Europe
Italy to go ahead with Costa Concordia salvage
Italian authorities have given the final go-ahead for a daring attempt to pull upright the crippled Costa Concordia cruise liner from its ...Slovenia starts work on first mosque after wait of over 40 years
Slovenia\'s prime minister, Alenka Bratusek, on Saturday laid the foundation stone for what will be the country\'s first mosque -- 44 years ...Tens of thousands protest labor reforms in Poland
Tens of thousands of Polish demonstrators and trade unionists have marched through Warsaw Saturday after four days of protests against Prime Minster ...US-Russian talks on Syria chemical weapons deal enter third day
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, are meeting for a third day Saturday in Geneva for ...Ex-IMF head Strauss-Kahn to advise Serbian government
Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has agreed to advise the Serbian government and is expected in Belgrade next week, Deputy Prime Minister ...Dozens feared dead in psychiatric hospital fire in Russia
Up to 37 psychiatric patients and nursing staff are feared dead following a blaze at a mental hospital in north-west Russia this ...US, Russia start talks on Syrian chemical weapons
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov started talks late Thursday in Geneva aimed at getting Syria ...Thousands clash with police in Turkey after protester dies
Turkish police fired tear gas and plastic bullets at thousands of people who gathered in Istanbul Tuesday to protest the death of ...Nadal wins 13th Grand Slam title, beats Djokovic in U.S. Open final
Spain\'s Rafael Nadal has won 2013 U.S. Open tennis championship in New York, defeating number one seeded Novak Djokovic 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, ...Putin ally Sobyanin wins Moscow mayor election
Kremlin ally Sergei Sobyanin has won a Moscow mayoral election, according to results released by electoral officials after a nearly complete vote ...