Израильское информационное агентство Ньюзру.ком в ответ на сообщение Кавказ-Центра о том, что Путин сбежал от убийц в Великий Устюг (Вологодская область) напомнило, что Путин не в первый раз на Рождество уезжает из Москвы в провинциальный город. Поэтому он вроде «не сбежал».

The European Court of Human Rights on Thursday found Russia responsible for the death of three Chechens during an armed raid in the restive province’s capital, and ordered Moscow to pay their relative €60,000 (US,428) in damages.

Georgia’s leader Mikheil Saakashvili has won re-election, official results showed Wednesday, sealing a bitterly fought victory that his main challenger is refusing to accept.

GENEVA – About 151,000 Iraqi civilians were killed in the three years following the U.S.-led invasion of their country, according to World Health Organization (WHO) research published on Wednesday.

BAGHDAD – Six U.S. soldiers were killed on Wednesday when a house rigged with explosives blew up north of Baghdad during a new U.S.-Iraqi offensive targeting al Qaeda guerrillas in Iraq, the U.S. military said.

PRISTINA, Serbia – Kosovo will declare independence from Serbia within weeks, the breakaway province’s new Prime Minister Hashim Thaci said on Wednesday after parliament endorsed his coalition government.

KIRKUK, Iraq – Two car bombs exploded outside two churches in the volatile northern city of Kirkuk on Wednesday, police said, the latest in a wave of attacks on Christian targets in Iraq this week.

ISLAMABAD – Plagued by mounting attacks by Islamist militants loyal to al Qaeda, Pakistan now faces a second wave of violence as its minority Shi’ite Muslims prepare for their annual mourning period.

LAHORE, Pakistan – Pakistani security forces have arrested a retired army major suspected of being the mastermind behind a suicide attack on an air force bus which killed eight people, an intelligence official said on Wednesday.

TEHRAN (FNA) The United States’ hue and cry about the incident in the Strait of Hormuz serves as a part of Washington’s psychological warfare against Iran, Iranian parliament speaker said in the wake of a wave of western media reports about an alleged confrontation between Iranian and US navy vessels …