A senior representative of Hamas, the Palestinian-Islamic socio-political organization, said Wednesday that it would be willing to accept Israel

Marco Calasan from Macedonia has become the world

The number of street children in Moscow has been declining significantly in recent years, but thousands still remain homeless. Moscow shelters run by the city provide refuge for kids whose families abandoned them.

Under amended plans, the Patriot missile launchers, designed to shoot down planes and cruise missiles, are to be placed just 100 kilometers from the border with Russia

The trial of a Dutch anti-Islam politician charged with hate crimes has begun in Amsterdam on Wednesday. It is a landmark case testing the limits of free speech in the Netherlands.

An avant-garde painter, a religious movement and an un-Olympic mood

Russian figure skater Evgeny Pluschenko has taken the lead in the men

The international euphoria that greeted America

Russia is trying to rid its streets of old cars as it launches its own

A journalist who was beaten by police in the Siberian city of Tomsk has died in hospital.