Leonid Razvozzhayev says he was seized in Ukraine and taken to Russia, where he was forced to sign a confession, the group says. Authorities deny the claim.
At hearings, Russian officials say the U.S. uses rights issues to meddle in other nations' business while committing the very acts it is 'moralizing' about. |
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WASHINGTON — Austrian-born Daniel Frosch was only 23 when U.S. officials first realized that he had become a small but important cog...
LONDON — European leaders took a step forward Friday in their effort to put all of the Eurozone's banks under central oversight but...
LONDON — Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenage education-rights campaigner who was shot in the head by the Taliban, has been able to...
LONDON — The opening of Northern Ireland's first private abortion clinic Thursday in Belfast drew hundreds of noisy demonstrators, who...
MEXICO CITY — The leafy green parks of Mexico City's elegant Polanco neighborhood have their politically comforting statues.
BERLIN — Twitter on Thursday blocked users in Germany from viewing the messages of a neo-Nazi group as the company for the first...
MOSCOW — Sergei Udaltsov, a Russian opposition leader, was detained and interrogated for several hours Wednesday by authorities...
LONDON — In a case that has dogged Anglo-American relations for a decade, Britain said Tuesday that it would not send a confessed...
LONDON — The people of Scotland will decide in 2014 whether to stay yoked to England and Wales or become an independent nation after...
A born swashbuckler, Paddy Roy Bates fought in the Spanish Civil War as a teenager, faced a Greek firing squad in World War II and had a...
LONDON — In some European capitals, they mutter about a Fourth Reich and compare the German chancellor to Adolf Hitler. The French...
ATHENS — With a new batch of budget cuts looming, Greek officials have made it clear that they must target the state's nearly 1-...
MOSCOW — He slowly descended the stairs to the courtyard, his handgun loaded with 12 rounds. Seven armed comrades stood in the windows...
AFRIN, Syria —This tranquil town in northwest Syria is a haven from the warfare convulsing much of the country, but the calm points to...
HOUSTON —Eleven alleged members of a clandestine procurement network have been indicted in connection with what prosecutors say was...
BRUSSELS — Since becoming head of the world's most durable military alliance three years ago, NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh...
The Ikea catalog distributed in Saudi Arabia is the same as in other countries except for what it's missing — women.
PARIS — To mixed reaction, France's Socialist government unveiled a get-tough budget Friday that contains $25.8 billion in tax...
VATICAN CITY — The self-proclaimed whistle-blowing butler of Pope Benedict XVI went on trial Saturday for allegedly stealing...
MADRID — Spain announced cutbacks and tax increases Thursday aimed at saving $50 billion from its budget next year, as Europe's...
NIESTE, Germany — The masked intruders who come regularly after dark don't fill Marga Trautmann-Winter with dread so much as...
GLASGOW, Scotland — The other passengers aboard the late-night Greyhound bus weren't looking to get their kicks on route M6. Mostly...
MOSCOW — The five caskets positioned next to one another in a common grave Wednesday showed the tragic results of another apparent...
MOSCOW — Two police officers in Kazan, Russia, were sentenced to less than three years in prison Tuesday after the first convictions...
MOSCOW — The long months of political protest in Russia last winter and spring against the rule of Vladimir Putin were followed by a...
PARIS — In the midst of the furor in the Muslim world over negative Western depictions of the prophet Muhammad, the Louvre on Saturday...
HYDRA, Greece — With its whitewashed walls and brightly blooming bougainvillea, Hydra hardly conjures up scenes of confrontation,...
LONDON — Ask a pundit who Britain's savviest politician is, and there's a good chance the name that comes back won't belong to someone...
Since he was a child, John Lahey had heard about the tragic Irish potato famine.
BEIRUT — Two former Turkish generals and a retired admiral were among more than 300 ex-officers sentenced to prison terms Friday in...
LONDON — British Sky Broadcasting, the satellite TV network partially owned by Rupert Murdoch, remains a "fit and proper" holder of...
MOSCOW — Russia's Foreign Ministry on Wednesday said that the U.S. Agency for International Development was being barred from...
PARIS — Britain's royal family won a legal victory Tuesday when a French court ordered a magazine to hand over photographs of Kate...
SHANGHAI — The family always knew there was something mysterious about Wang Fanglian, secrets he dared not share with even his closest...
BOLSOVER, England — One of America's most wanted men, here in Britain anyway, is a slightly awkward computer geek who still drops by...
BEIRUT — Pope Benedict XVI closed a three-day visit to Lebanon on Sunday with an impassioned plea for peace, reconciliation and...
MOSCOW — The opposition had trumpeted the protest Saturday as the "March of Millions," and the authorities were ready, deploying...
MOSCOW — A prominent opposition activist was stripped of his seat in the lower house of the Russian parliament Friday, a move that...
BERLIN — Germany's supreme court ruled Wednesday that the nation can participate in a permanent European bailout fund, giving the go-...
KARLSRUHE, Germany — In their eye-catching red robes and caps specifically designed to evoke Renaissance Italy, Germany's supreme...
The European Central Bank unveiled an aggressive plan to buy the bonds of financially flailing countries such as Spain and Italy, its...
MOSCOW — Vladimir Putin, Russia's macho president, is at it again.
CHEVALINE, France — Three members of a family and a passing cyclist were killed, and a 4-year-old girl discovered hours later cowering...
LEICESTER, England — A parking lot, a parking lot! His kingdom for a parking lot?
BORODINO, Russia — Dozens of war buffs in fur hats, capes and tights rode prancing horses, practicing for the battle reenactment....
SAINT-CIRQ LAPOPIE, France — The valley of the Lot River as it wends its way through southwestern France is known for its...
ROME — Italy's record hot summer is coming to an end, but the heat will remain on Prime Minister Mario Monti in the coming weeks as he...
BEIRUT — Beleaguered Turkish officials called Monday for international assistance to aid escalating numbers of Syrian refugees...
PARIS — Mention the name Daniel Orgeval in France these days, and an unpopular little device inevitably comes up: the breathalyzer....
LONDON — Her face is everywhere: on stamps, coins, mugs and book covers. Her likeness has just been reproduced for the 23rd time at...
MOSCOW — Computer virus experts at Kaspersky Lab, acting with the blessing of the United Nations, were searching for a villain...
CHICAGO — When the White House sent a last-minute invitation for Asif Ali Zardari to attend the two-day NATO summit, they were...
BERLIN — If it seems to German Chancellor Angela Merkel that the world is against her, she may be right.