An Uzbek emigrant charged with killing eight people along a New York City bike path five years ago told an FBI agent he was proud of the destruction he caused and had hoped to kill more people, a prosecutor said on January 9 at the start of the man's trial.
India's drug regulator said on December 29 that it had inspected Marion Biotech's production facility and promised more action based on the probe report after the company's cough syrup was linked to the deaths of 18 children in Uzbekistan.
Kosovar authorities have reopened the main border crossing with Serbia after a barricade that was blocking access on the Serbian side was removed following a pledge by Belgrade that all roadblocks set up by ethnic Serbs in Kosovo would be dismantled.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on December 29 that it was "concerned" about tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan over a two-week-old blockade of the only road linking the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia, and that talks with the two sides would continue.