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US Pentagon chief sacks senior military adviser

US Pentagon chief sacks senior military adviser

The US defense secretary has removed a senior military aide following 'allegations of misconduct.' The move comes as a secret service agent was arrested for solicitating sex from a cop posing as a 14-year-old girl. November 13 2015, 11:20 2 683 views

U.S. targets 'Jihadi John'

U.S. targets 'Jihadi John'

U.S. forces targeted "Jihadi John," the man who has emerged as the masked face of ISIS, in an airstrike in Raqqa, Syria, the Pentagon announced Thursday night. November 13 2015, 10:15 2 316 views

Billionaire buys 7-year-old daughter Blue Moon diamond for record $48m

Billionaire buys 7-year-old daughter Blue Moon diamond for record $48m

A Hong Kong billionaire spent a record $48.4m buying an 12.03-carat diamond dubbed “Blue Moon" for his seven-year-old daughter in an auction in Geneva. November 12 2015, 17:01 8 060 views

Nephews of Venezuelan First Lady Arrested on US Drug Charges

Nephews of Venezuelan First Lady Arrested on US Drug Charges

Two nephews of Venezuela's first lady have been arrested and brought to the United States to face drug trafficking charges, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. November 12 2015, 15:39 2 696 views

FIFA declares five candidates eligible for presidential vote

FIFA declares five candidates eligible for presidential vote

FIFA has declared five candidates eligible to stand in February's vote to replace Sepp Blatter as president. He is to step down to make way for his successor at a congress early next year. November 12 2015, 15:01 2 313 views

Iran to unveil 4 Caspian oil development projects: CEO

Iran to unveil 4 Caspian oil development projects: CEO

Iran is going to unveil four projects related to oil fields in its CaspianSea waters, said the managing director of the Khazar Exploration and Production Company (KEPCO). November 12 2015, 12:13 3 091 views

American Fighter Jets Sent to Help Protect Turkish Airspace

American Fighter Jets Sent to Help Protect Turkish Airspace

The first six of 12 U.S. Air Force F-15C Eagle jet fighters arrived on Incirlik Air Base in Turkey Nov. 6, to conduct combat air patrols in Turkish airspace at the request of its government, Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook told reporters this afternoon. November 11 2015, 16:04 2 776 views

Russia and Iran-backed offensive helps regime break Isil's two-year siege on Syrian airbase

Russia and Iran-backed offensive helps regime break Isil's two-year siege on Syrian airbase

Regime troops reached the Kweiris airbase, state television says, where almost 1,000 soldiers were trapped. November 11 2015, 15:50 2 488 views

Olympics Panel Says It Will Strip Medals From Doped Russian Athletes

Olympics Panel Says It Will Strip Medals From Doped Russian Athletes

The International Olympics Committee said it is ready to strip medals from any Russian athletes found guilty of doping and is considering retesting drug samples from the Sochi Winter Olympics. November 11 2015, 15:20 2 775 views

U.S. charges three in huge cyberfraud targeting JPMorgan, others

U.S. charges three in huge cyberfraud targeting JPMorgan, others

U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday unveiled criminal charges against three men accused of running a sprawling computer hacking and fraud scheme that included a huge attack against JPMorgan Chase & Co and generated hundreds of millions of dollars of illegal profit. November 11 2015, 11:35 2 727 views

Jordan’s king: Russia is key to end ‘third world war’

Jordan’s king: Russia is key to end ‘third world war’

Russia is best positioned to bring a resolution to the war in Syria, Jordan's King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein has told Euronews. November 11 2015, 10:04 3 490 views

Robert De Niro Hints He May Be the Next American Seeking Russian Passport

Robert De Niro Hints He May Be the Next American Seeking Russian Passport

Famed Hollywood star Robert De Niro revealed he may consider applying for Russian citizenship at the opening of a restaurant he co-owns at a Moscow mall, the shopping center's press service announced Monday. November 10 2015, 16:57 2 811 views

