How does one cope with the death of a beloved pet who’s been a constant companion for nearly three decades?

Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party was handed a rude wake-up call on Sunday when it lost close to 80 seats in Parliamentary elections that international observers say was fraught with widespread irregularities.

Anders Behring Breivik, the man who killed 77 people in Norway earlier this year, has been ruled legally insane at the time the crime was committed, raising the possibility that he will be sent to a psychiatric facility rather than to prison.

Egyptians began trooping to polling places on Monday as the country started holding its first election since longtime leader Hosni Mubarak was forced out of office in February this year.

A famous Russian newscaster has been given the boot after reportedly showing the dirty finger while reading a news report about U.S. President Barack Obama.

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh reportedly signed a Gulf Cooperation Council-brokered deal on Wednesday that will end his more than three-decade rule and bring peace to the Middle Eastern country.

Egyptian government Cabinet members folded up amid mounting protests over the past few days, submitting their resignation late Monday even as violence continued to erupt around Tahrir Square in the capital Cairo.

Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s son, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, has been arrested by militias in the country’s southern desert.

Though waters have started to recede in some parts Thailand, the situation remains serious in the east and west of Bangkok. And after over three months of anguish, the people of the Southeast Asian country have been forced to be creative.

Shopping has always been on top of most women’s to-do lists. But while it has become ‘conventional wisdom’ that women love everything that exudes beauty and elegance, here’s a lifestyle change of the digital age: Filipino women today use online shopping to de-stress and reward themselves.