Muscovites vote for new mayor
Mayoral elections are under way in Moscow for the first time in a decade and the first since the Kremlin reversed President Vladimir Putin's 2004…
Street protests turn violent at Brazil Independence Day events
Brazil's Independence Day celebrations have been marred as anger at the authorities again spilled over into outbreaks of violence. In Rio de Janeiro…
Kerry encouraged by French and EU stance on Syria strike
The US Secretary of State John Kerry has welcomed an EU statement on Syria acknowledging strong evidence that the Damascus regime used chemical…
Pope Francis urges rethink over EU-US Syria response
The Catholic pope has called on world leaders in the West to reconsider their response to the chemical attack in Syria. Addressing a crowd of…
