Daniel Tovrov

Six British soldiers went missing in Afghanistan after their armored vehicle hit a landmine in the dangerous southern Helmand province. They're believed to be dead.

A German clothing brand popular with neo-Nazis opened a store called Brevik -- which is shockingly close to the name of the Norwegian mass murderer Anders Breivik -- in the city of Chemnitz, sending residents and politicians into a fury.

Prince Harry began a four-day visit to Jamaica on Monday as part of a Diamond Jubilee tour honoring Queen Elizabeth II. The young prince's visit comes at an awkward time, however -- Jamaica's newly elected prime minister has said the island nation should be its own republic, without ties to the crown.

Despite a slowing growth rate in 2011, Brazil's economy overtook the United Kingdom to become the sixth biggest in the world.

Turkish Airlines landed the first commercial flight to Mogadishu in more than 20 years on Tuesday. The airline will make regular twice-weekly flights to the previously war-torn city from Istanbul's Ataturk airport.

Russian police released hundreds of protestors and activists who were detained during anti-Putin rallies in Moscow on Monday, including opposition leaders Alexei Navalny and Sergei Udaltsov.

Prominent Russian opposition figures were arrested amid protests Monday night in Moscow against the election of Vladimir Putin as president. Many observers claim the vote was tainted by fraud.

Sitting in the Oval Office before his much publicized, but private, meeting with President Barack Obama, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel has the right to “defend itself, by itself.”

The man who will soon cede the Russian presidency to his mentor has been promised the prime minister's job once the next Putin government is formed. But will the proposed swap happen once the new president is inaugurated in May?

U.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are meeting on Monday to discuss the ever-intensifying topic of Iran's nuclear program and the possibility of a military strike.

Teams of international aid workers from the Red Cross and the Red Crescent entered into parts of the besieged city of Homs, Syria for the first time on Monday.

Gas prices have risen to above $4 per gallon in many parts of the United States, sending economists into a tizzy about its impact on consumer spending, consumer confidence and the effects it will have on the housing market.

Despite international pressure against the deal, Pakistan said it would honor a 2010 agreement to build a natural gas pipeline that will eventually send 8.7 billion cubic meters of Iranian gas to Pakistan annually.

The 16 American pro-democracy workers in Egypt, including the son of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, flew home on Thursday.

Julius Malema was expelled from the African National Congress, South Africa's ruling political party. The controversial and polarizing Malema, who was the president of the ANC's Youth League, was kicked out of the organization that brought him fame for indiscipline.

The Baroness Jenny Tonge resigned from the Liberal Democrat whip over controversial comments she made about Israel.

Many of the Costa Allegra passengers who disembarked on the island of Mahé on Thursday morning will extend their vacation, and are hoping that two weeks on land on a tropical island will be incident-free.

On the eve of presidential elections, Vladimir Putin is claiming that his opponents might use murder and ballot stuffing to tarnish the vote.

Thousands of students marched in cities across Spain on Wednesday to protest the latest government austerity measures.

Costa has a number of planes on stand-by, ready to take passengers from the Allegra cruise ship back to Rome.

Mohammed Ibrahim Makkawi was arrested in Cairo on Wednesday. But which Mohammed Ibrahim Makkawi was it? The al-Qaeda apostate or the militant leader behind the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings?

After a fire and a power outage, the Costa Allegra is being towed by another vessel in the Indian Ocean. But is this latest incident -- after the sinking of the Costa Concordia off Tuscany in January -- weighing down fleet owner Costa Crociere?

Saudi cleric Aaed al-Qarni believes that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad should be executed for heresy, and noted that killing Assad is more important and noble than killing an Israeli person.

Two hostages were killed by Somali pirates during a rescue operation off of the coast of the Horn of Africa on Tuesday.

The Costa Allegra cruise ship has been reached by the French fishing ship Travignon is being towed the Allegra toward the Seychelles' main islands.

With less than a week until presidential elections in Russia, the validity of the assassination attempt on Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is being called into question.

Iran state media is denying that Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani has been sentenced to death. Citing an anonymous source, Press TV said a local court is still investigating the case.

An ex-official from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said that Iran's use of old technology could be making it difficult for Tehran to expand its nuclear program.

Italian cruise ship the Costa Allegra is adrift without engine power off the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean.