Lawyers

• Estonia’s Same-Sex Law Confuses People; Couples to Hold Until Everything is Clear

  Estonian gov't passed same-sex marriage. Couples may have to wait until everything is clear. The first former Soviet country Estonia has legalized gay civil unions.

• Estonian who says Russia abducted him to serve 15 years' hard labor

  An Estonian police officer who says Russia abducted him in a cross-border raid was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Wednesday, stoking tensions between Moscow and the former Soviet republic.

• U.S. sends six Yemeni prisoners from Guantanamo to Oman for resettlement

  Six Yemenis held for more than a decade at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo have been flown to Oman for resettlement, the Pentagon said on Saturday, the latest step in President Barack Obama's slow push to close the facility.

• Putin is a 'bully,' U.S. needs to respond resolutely: Jeb Bush

  Likely Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush said on Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin was a "bully" and the United States and its allies in Europe should be resolute in responding to Russian aggression.

• Republican Jeb Bush to visit Germany, Estonia, Poland

  Republican Jeb Bush will visit three U.S. allies, Germany, Poland and Estonia, in early June to get a first-hand view of European economic and security challenges as he explores a run for his party's presidential nomination in 2016, a Bush aide said on Monday.

• Latvia says Russia's military rhetoric is 'alarming'

  A war of words between Russia and the West could degenerate into something worse, with "devastating" consequences, Latvia's foreign minister said on Friday.

• Afghan cabinet nominee wanted by Interpol for tax evasion

  Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's nominee for agriculture minister in the new cabinet is on an Interpol wanted list for tax evasion in Estonia, a fact Ghani's spokesman said was unknown to his office at the time of his nomination.

• Five Yemenis transferred from U.S. custody at Guantanamo: Pentagon

  The Pentagon transferred five Yemenis held at Guantanamo prison to foreign custody on Wednesday in the first handover of detainees in 2015, sending four to Oman and one to Estonia despite Republican calls for a moratorium on the resettlements.

• Dutch fighters intercept Russian plane over Baltic Sea

  Two Dutch F16 fighter jets, part of a NATO force patrolling the skies above the Baltic states, intercepted a Russian Ilyushin transport aircraft flying near Estonian and Lithuanian air space, the Netherlands said on Thursday.