Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko is facing trial on Monday in New York for alleged international drug trafficking. He was arrested by US officials last year and has been kept in jail ever since.
Eight Swedish fighter jets will be used to enforce the no-fly zone over Libya, despite the fact Sweden is not a member of NATO, prompting numerous protests and discontent among the population.
Experts predict that if the US government is forced to shutdown the US economic recovery would be devastated a second recession as Americans lose confidence.
After their lightning advance, rebel forces have been stopped and pushed back from the city of Sirt. Reports say they might use the home town of Gaddafi as a springboard for their march on Tripoli, or bypass it.
Ten days after the US began missile strikes in Libya, US President Barack Obama has addressed his nation, following calls from a war-weary public to clarify America`s role in the military mission in Libya.
While the air strikes over Libya continue, prominent diplomats are gathering in London to decide on the future of Libya. Rebels, unlike the Libyan government, will have a chance to define what kind of future they are working towards.
The extremely high level of radiation in water flooding the basement of reactor 2 at Japan`s crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant is due to a partial meltdown of the reactor core, top government spokesman Yukio Edano said on Monday.
Libyan rebels claimed on Monday to have captured the town of Sirte, the home of embattled Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, according to media reports.
Around 1,200 protesters took to the head office of the Tokyo Electric Power Co. in Japan`s capital on Sunday voicing their demands to close the atomic power plants in the country.
The destructive 9.0 magnitude earthquake and ensuing tsunami which struck the country three weeks ago and ravaged whole regions is now estimated to have killed over 10,000.
U.S. President Barack Obama told Russian President Dmitry Medvedev that he was committed to support Russia`s bid to join the World Trade Organization (WTO).
The United Arab Emirates will send 12 aircraft to support the international coalition on a mission to protect civilian population from attacks by Gaddafi forces in Libya, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Friday.
The death count in Japan`s devastating earthquake and tsunami has climbed to 10,035 people, NHK broadcaster reported on Friday citing the country`s police.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu went ahead with a scheduled visit to Moscow despite a terrorist attack Wednesday at a bus stop in central Jerusalem. The back-to-back visits to Moscow by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and now Prime Minister Netanyahu can be counted as a significant achievement for Russian diplomacy.
London is bracing itself for a wave of public anger this weekend as protesters are planning to take to the streets to demonstrate against the West`s military intervention in Libya.
The Obama administration has begun looking into making additional cuts to America`s nuclear arsenal beyond those outlined in the New START Treaty between the US and Russia.
The Artistic Director of the Mariinsky Theater, maestro Valery Gergiev, is planning to give a series of charity concerts in support of Japanese people who have suffered from the earthquake and tsunami.
Exploding Egypt, Tunisia, and a full-out civil war in Libya; as Northern Africa is set afire with unrest, people flee the region, looking to escape the chaos in their home countries. Many end up in Greece, where their lives hardly get any simpler.
The American leadership has voiced two desired scenarios that would bring Muammar Gaddafi out of the play called Operation Odyssey Dawn.
Political analysts say that protecting civilians in Libya is actually the allied coalition`s secondary priority. The primary one is eliminating the country`s defenses and gaining control over Libya`s oil-rich regions through civil war between tribes.
The big challenge for the nuclear industry is getting the message across to the public that nuclear power is safe, says Professor Laurence Williams, who headed the NII - Britain`s watchdog for nuclear installations - for almost three decades.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has demanded that the coalition must strictly abide by the goal of the UN Security Council resolution on Libya.
The first detection of radiation from Japan has been recorded along the West Coast of the United States, but the UN insists the levels of radiation are far below dangerous levels.
Moscow condemns the international coalition air strikes in Libya, and so does the Arab League and the African Union. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is in North Africa to discuss the ongoing conflict.
Russia`s largest beer producer, Baltika, expressed its condolences to the people of Japan over the recent tragedy and decided to allocate 100,000 euros ($140,670) in aid for the quake-hit country.