MOSCOW - Moscow police detained 19 people Wednesday in the latest protests against the jailing of Boris Nemtsov, one of Russia’s most prominent opposition leaders, whom Amnesty International has called a prisoner of conscience.
MOSCOW - Moscow police detained 19 people Wednesday in the latest protests against the jailing of Boris Nemtsov, one of Russia’s most prominent opposition leaders, whom Amnesty International has called a prisoner of conscience.
LONDON - Palace officials Wednesday revealed key details about the upcoming royal wedding, announcing that Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams will marry Prince William and Kate Middleton when they tie the knot on April 29.
LONDON - British police released Tuesday a video of a mob kicking and hitting a limo carrying Prince Charles and his wife during student protests last month, hoping to find witnesses and suspects in one of the worst royal security breaches in recent years.
Romanians were treated to a pinkish ethereal light and Swedes to a beautiful sunrise, as a partial solar eclipse that began over the Mideast extended across much of Europe.
Europe’s leading stock markets leapt on Tuesday in a robust start to the new year following a mixed 2010 amid the eurozone’s lingering debt crisis.
LONDON - British actor Pete Postlethwaite, who earned an Oscar nomination for his role in “In the Name of the Father”, has died aged 64 following a lengthy illness, a friend announced Monday.
GLADSTONE - Military aircraft flew supplies to an Australian town slowly disappearing beneath floodwaters on Monday, as record flooding in the country’s northeast continues to cut coal exports and devastate wheat production.
SYDNEY — Sixteen people are believed trapped in an Australian cinema after the roof partially collapsed after heavy rain, a report said Monday.
MOSCOW — Russia’s transport oversight agency is calling on the country’s airlines to stop using the Tu-154 plane until the cause of a passenger jet fire and explosion that killed three people is determined.
Spain has introduced a tough anti-smoking law that prohibits lighting up in enclosed public places including bars, restaurants, airports and even some outdoor spaces.