Europe
Russia launches first airstrikes in Syria
Russia launched air strikes in war-torn Syria on Wednesday, its first military engagement outside the former Soviet Union since the occupation of ...Ukraine, rebels agree full small weapons withdrawal
Kiev and pro-Russian insurgents struck a vital agreement on Wednesday to withdraw their entire arsenal of smaller weapons from the buffer zone ...Russia seizes initiative in Syria crisis; France bombs IS
Russia appeared to seize the initiative in international efforts to end the conflict in Syria on Sunday as Washington scrambled to devise ...17 Syrian refugees die off Turkish coast
Seventeen migrants drowned when their boat sank on Sunday off the Turkish coast while headed for the Greek island of Kos, the ...Putin says US support for Syria rebels illegal
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday branded U.S. support for rebel forces in Syria as illegal and ineffective, saying U.S.-trained rebels were ...Catalan separatists win majority in regional election
Separatists in Catalonia claimed victory Sunday in a regional election that they have vowed will lead to them declaring the region independent ...Switzerland bans sale of Volkswagen cars
Swiss authorities said Friday they had temporarily banned the sale of new Volkswagen brand diesel-engine models potentially equipped with software capable of ...Ukraine bans Russian airlines as part of war sanctions
Ukraine is banning flights by Russian airlines from Oct. 25 as part of a wave of sanctions against Russia over its support ...Croatia lifts border blockade with Serbia
Croatia lifted a blockade on its border with Serbia on Friday, ending a week of trade war that had plunged relations between ...Putin, Obama to meet as Syria diplomatic drive quickens
US President Barack Obama on Thursday accepted an invitation to meet Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin next week as a drive to revive ...




