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Severe winter weather continues to dominate several eastern European countries with air and road travel disrupted and gas supplies running low.

Russia and China have again vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution on Syria condemning President Bashar al-Assad's nearly year-long crackdown on anti-government protests.

Tens of thousands of people in Russia are braving bitter cold weather in Moscow to participate in a pair of political rallies: one calling for Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to step down, the other supporting him.

Western powers say a vote on the United Nations Security Council resolution on Syria will go ahead Saturday as the bloodshed intensified in the flashpoint city of Homs leaving more than 200 people dead.

Samsunspor’s Greek striker Theofanis Gekas hitting a hat trick on Thursday evening against the Canaries shows why politics should have no place in football.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned Friday that Iran will retaliate against Western-backed oil sanctions and threats of attack, as media reports say U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta fears Israel could strike Iran in the next few months.

The number of methamphetamine “super labs” seized by Mexican authorities has rocketed in the last five years but shipments of the drug across the border have also continued to grow.

Egyptian protesters clash with security forces for a second day in Cairo, as anger over the deaths of dozens of football fans threatens political unrest.

A cold snap kept Europe in its icy grip on Thursday, pushing the death toll to 160 as countries from Italy to Ukraine struggled to cope with temperatures that plunged to record lows in some places.

The Philippine military says it has killed three senior militants from al-Qaeda-linked groups in a raid in the south of the country.