Europe
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 ...US, France say support growing for Syria strikes
The US Secretary of State, John Kerry, has said that many countries were prepared to take part in US-led military strikes against ...Moscow votes in pivotal mayoral race
People in the Russian capital Moscow are voting in the first mayoral election in nearly a decade.Madrid eliminated from Olympics 2020 venue race
Madrid has been eliminated in dramatic fashion from the race to host the 2020 Olympic Games after the first round of voting ...European Union urges US to await UN report on Syria
European foreign ministers on Saturday endorsed a "clear and strong response" to a chemical weapons attack that strongly points to the Syrian ...