Ukraine to Build New Wall With Russia, This Time on the Sea

Ukraine to Build New Wall With Russia, This Time on the Sea

Ukraine plans to erect a new wall to defend against an imaginary attack from Russia. Billed as “The Sea Wall," the new project is meant to protect the Azov Sea port of Mariupol and comes hard on the heels of the much-trumpeted “Great Wall of Ukraine," which was never built, a Ukrainian news portal reported on Tuesday. November 10 2015, 16:28 2 491 views

Russia could be banned from 2016 Olympics after doping report

Russia could be banned from 2016 Olympics after doping report

Russian track and field athletes could be banned from the 2016 Olympics after an independent report detailed an apparently state-sponsored doping program. November 10 2015, 10:15 2 588 views

Climate Change Could Push Over 100 Million Into Extreme Poverty by 2030: World Bank

Climate Change Could Push Over 100 Million Into Extreme Poverty by 2030: World Bank

Climate change could push more than 100 million people into extreme poverty by 2030 by disrupting agriculture and fueling the spread of malaria and other diseases, the World Bank said in a report Sunday. November 9 2015, 17:01 2 629 views

Opposition party achieves wide margin of victory in Myanmar elections

Opposition party achieves wide margin of victory in Myanmar elections

Nobel winner Aung San Suu Kyi has suggested her party will win Myanmar's elections, the freest in the country's history. Opposition leaders are seeking to take over from representatives of the former ruling junta party. November 9 2015, 15:02 2 325 views

Myanmar holds breath as election results expected

Myanmar holds breath as election results expected

Results from Myanmar's landmark vote are expected to be announced early this week, as the party of veteran democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi seeks a bigger role in the political process. November 9 2015, 10:29 2 786 views

Plane bombing mastermind unmasked as Egyptian cleric

Plane bombing mastermind unmasked as Egyptian cleric

The suspected mastermind behind the downing of a Russian passenger jet near Sharm el-Sheikh has been unmasked, as it emerged that British tourists could be stranded at the Egyptian resort for up to a fortnight. November 9 2015, 02:12 3 616 views

Putin aide and Russia Today founder dies in Washington hotel

Putin aide and Russia Today founder dies in Washington hotel

A Russian millionaire with close ties to the Kremlin who helped found the state-sponsored RT news outlet has been found dead in a hotel room in Washington, D.C., according to reports. November 7 2015, 12:03 2 946 views

All bodies from air crash in Egypt identified

All bodies from air crash in Egypt identified

Relatives of the victims in the plane crash above Sinai have identified visually all the bodies, spokesman of the Healthcare Ministry Oleg Salagai told reporters on Friday. November 6 2015, 18:39 2 876 views

Combat report: Russian jets hit 263 terror targets in Syria in 2 days

Combat report: Russian jets hit 263 terror targets in Syria in 2 days

The Russian Air Force has carried out 81 sorties hitting 263 Islamic State (IS) targets in two days in Syria, the Defense Ministry said in a statement. November 6 2015, 16:28 2 615 views

Charlie Hebdo published the caricatures on the Russian passenger plane crash in Egypt

Charlie Hebdo published the caricatures on the Russian passenger plane crash in Egypt

The French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo published the caricatures on the Russian passenger plane crash in Egypt. On one of the pictures fragments of bodies and parts of A321 plane falling from the sky were compared to bombings in Syria. November 6 2015, 10:39 3 718 views

NY AG Investigating ExxonMobil For Alleged Climate Cover-Up

NY AG Investigating ExxonMobil For Alleged Climate Cover-Up

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is investigating ExxonMobil for claims the company made about climate change, The New York Times and CNBC reported Thursday. November 6 2015, 02:40 2 750 views

Vladimir Putin tops Forbes' 2015 world's most powerful people list for the third year in a row

Vladimir Putin tops Forbes' 2015 world's most powerful people list for the third year in a row

Hilary Clinton and Donald Trump both made their debut on this year's list. November 5 2015, 18:34 2 331 views

2015 Million Mask March: Anonymous readies for global day of action in over 650 cities

2015 Million Mask March: Anonymous readies for global day of action in over 650 cities

Tens of thousands of activists disguised as Guy Fawkes are expected to the flood streets of over 671 cities as the Anonymous-led Million Mask March sweeps the globe. The hacktivist group and its followers will protest censorship, corruption, war and poverty. November 5 2015, 15:30 3 508 views