint Olympic bid
The prime ministers of Slovakia and Poland say they fully support a possible joint bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics. Slovak Prime Minister Robert ...
US detainee Zubaydah sues Poland in European court
A Guantanamo detainee who allegedly revealed valuable information about 9-11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohamed is suing Poland in a European court.
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 ...
Russian officials searching Human Rights Watch
Russian officials are searching the Moscow offices of Human Rights Watch and the corruption watchdog Transparency International, intensifying the ...
Russia contests autopsy results of Russian adoptee
Russia's children rights ombudsman on Tuesday lashed out at the U.S. authorities for hastily performing an autopsy into a January death of a ...
Autopsy: Dead Russian adoptee bruised all over
A 3-year-old adopted by a West Texas couple had more than 30 bruises and other marks on his body as well as signs that he was routinely injured by ...