Voting underway in Ukraine election
Voters headed to polling stations Sunday for the second round of Ukraine’s presidential elections — a bitter battle between a populist prime minister and the man she once helped oust.
Al-Shabaab, a hard-line Somali rebel group that is on the U.S. government’s terror watch list, has threatened to attack neighboring Kenya, according to an online audio recording.
British hostage Peter Moore has been freed after being held captive in Iraq since May 2007, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband announced Wednesday.
A leading UK hospital defends its practice of using organs donated by smokers after the death of a soldier who received the cancerous lungs of a heavy smoker.
Somali pirates holding a Spanish fishing boat captive for the past month suddenly transferred three of the crew members to land Thursday, reports said.
General Motors is shutting down its Swedish car brand, Saab, after attempts to close deal with a buyer failed
Four Shell contractors — three Britons and a Colombian — have been kidnapped in Nigeria, a police spokeswoman said Tuesday.
Miep Gies, who ensured the diary of Anne Frank did not fall into the hands of Nazis after the young teen’s arrest, has died at the age of 100.
Greece is not looking for a bailout by the rest of Europe as it struggles to bring down sky-high budget deficits and public debt after years of profligate spending, Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said Monday.
The leader of a Kurdish political party which was banned by Turkey’s highest court vowed Monday to continue “the struggle for freedom.”
Spanish chef Ferran Adria is concerned about the success of his El Bulli restaurant, rated the world’s best by various publications and where it’s almost impossible to get a reservation.
A strange swirl of blue light seen in the morning sky above Norway is being linked to a failed Russian missile test.
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich pledged Thursday to make his country “a bridge between East and West” after being sworn into office in Kiev.
A bitter political standoff between the two largest political parties in Northern Ireland has been resolved, one of the parties, Sinn Fein, says.
British Eurostar train drivers will go on strike for four days because of a dispute over meal allowances, the company said Wednesday.
Al Qaeda’s north African wing has released a picture of an Italian man whom it says it has kidnapped and has set a 25-day deadline for the Italian government to meet its demands.
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