It's been a year since Dmitry Medvedev took over the Russian Presidency from Vladimir Putin. more »
The EU launches programme to forge closer ties with six countries in Eastern Europe and the Southern Caucasus. more »
Out of control, wind-driven wildfires are getting dangerously close to Santa Barbara - and are already wreaking havoc on the mountains surrounding the picturesque central California city. more »
The Moldovan government violated human rights, the rule of law and European conventions in its response to public protests following elections, according to MEPs back from a fact-finding mission. more »
The streets of Bangkok are seized by angry protesters. Tensions run high as 1500 Thais smash and burn TV screens. more »
More than a thousand farmers from Crete headed for the prime minister's office. more »
The U.S. government released dramatic amateur video of a Somali pirate attack on the Liberty Sun last month in the Gulf of Aden. more »
Georgian tanks poured into a military base near Tbilisi which the government says is the home of a coup plot backed by Russia. more »
550 EU lawmakers - the vast majority - voted in favour of a ban on the import of all seal products. more »
In Pakistan some of the villages in the the Buner Valley look like ghost towns after Pakistani forces fought fierce battles with the Taliban for the control of the strategic northern valley. more »