Victory Day in World War II. Arguably, it is not a parade of NATO troops but rather of Russia's erstwhile allies in the coalition against Adolf Hitler. Nor are parades necessarily the stuff of real politics or the harbingers of military alliances. Yet,

• May 9, 2010

No agreement on a new government is likely by Monday morning, a U.K. Conservative party spokesman said Saturday, as Liberal Democrats leader Nick Clegg met with his party to discuss a possible deal with the Conservatives.

• May 8, 2010

Voting is over in Britain's general election, and results are frantically being counted. Early exit polls indicate the Conservative party will win the most seats, but will also fall short of a parliamentary majority.

• May 7, 2010

Millions of voters across the United Kingdom are today having their say on who they think should lead the country.

• May 6, 2010

There's only one good bet in Britain's razor-edge election: It's likely to reshape the country's politics in historic ways

• May 6, 2010

Kyrgyzstan's interim government has begun a criminal investigation of local companies -- allegedly controlled by the son of ousted president Kurmanbek Bakiyev -- that were sources of fuel supplied to a key U.S. air base in the Central Asian country.

• May 6, 2010

Consumer prices in Latvia will be on average 3.7% lower in 2010 than previous year, the largest drop among 183 countries worldwide, according to the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) new "World Economic Outlook" report. Deflation in Lithuania will make 1.2%, and inflation in Estonia will be 0.8%

• May 6, 2010

The explosion of an offshore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico has raised enough concern among congressional Democrats to jeopardize the prospects for passage of an energy and climate change overhaul.

• May 5, 2010