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Croatian opposition conservatives win general election
Croatia\'s conservative opposition looked set to return to power after narrowly winning a general election, preliminary results showed Monday, but tough government ...Burundi police launch crackdown as nine are killed in capital
Gunmen executed nine people in Burundi\'s capital hours before police launched house-to-house searches for weapons on Sunday, amid international fears of fresh ...Venezuela says US intelligence plane violated airspace
Venezuela claims a U.S. Coast Guard plane it describes as an intelligence aircraft violated the South American country\'s airspace.Aung San Suu Kyi wins historic Myanmar election
Myanmar\'s ruling party conceded defeat in the country\'s general election on Monday as the opposition led by democracy figurehead Aung San Suu ...Over 230,000 vaccinated in Iraq anti-cholera campaign
More than 230,000 people received a first dose of cholera vaccine in a massive campaign to combat an outbreak of the disease ...Russia faces Olympic ban after hugely critical doping report
Russian track and field athletes could be banned from next year\'s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro after a devastatingly critical report accused ...Kosovo fails in UNESCO membership bid
Kosovo on Monday failed in its bid to win membership of the UN cultural body UNESCO, which would have represented a leap ...Russia returned 11,000 Russians from Egypt in last 24 hours
Russia has returned 11,000 Russian tourists from Egypt in the last 24 hours, RIA news agency reported on Sunday, citing Deputy Prime ...Croatia holds first general vote since joining EU
Croatia\'s ruling center-left coalition faces a strong challenge from a conservative opposition in the Balkan country\'s first parliamentary election since joining the ...Peru steps up border dispute with Chile
The frayed relations between Chile and Peru appeared to unwind further Saturday, after Peruvian President Ollanta Humala officially recognized an administrative district ...




