Politics
Afghan provincial polls candidate among nine killed
An Afghan provincial council candidate and eight supporters are believed to have been killed in the country\'s northern province of Sari Pul ...Abbas again seeks UN recognition of Palestine
President Mahmoud Abbas says the Palestinians are "immediately" resuming their bid to win further U.N. recognition and has signed applications for 15 ...NATO suspends civilian and military cooperation with Russia
NATO suspended all practical cooperation with Russia on Tuesday in protest at its annexation of Crimea and ordered military planners to draft ...Thai protester killed, four wounded in shooting at anti-government march
Gunmen killed one person and wounded four others in an attack Tuesday on anti-government protesters, in the latest violence in Thailand\'s long ...Russia pulls back troops from Ukraine border
Russia is withdrawing a battalion of several hundred troops near the border with Ukraine, the Defence Ministry in Moscow said Monday, easing ...French President Hollande names Valls as new PM
President Francois Hollande has named Interior Minister Manuel Valls as France\'s next prime minister.Russian Prime Minister Medvedev visits Crimea, pledges economic stimulus package
On a surprise visit Monday to Crimea, Russia\'s Prime Minister promised to quickly pour funds into the newly annexed peninsula so residents ...Pakistan court indicts former president Pervez Musharraf for treason
A Pakistani court indicted former military ruler Pervez Musharraf with high treason for suspending the constitution in 2007, a move that threatens ...Top US and Russian diplomats meet in Paris over Ukraine crisis
US Secretary of State John Kerry has met with Russia\'s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Paris for hastily organised talks after the ...Kerry in Paris for meeting with Russia on Ukraine
US Secretary of State John Kerry has diverted his homebound flight at the last minute, for hastily arranged talks on the Ukraine ...