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An explosion at a train station in the Russian city of Volgograd has killed at least 17 people and wounded many more.
The statement said it did not appear the Syrian government would meet a year-end deadline to move its most toxic chemicals out of the country.
The controversy erupted around the middle of December when police raids led to the arrests of 24 people, including the sons of three cabinet officials and the head of a state-run bank.
No year is easy for labor migrants in Russia. But 2013 will surely be remembered as particularly rough.
Greenpeace has announced that "all but one of the 26 non-Russian members" of the activists and crew detained by Russian forces more than three months ago have "left Russia heading home."
One of the two freed members of Pussy Riot says the feminist performance art collective still wants to see Russian President Vladimir Putin driven from power -- and that she would like to see him replaced by former oil tycoon and Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
China has summoned Tokyo's ambassador and delivered a "strong protest" after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to a controversial shrine.
At least seven of the 30 Greenpeace activists arrested after protesting Russian drilling in the Arctic Sea more than three months ago have left Russia.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced a reshuffling of his cabinet after three top ministers resigned amid a growing corruption scandal.
U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul says the top priorities for U.S.-Russian cooperation in 2014 are Iran, Syria, and Afghanistan.
Pope Francis has called for access to humanitarian aid in Syria and "social harmony" in South Sudan in his first Christmas speech as pontiff.
A Ukrainian opposition activist and journalist known for her investigations into corruption among senior officials has been viciously assaulted by unknown attackers.
Pope Francis will deliver his first Christmas "Urbi et orbi" blessing on December 25, a highly anticipated address likely to include themes such as the brutality of poverty and violence against Christians.
International environmental group Greenpeace says Russian authorities have dropped charges against 16 activists who were detained during a protest three months ago over Russian oil-drilling in the Arctic.
The European Commission has adopted a national program for Serbia that grants 178.7 million euros ($244 million) to Belgrade for reforms.
Rights groups have condemned the authorities for what they describe as a widening crackdown against secular demonstrators opposed to the military-backed government.
At his first news conference after his release from prison, former Russian tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky said he will try to help secure the release of other Russian political prisoners.
Former Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who was released from jail on December 20, will outline his future plans at a press conference in Berlin on the afternoon of December 22.
The composition of the U.S. delegation is being seen as a challenge to Russia, which has adopted a controversial law banning "propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations" to minors.
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