Caucasus Emirate

More than 19 police officers and several civilians, including an Orthodox priest, were killed by armed militants in Russia's southern republic of Dagestan on Sunday, its governor Sergei Melikov said in a video statement early Monday.

The gunmen opened fire on two Orthodox churches, a synagogue and a police post in two cities, according to the authorities.

A Greek court is on Friday set to hear an appeal by Russian authorities for the extradition of two Russian men alleged to be members of an Islamic fundamentalist group with links to Al Qaeda, Kathimerini understands.

Russian police detained ten people suspected of plotting a terrorist attack in the Moscow region which was to be perpetrated on May 9, Victory Day.