As the 60th anniversary Berlinale film festival enters its final days this weekend, critics are lining up with predictions about who will be awarded the coveted Golden Bear on February 20.
Some descendents of the Romanov dynasty are challenging a decision to close a probe into the last tsar's murder and say it's time for Russia to make amends for its blood-soaked past.
The weather is cold and the skies are cloudy. As the Iranian poet Akhavan Saales wrote, it is the type of weather when “no one wants to say hello, everything is cold, [and] no one pulls out his hand to shake yours."
President Barack Obama's decision to nominate a U.S. ambassador to Syria after a five-year absence restores a diplomatic relationship that just two years ago would have been unthinkable. But now that Syria is a key player in the Middle East region, what is Washington hoping to get from Damascus?
A new report says hundreds of thousands of Iraqis who fled their homes during seven years of war and now live as refugees and internally displaced persons are living in poverty and chronic uncertainty. The report says Iraqi who are unable to return home face growing desperation in exile.
The capture of top Taliban commander Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar in Karachi was widely portrayed as sign of Pakistan's commitment to taking on insurgents, but there appears to be much more behind it than meets the eye.
Iraqi television stations linked to major Shi'ite politicians, including Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, are showing historical footage of Ba'athist beheadings of Shi'a and other attacks as Iraq's national election nears.
The Belarusian crackdown against activists from its Polish minority has angered Warsaw, which has threatened Minsk with EU-level reprisals. But analysts are at a loss as to why Belarusian strongman Alyaksandr Lukashenka would want to jeopardize his quietly budding relationship with the EU.
Internet giant Google now offers users a chance to travel aboard Russia's famous Trans-Siberian Railway from the comfort of their own homes.
Kosovo today marks two years since ethnic-Albanian officials in Pristina unilaterally declared independence from Serbia. Since then, 65 countries have recognized Kosovo as an independent state -- including the United States and most of the European Union.
After a messy week, the Kremlin finally got its way with the unanimous approval of Moscow's choice for governor of a energy-rich Siberian region. But with Russia's regions becoming increasingly restive, and calls for a return to the direct election of governors becoming louder, the victory comes at a price.
Music fans in Armenia are up in arms about what they claim was a rigged vote to nominate a singer for this year's Eurovision Song Contest.
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