Russia

Moscow police arrest gay rights campaigners and militant Orthodox Christians outside State Duma.

The World Economic Forum benchmark report emphasises significant changes needed to sustain economic growth

Arsenal are finding it increasingly difficult to find a buyer for Andrey Arshavin after Reading revealed they had no interest in the midfielder.

Roger Federer survives five-set marathon to book semi-final date with Andy Murray

Android 4.1.2 XXAMA1 Jelly Bean firmware has released for Samsung Galaxy Premier I9260.

Prime minister 'treating European Union like he can pick which items he wants', argues Blairite peer.

Violinist to take break from music as she trains to represent Thailand as a skier at Winter Olympics in in Sochi, Russia.

Novak Djokovic booked his place in the semi-finals of the Australian Open, with a four-set victory over Tomas Berdych.

Kingpin gunned down outside Sukhumi restaurant on same day mob boss Aslan Usoyan was being buried in Moscow.

Android 4.1.2 XXLPZ Jelly Bean official firmware released for Samsung galaxy S Advance I9070.

Law will outlaw homosexual 'propaganda' and be used to halt gay rights rallies across the country.

Humane Society and Celebrities write letter to Defra to support proposed ban on polar bear trade.

Security expert Eugene Kaspersky believes cyber weapons may be "cleaner" than traditional weapons but they are "much worse" and very difficult to protect against.

Yann M'Vila is close to making a move to Russian outfit Rubin Kazan, according to reports, with the defensive midfielder set to leave Rennes by the end of the month.

Murray and Federer to play fourth round matches today, while Sharapova, Williams and Azarenka eye semi-final berths

Balazs Dzsudzsak's agent has played down reports that claimed the player is close to making a January move to Liverpool.

Women's top seeds Victoria Azarenka and Serena Williams march on

On 16 December 2012 with voter turnout at just over 59 per cent, the lowest since the Second World War, the opposition Liberal Democratic Party trounced Yoshihiko Noda's Democratic Party of Japan to win the most seats in the House of Representatives, the Lower House in the National Diet, and so return to their usual dominance as Japan's ruling party - and probably a dominance more conservative than ever under the strongly right-wing Shinzo Abe!

Maria Sharapova continued her sublime form at the Australian Open by beating Venus Williams 6-1, 6-3 to reach the fourth round.

Veteran gangster aka Grandpa Khasan gunned down outside Povarskaya Street restaurant.

The people behind one of the most sophisticated cyber-espionage attacks ever carried out began dismantling its infrastructure hours after it was made public.

British No 1 Heather Watson to face fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska in third round

Andreas and Heidrun Anschlag on trial in Stuttgart on charges of spying for Russia for 20 years.

Samsung Galaxy S Advance I9070 running on Android 4.1.2 XXLPY Jelly Bean can be rooted using the root file released by XDA developer.

Tokyo, Istanbul, Athens and Jerusalem among cities covered by snow as bitter winter bites.

A piece of espionage malware known as Rocra or Red October, which secretly gathers highly-classified and sensitive information from governments has been discovered, five years after it began operating.

French actor says jailed feminist punk band would have been treated worse in Arab country.

Android 4.1.2 XXCLL3 Jelly Bean official firmware available for download on Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 P3100.

Men's No 1 Novak Djokovic and women's No 2 seed Maria Sharapova lead big names through on first day of 2013 Australian Open

Siberian Republic of Khakassia has organised a cull as thousands of wolves threaten domestic livestock.