
Kerry hopes Russia won't sell missiles to Syria
Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday the transfer of advanced missile defense systems from Russia to Syria would be a ...

Nadal, SWilliams, Sharapova reach Madrid quarters
Rafael Nadal cruised into the Madrid Open quarterfinals with a 6-2, 6-3 victory Thursday over Mikhail Youzhny that featured an array of creative shots
Israel to Russia: Don't give Syria S-300 missiles
Israel has asked Russia to cancel an imminent sale of an advanced air defense system to Syria that could complicate further military intervention, ...
Boston cop: Never saw Russia warning about suspect
The Boston police commissioner says three city police officers were working with the U.S. terrorism task force but didn't know about vague warnings ...
Police confirm blast in Prague caused by gas leak
Investigators have confirmed that the blast last week that ripped open a central Prague office building and injured some 40 people was caused by a gas ...

Putin on Victory Day: Russia a security guarantor
Russia will be a guarantor of world security, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday at the annual military parade on Red Square. Putin made his short ...

Saga of Boston Marathon suspect's body drags on
Nineteen days after Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev died following a gunbattle with police, cemeteries still refused to take his ...
US discussing giving Russia missile defense data
The head of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency says that the Obama administration has discussed declassifying key data on U.S. missile defense in order ...

US beats Finland 4-1 at ice hockey worlds
Craig Smith had a hat trick and teenager John Gibson was stellar in net to lead the United States over host Finland 4-1 at the ice hockey world ...

Azarenka loses cool at Madrid Open, Nadal rolls on
Victoria Azarenka lost her temper, broke her racket and argued with the chair umpire in an exit Wednesday from the Madrid Open, where she's been ...
Poland's shale gas hopes suffer blow
News that Talisman Energy Inc. and Marathon Oil are pulling out of exploration for shale gas in Poland is a blow to the country's hopes that its ...

Kerry meets with Russian NGOs as crackdown mounts
Leading Russian activists said Wednesday that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has assured them that Washington is talking with the Russian ...

APNewsBreak: US to provide $100M in new Syria aid
The Obama administration is providing $100 million in new Syria aid, U.S. officials said Wednesday, but the money is for humanitarian purposes only ...

Architect of Putin's political system resigns
Vladislav Surkov, a longtime Kremlin strategist considered the architect of the tightly controlled political system created under President Vladimir ...

AP PHOTOS: Europe remembers end of World War II
With flowers, flames and teary eyes, veterans, soldiers and European leaders celebrated peace in ceremonies around the continent marking the 68th ...

President Assad says Syria able to face Israel
In his first response to Israel's weekend airstrikes, President Bashar Assad said Tuesday that Syria is capable of facing Israel, but stopped short ...

China's struggling automakers jump on SUV boom
BYD is known for electric cars but this year's flagship model is the S7, a gasoline-powered SUV. It comes with an interior air purifier, radar to help ...

US, Russia seek to revive peace plan for Syria
The U.S. and Russia agreed Tuesday to try to convene an international conference this month to come to a political solution to end the two-year Syrian ...

Bulgarian honor bid in DC stirs Holocaust debate
A request by the Bulgarian Embassy to name a Washington intersection after a favorite native son — a man credited with helping save the country's ...

Israel airstrikes loom over US diplomacy on Syria
Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday argued the U.S. case to Russian President Vladimir Putin for Russia to take a tougher stance on Syria at a ...

Jewish group warns of neo-Nazi parties in Europe
The World Jewish Congress said Tuesday it is greatly concerned about the emergence of what it called neo-Nazi parties in Europe, singling out Greece's ...
UN names 3 members to human rights probe in NKorea
The U.N.'s top human rights body has appointed three experts from Australia, Serbia and Indonesia to carry out an inquiry into North Korea for ...

Jailed protesters cast shadow on anti-Putin rally
About 20,000 protesters thronged Bolotnaya Square across from the Kremlin on Monday, a year after a protest at the same spot turned violent on the eve ...

Mass. funeral director chasing burial offers
A Massachusetts funeral director said Monday he has received burial offers for more than 100 out-of-state graves for the body of a Boston Marathon ...
Chicago case alleges ties to North Korea
A Taiwanese businessman long suspected of ties to North Korea and his Illinois-based son have been charged in Chicago with seeking to bypass a U.S.