A court in the northwestern city of Arkhangelsk has rejected an appeal for the release of academic Igor Sutyagin, who is serving a 15-year sentence for espionage.
The White House has said U.S. President Barack Obama will visit the area of a major oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on May 2.
Georgian human rights activists and opposition members blocked a major street in central Tbilisi to demand the immediate release of political prisoners.
A small memorial to the World War II-era Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) in the western town of Storozhynets has been vandalized.
Iraqi Christians may seek a new family law so they don't have to follow the current code written largely for Muslims.
Hundreds of disgruntled workers have taken over an administrative building at Montenegro's Podgorica Aluminum Plant (KAP) to protest the planned layoff of dozens of workers.
Authorities say Kurdish rebels attacked a military command post in eastern Turkey overnight, killing four soldiers and injuring at least seven others.
The United States and Australia have warned of the threat of "imminent" terror attacks in the Indian capital.
One person was killed and 21 were injured when a bomb exploded in Nalchik, the capital of Russia's republic of Kabardino-Balkaria.
Russia has offered to merge its Gazprom gas monopoly with Ukraine's state energy firm, Naftogaz. Although analysts say the idea seems unworkable, it has sparked a furious outcry from Ukraine's opposition.
Thousands of people across the world marked international Labor Day, as Russia's opposition staged a rare street rally in Moscow and Greece saw massive demonstrations against the government's austerity plan to deal with the country's dramatic debt crisis.
Thousands of protesters have gathered in central Athens to rally against austerity measures the government plans to deal with the country's debt crisis.
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