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- Russia heads to 'America's backyard' to find salve for sanctions
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov visited several Latin American nations this week to seek trade opportunities that could offset US efforts to puncture Russia's economy.
- Ukraine's latest challenge: unhappy oligarchs with private armies
President Poroshenko fired Igor Kolomoisky from his position as governor of Dnipropetrovsk today. Kolomoisky used his political power and personal battalions to seize the state oil company's offices in Kiev last week.
- With its famous food in peril, France goes all out on 'gastrono-diplomacy'
With the French eating more fast food and less traditional fare than ever before, the government pulled out all the stops for a multicourse, multicontinent culinary event.
- In Vienna, a bid to foster 'Islam of the Austrian kind'
European countries are watching closely Austria's governance of Islam, a faith under the spotlight after recent terror attacks in Paris and Copenhagen. Austria's ban on foreign funding of preachers has raised concerns.
- Crimean Tatar leader urges continued sanctions against Russia
The leader says members of the Muslim Tatar community who still live on the Ukrainian peninsula have reported to him that life is now as bad or worse than it was under the Soviet Union.
- Minsk deal threatened as Ukraine, rebels spar over interpretation
Kiev and pro-Russia rebels sharply disagree on how to interpret what the cease-fire deal prescribed as 'next steps.'
- What's behind Russia's massive muscle-flexing?
Virtually every unit, from paratroopers to antisubmarine forces, appears to be out in the field on drills.
- Oil swoon hits Scotland's city of millionaires
Aberdeen's ties to the North Sea oil industry transformed it from fishing village to one of the UK's richest cities. Now, everything from tourism to construction is feeling a sharp pinch as oil's slide threatens tens of thousands of jobs.
- Srebrenica massacre: Eight suspects in custody after 20 years
Serbian police arrested eight men Wednesday who are accused of taking part in the 1995 slaughter of more than 1,000 Muslims on the outskirts of Srebrenica.
- Evidence mounts in Britain's child abuse cover-up investigation
A dam of official silence around child abuse in Britain began to break after the 2011 death of entertainer Jimmy Savile.
- Calls for Scottish independence rise even as North Sea oil prices fall
Unionists said the plunge in oil prices would surely put a damper on the independence movement and push Scots into the arms of London after last year's failed referendum. It looks like they were wrong.
- Is revolution afoot in Irish politics?
The longstanding dominance of Ireland's two main parties is under pressure amid ongoing economic woes. New party Renua has formed on the right, while interest has surged in parties on the left.
- Putin's disappearing act: Was he just trolling everyone?
The Russian president made his first public appearance in 10 days on Monday, laughing off the intense rumors that followed his sudden disappearance.
- Cover StoryWhy fringe parties are surging in Europe
Parties on the far left and right are growing as middle-class voters rebel and immigration issues dominate at the ballot box. Is the populist revolt remaking the politics of Europe?
- Led by Queen Elizabeth, Britain honors soldiers who died in Afghanistan
Britain lost 453 servicemen and women in Afghanistan out of the 140,000 who served there over the years.
- Europe tries new tack to keep young women from joining Islamic State
An estimated 550 Western women have travelled to the Middle East to join Islamic extremist groups. Europeans hope new de-radicalization programs will help stem the flow.
- Sweden offers to question Assange in London about alleged sex crimes
Swedish prosecutors have wanted to interview WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for several years. But he has been holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in the British capital.
- Putin's grab of Crimea still rankles West. How about Crimeans?
A new documentary to be aired on Russian state TV confirms a Kremlin plot to occupy Crimea, which has a Russian naval port. The annexation fueled a still-unresolved conflict in eastern Ukraine.
- Report says British intelligence intercepted public email, but didn't read all
Following a lengthy inquiry, the British Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC), which acts as a watchdog for the spy agencies, said the bulk collection of data did not amount to blanket surveillance.
- Could Pink Panthers be behind the Paris jewel heist?
Pink Panthers, an international network of jewelry thieves, are credited with pulling off jewel heists so elaborate criminologists are in awe. Could they be behind the most recent Paris theft?