Kosovo News

Ron Wright, second from left, listens to a translation as Fejzullah Hasani, far left, president of the Supreme Court for Kosovo, discusses changes to the country's justice system.

Many Muslims are increasingly critical of the Islamic state -- formerly known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant -- Boko Haram and other Islamic extremist groups, experts said.

Colonel Andriy Lysenko of the Ukrainian National Security and Defence Council said rebels also installed artillery in and around the 13.5 square mile site Pro-Russian separatists blamed for shooting down flight MH17 have mined roads to the crash site, Ukrainian officials said today.

A nearly three-year investigation into atrocities committed in Kosovo after 1998-1999 war will likely lead to indictments against former top figures in the Kosovo Liberation Army, some of whom have become the country's most prominent politicians.

A special European Union prosecutor said Tuesday he had "compelling indications" that up to ten captives were killed to have their organs harvested for illegal trafficking and black market sale during the 1998-99 Kosovo war.

A special European Union prosecutor said Tuesday he had "compelling indications" that up to ten captives were killed to have their organs harvested for illegal trafficking and black market sale during the 1998-99 Kosovo war.

Kosovo's constitutional court suspended the appointment of the speaker of parliament on Wednesday, deepening a political crisis over who gets to rule the impoverished Balkan country for the next four years.

The owner of Ukraine's Shakhtar Donetsk soccer club has warned six players they face sanctions unless they return to the club in the eastern city where street battles are raging.

An EU-appointed task force will release its findings next week after an investigation into allegations that Kosovo Albanian guerrillas took body organs from Serb captives during the 1998-99 war, Kosovo's justice ministry said on Monday.

Nazim Ajdini, Liridon Basha, Jahi Mustafa, and Xhevdet Shabani walked some 2,500 kilometers from Pristina to Brussels to promote the cause of visa-free travel for Kosovo nationals to the EU.

Plus, Bulgaria stops work on South Stream but says it will ultimately press on, and long sentences are handed out in a Russian journalist's killing.

'Putin will come to Belgrade to celebrate with us the day when Belgrade was liberated ,' the Serbian president told Radio Television of Serbia late on Thursday, adding that the Russian leader will arrive here on his invitation.

BRADFORD University has awarded honorary diplomas to journalists, a top physicist and a campaigner against domestic violence on the final day of their summer graduations.

The Court of Appeals in Pristina has rejected an appeal filed against a decision to keep Oliver Ivanoviae in prison, his party, GI SDP, announced on Thursday.

Plus, Montenegro's odds of NATO membership on the rise, and a master craftsman revives an ancient art in Uzbekistan.

Candidate of the post-election coalition LDK-AAK-Initiative for Kosovo, LDK leader Isa Mustafa, has been elected president of the Kosovo assembly.

US soldiers from part of the 773rd Civil Support Team have been busy training the Kosovo Security Force's new hazmat unit, according to the The 7th Civil Support Command team, joined by a soldier from the Iowa National Guard, trained 20 members of the Kosovo hazmat team from May 12-21, 2014, in Pristina, Kosovo.

Kosovo took a step towards forming a new government on Thursday when parliament convened for the first time since indecisive June polls, with the opposition seeking a majority to take power from outgoing Prime Minister Hashim Thaci.

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Plus, Montenegro's odds of NATO membership on the rise, and a master craftsman revives an ancient art in Uzbekistan.