VICENZA, Italy (AFP) - - Six policemen were hurt in clashes late Saturday with demonstrators at a rally of more than 3,000 people against the 500-million-dollar enlargement of a US military base in Italy, police said. More »
BORDEAUX, France (AFP) - - French police on Saturday arrested two men and a woman suspected of being key members of the outlawed Basque separatist group ETA. More »
TEGUCIGALPA (AFP) - - Ousted President Manuel Zelaya has vowed to return to Honduras on Sunday accompanied by a handful of Latin American leaders, stirring up fears of a violent showdown in the polarized nation. More »
MOSCOW (AFP) - - Russia was Saturday preparing to welcome Barack Obama for the first time as US president, heartened by his description of the country as an equal but also stunned by criticism of Vladimir Putin. More »
NAZRAN, Russia (AFP) - - Militants ambushed a Chechen police convoy in the neighbouring Russian region of Ingushetia on Saturday, killing 10 officers in one of the deadliest recent attacks in the volatile Caucasus. More »
BAGHDAD (AFP) - - Iraq on Saturday told the United States to back off in its attempts to resolve rows between the strife-torn country's sects, saying such interference could cause problems and make matters worse. More »
PARIS (AFP) - - Anti-terror judges leading an inquiry into the 2002 killing of 11 French engineers in Pakistan have asked France's defence minister to open up classified government files, a source said Saturday. More »
LAGOS (AFP) - - Nigeria's best known rebel group on Saturday threatened to thwart a 10-billion-dollar trans-Saharan gas pipeline linking vast reserves in Nigeria to Europe, but the army vowed to protect the project. More »
WASHINGTON (AFP) - - US President Barack Obama urged Americans, who celebrate Independence Day Saturday, to implement broad economic and social reforms, expressing confidence the country will be able to overcome the challenges it is facing. More »
TEHRAN (AFP) - - Iran is considering pressing charges against a British embassy staffer, a Newsweek journalist and several reformist leaders, lawyers said on Saturday, as the regime intensifies its crackdown on protests over last month's presidential election. More »

Traditional Russian matreshka nesting dolls bearing portraits of US President Barack …