Daniel Tovrov

A video of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on trial for corruption and terrorism has gone viral in Russia, attracting millions of views after being posted on YouTube two days ago.

There were a number of new developments in the ongoing Iran-Israel saga.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy used his brand new Twitter account to official announce that he would seek re-election during France's 2012 presidential race.

Thai and Israeli officials believe the Iranians arrested for a series of blasts in Bangkok on Tuesday were plotting at attack Israeli diplomats.

Around 20 gunmen believed to be members of Boko Haram raided a federal prison in Nigeria on Wednesday night, freeing as many as 200 inmates before escaping in getaway vehicles.

Xi Jinping defended China's human rights record during his meeting with President Barack Obama on Wednesday. The Chinese Vice President admitted that his country could do more in the area, but added that the United States should respect China's human rights developments.

Angelina Jolie visited Sarajevo this week, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, to debut her film In the Land of Blood and Honey. While she has won awards for her depiction of war, not everyone in the former-Yugoslavia is happy about how the film turned out.

Unemployment in Britain stayed relatively flat at the end of 2011, rising its smallest amount in nearly a year between the months of November and December. Compared to the rest of Europe, the UK is right in the middle.

Jeremy Lin did it again. Despite struggling in the first half, the Knicks battled against the Toronto Raptors to claim their sixth straight win on the back of Lin's game winning three pointer.

Amanda Knox was acquitted of murder in October, but Italian prosecutors are challenging the judges' ruling. Prosecutors in the city of Perugia, where the Seattle-born student was found guilty of killing her roommate Meredith Kercher in 2007, have filed for an appeal with Italy's Supreme Court.

On Monday and Tuesday, Bahrain's police and army did their best to stop the types of demonstrations that led to dozens of deaths between Feb. 14 and 17 of last year, but were unable to keep the peace in isolated sections of the city.

Taiwanese pop idol Feng Fei Fei (also spelled Fong Fei Fei) has died after a battle with lung cancer, her representation announced on Tuesday.

Paulo Rodrigues, the editor-in-chief of a newspaper in southwestern Brazil, was the second journalist to be murdered in Brazil in four days.

China said it will not protect either side in Syria, where clashes against between the government and protestors are growing more and more violent, but added that it is committed to alleviating the crisis.

On Tuesday, Feb. 14, police in Malaysian city of Petaling Jaya and other parts of the country raided a number of hotels and arrested more than 80 people for being alone with a member of the opposite sex.

Thai police are blaming Iran for the three bombings in Bangkok that injured at least five people on Tuesday.

President Barack Obama proposed a $770 million aid package Monday for Arab countries undergoing democratic revolutions.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has blamed Iran for the bombing and attempted bombing of Israeli envoys in India and Georgia. What will Israel's next step be?

Despite overall growth in the country's economy, poverty in Nigeria is on the rise.

Israeli envoys in India Georgia were the targets of bomb attacks on Monday.

Jeremy Lin and the New York Knicks hosted the Los Angeles Lakers at Madison Square Garden on Friday night.

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon told the UK and Argentina to “avoid an escalation” in Falklands, and noted his “concern about the increasingly strong exchanges” between the two countries.

Kim Jong-un was killed by an assassin at the North Korean embassy in Beijing, China, at leatst according to one of many varying reports on the Supreme Leader to hit the web on Friday.

Lebanon is starting to look like Syria. On Friday, armed supporters of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad attacked anti-Assad demonstrators in the Lebanese city of Tripoli.

Rumors of Kim Jong-un's death hit Weibo on Friday

The Kosovo man who admitted to shooting two American soldiers at the Frankfurt airport last year was sentenced to life in prison on Friday.

On Friday, unions representing the city's police, firefighters and military police voted to strike and to protest in downtown Rio de Janeiro. But Carnival and nearly one million tourists are arriving in just seven days.

A Russian officer was sentenced to 13 years in prison on Friday for giving missile secrets to the CIA.

Luka Bojovic, one of the suspects wanted for the assassination of Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic in 2003, was arrested in Spain. Police apprehended Bojovic, a Serbian national, in a restaurant in Valencia on Thursday.