Ousted Ukraine leader set to return
In a remarkable comeback, former Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich seems set to become the president of Ukraine — five years after he was ousted in a populist pro-Western uprising dubbed the “Orange Revolution.”
A Greek owned vessel that was hijacked months ago was released Sunday, naval officials said.
An aviation expert says an incident in which explosive material was placed in an unsuspecting passenger’s luggage as part of a botched sniffer dog drill highlights the need for greater cooperation over airport security.
Pirates have released a Greek-owned vessel and its crew of 22, months after hijacking it off Somalia, authorities said.
A controversial British Muslim cleric is threatening to stage a march through the English town that receives British war dead as a protest against the war in Afghanistan, drawing fury and outrage.
Slashing red tape or ignoring ordinarily required paperwork, officials in the United States and the Netherlands have cleared the way for scores of Haitian orphans to leave their earthquake-ravaged homeland, according to officials from the two countries.
A former royal aide who escaped from an open prison where she was serving a sentence for murder has been found, British police said Wednesday.
The European Union called on Greece Thursday to do whatever is necessary to reduce the country’s skyrocketing budget deficit.
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Britain’s prime minister defends the mission in Afghanistan as “vital” to protecting his country from terrorists, following the death of the 100th British serviceman in Afghanistan this year.
The Japanese government has warned Toyota to take seriously mounting complaints of brake problems with its 2010 Prius hybrid.
An inquiry into the crash of a British aircraft in Afghanistan three years ago calls the accident “preventable,” citing a loss of focus on safety in an effort to save money for the armed forces, the defense secretary said.
Nigeria on Tuesday faced international calls to bring to justice killer mobs armed with guns and knives who massacred hundreds of villagers in the country’s rural heartland.
Russian PM Vladimir Putin sends a strong signal that he has full hands-on control of his country. And asked if he planned to retire, Putin tersely replied, “Don’t count on that.”
The United States and China have not offered to go far enough to combat climate change, a top European Union official says as a major international summit on the subject opens.
As U.S., British, and Afghan troops move deeper into insurgent-infested areas of southern Afghanistan, one of the world’s leading authorities on the Taliban said Thursday the offensive is likely to be the first of many coalition attacks this year and next.
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