More than 10,000 supporters of Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili rallied in Tbilisi on April 19, the first mass demonstration since the defeat of the president's United National Movement party in parliamentary elections in 2012, AFP and Reuters reported.

Explosions and gunfire in Watertown, Mass., followed the killing of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer early April 19, WCVB reported, citing AP.

Cyprus will ease its citizenship rules for foreign investors who lost 3 million euros (about $4 million) as a result of Cyprus' recent bailout deal, meaning some Russians could now get EU passports, Famagusta Gazette reported April 15, citing Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades.

Russia would welcome a new round of talks in Switzerland over North Korea's nuclear program, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said April 12, AP reported.

Some 20,000 people gathered in Kiev for a rally supporting the "Rise, Ukraine!" opposition campaign, Ukrainian opposition party Batkivshchyna said April 7, RIA Novosti reported.

Iran met with officials from Russia, China, the United States, France, the United Kingdom and Germany on April 6 for a second day of negotiations over Tehran's nuclear program, AFP reported.

North Korea's Foreign Ministry on April 5 asked Russia to consider evacuating its Embassy staff, Interfax reported.