Europe
Macedonia braced for huge anti-government protest
Macedonia\'s opposition was set to lead a major rally on Sunday in the troubled Balkan country, as the conservative government grapples with ...Netherlands granted right to host 2019 European Games
The European Olympic Committees have granted the Netherlands the right to host the second edition of the European Games in 2019.Three killed in attack on EU vehicle in Kabul
Three people including a foreigner working with the European Union police were killed Sunday when a Taliban attacker rammed his explosives-laden car ...Ukraine appoints US senator McCain presidential aide
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has appointed John McCain, a hawkish US senator who has pressed Washington to send lethal weapons to war-torn ...Gunmen kill 43 in attack on Shiite minority in Pakistan
Gunmen on motorcycles boarded a bus and opened fire on commuters in Pakistan\'s volatile southern city of Karachi on Wednesday, killing at ...North Korea executes defense chief with an anti-aircraft gun
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un had his defence minister executed with anti-aircraft fire for insubordination and dozing off during a formal military ...Scores of Russian soldiers killed in east Ukraine
Moscow spent more than 53 billion rubles ($1.04 billion) supplying a separatist rebellion in east Ukraine and at least 220 Russian soldiers ...Turkish PM crosses into Syria to visit historic Ottoman tomb
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu briefly crossed into Syria on Sunday to visit the tomb of a revered Ottoman figure and vowed ...Several people killed in shooting in Switzerland
Police said Sunday that they found several people dead after shots were heard in a town in northern Switzerland.Five Macedonian police officers killed in armed clashes in north
Five police officers died and more than 30 were wounded in an operation against gunmen in an ethnic Albanian area of northern ...