Russian special services eliminated two gunmen suspected of masterminding a terror attack in Moscow and arrested another, the National Anti-terrorism Committee (NAC) said Monday.
The United States on Monday denounced Hezbollah for siding with the Syrian government forces in their battle against the rebels in Syria's central city of al-Qussair.
Investigators have begun their probe into the commuter train collision which took place in the U.S. state of Connecticut during Friday evening rush hour, leaving 60 injuries, government officials said in a press briefing Saturday.
England former captain David Beckham decided to end his pro career at the end of the season, the home- known footballer announced on Thursday.
The Syrian army on Sunday launched a wide-scale operation to recapture the border city of al-Qussair near Lebanon, and has regained large swathes of the strategic city, local media reported.
French President Francois Hollande signed the bill on gay marriage into law on Saturday after it was approved by the Constitutional Council on Friday, the president's office announced.
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi on Sunday rejected any dialogue with the kidnappers of seven soldiers in Sinai, who appeared in an online video to urge their release.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is ready to "help facilitate the process of peace and trust-building on the Korean Peninsula" to avoid "miscalculation and dangerous escalation," U.N. spokesman Martin Nesirky told reporters here Sunday.
A hot air balloon crashed on Monday morning in central Turkish province of Nevsehir, killing one and injured 24, Turkish Today's Zaman reported.
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday testified in the House of Representatives over the Justice Department's decision to subpoena journalists' phone records in connection with a leak investigation, and he denied knowledge of the controversy.
U.S. researchers said Wednesday they have detected for the first time the H1N1 virus in elephant seals off the coast of central California.
U.S. President Barack Obama said Wednesday that the acting commissioner of Internal Revenue Service (IRS), which is at the center of a scandal that subjects conservative groups to extra scrutiny, has resigned, and Treasury Secretary Jack Lew has accepted.
An al-Qaida-linked cell, recently busted in Egypt, had planned to launch suicide car bombings at the U.S. and French embassies in Cairo, Egyptian official MENA news agency quoted prosecution sources as saying on Wednesday.
The Iranian flag was standing side by side with the stars and stripes in a peaceful manner on Tuesday at UN Headquarters in New York although the two countries have no diplomatic relations.
French upper house of parliament, the Senate approved on Tuesday the Socialists' reform of labor code that offers more flexibility to firms and raised costs on employing staff.
Russia on Tuesday declared a CIA agent detained while attempting to recruit a Russian intelligence officer "persona non grata" and ordered him to leave the country immediately.
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday distanced himself from the Justice Department's decision to secretly seize two months of phone records of Associated Press journalists and editors.
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