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Russia revises navy doctrine over NATO's 'in admissible' expansion

Russia revises navy doctrine over NATO's 'in admissible' expansion

Russia aims to boost the strategic positions of its navy on the Black Sea and seek to maintain an Atlantic and Mediterranean presence, according its latest naval doctrine which has been revised over NATO's "inadmissible" expansion. July 27 2015, 11:14 2 678 views

BOBBI KRISTINA BROWN, WHITNEY HOUSTON'S DAUGHTER, PRONOUNCED DEAD

BOBBI KRISTINA BROWN, WHITNEY HOUSTON'S DAUGHTER, PRONOUNCED DEAD

Bobbi Kristina Brown, the 22-year-old daughter of Bobby Brown and the late Whitney Houston, has died. July 27 2015, 10:53 2 861 views

Islamic State: Turkey allows US to use airbase for strikes

Islamic State: Turkey allows US to use airbase for strikes

Turkey is to let the US carry out airstrikes against the Islamic State group from a key military base near the Syrian border, US officials have said, BBC reports. July 24 2015, 11:16 3 284 views

Kyrgyzstan cancels cooperation treaty with United States

Kyrgyzstan cancels cooperation treaty with United States

Kyrgyzstan canceled a cooperation treaty with the United States on Tuesday, raising the stakes in a diplomatic row triggered by the award of a human rights prize to a jailed dissident, Reuters writes. July 22 2015, 10:26 3 119 views

Ukraine wants to buy Kazakh and Turkmen gas

Ukraine wants to buy Kazakh and Turkmen gas

Ukraine has once again raised the question of buying gas from Kazakhstan, Tengrinews reports citing RIA Novosti. July 21 2015, 10:25 4 078 views

Suruc explosion: At least 28 killed in Turkey border blast

Suruc explosion: At least 28 killed in Turkey border blast

At least 27 people have been killed and 100 wounded in an explosion at a cultural centre in the southeastern town of Suruc near Turkey's border with Syria, according to the Turkish interior ministry. July 20 2015, 18:57 3 149 views

Greek debt crisis: Banks reopen amid tax rise

Greek debt crisis: Banks reopen amid tax rise

Greek banks are reopening after being closed for three weeks because of the deadlock over the country's debt, as the government initiates repayment of its loans to the ECB and IMF. July 20 2015, 16:10 2 639 views

US and Cuba restore ties by opening embassies

US and Cuba restore ties by opening embassies

July 20 2015, 11:18 2 540 views

Saudi Arabia arrests more than 400 suspected ISIL militants

Saudi Arabia arrests more than 400 suspected ISIL militants

Saudi Arabia has arrested more than 400 people suspected of belonging to the so-called Islamic State group. July 20 2015, 10:17 2 882 views

Germanwings crash victims’ families reject compensation offer

Germanwings crash victims’ families reject compensation offer

Several relatives of those killed in the Germanwings crash have rejected an offer from the airline of 25,000 euros compensation for their suffering and loss. July 20 2015, 10:09 2 496 views

MH17: Video appears to show fighters rifling through victims' belongings

MH17: Video appears to show fighters rifling through victims' belongings

A year after Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over Ukraine, harrowing video footage has emerged that appears to show Russian-speaking fighters rifling through the belongings of victims at the crash site. July 17 2015, 17:41 2 625 views

Darth Vader Marches in on Funeral for Woman Who Loved Halloween

Darth Vader Marches in on Funeral for Woman Who Loved Halloween

Darth Vader is not usually a welcome guest in the fictional world of "Star Wars," but when he marched into a funeral service in Luton, England, on Wednesday, he brought joy and levity to a somber occasion. July 17 2015, 15:21 3 103 views

Ukrainians, Australian Kin Mark Year Since MH17 Downing

Ukrainians, Australian Kin Mark Year Since MH17 Downing

Residents of the Ukrainian village where a Malaysian airliner was shot down with 298 people aboard a year ago joined a procession to the crash site on Friday, while Australia's prime minister remembered the "savagery" of the disaster as he unveiled a plaque in Canberra that's set in soil from where the wreckage fell. July 17 2015, 14:30 2 149 views

China begins building 'world's tallest' dam

China begins building 'world's tallest' dam

China has begun building a 314-metre (1,030-ft) high dam which will be among the world's tallest, officials said, as the country massively expands hydropower. July 15 2015, 16:50 2 954 views

Mexico shows security footage of Guzman moments before he disappeared into tunnel

Mexico shows security footage of Guzman moments before he disappeared into tunnel

Mexico's government on Tuesday broadcast security camera footage of fugitive drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman in the final moments before he escaped from a maximum security prison through a tunnel in his cell on Saturday night. July 15 2015, 16:21 2 660 views

German court finds 'Bookkeeper of Auschwitz' guilty

German court finds 'Bookkeeper of Auschwitz' guilty

A 94-year-old German man who worked as a bookkeeper at the Auschwitz death camp was convicted on Wednesday of being an accessory to the murder of 300,000 people and sentenced to four years in prison, in what could be one of the last big Holocaust trials. July 15 2015, 15:01 2 776 views

Final Deal Between Iran, P5+1 Removes All Sanctions

Final Deal Between Iran, P5+1 Removes All Sanctions

Sergei Lavrov said that the final agreement between Iran and the P5+1 group removes all anti-Tehran sanctions, as well as gives the Islamic Republic the right to peaceful atom. July 14 2015, 16:08 2 926 views

News agency Rossiya Segodnya's bank accounts blocked in the UK

News agency Rossiya Segodnya's bank accounts blocked in the UK

The bank accounts of the Russian news agency Rossiya Segodnya, which are managed by Barclays Bank in the UK, have been blocked, reports the RIA Novosti news agency. July 14 2015, 15:06 3 150 views

Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich invested into shale technology in the USA

Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich invested into shale technology in the USA

Propell Technologies Group (OTCQB: PROP) (the "Company"), the U.S. provider of a plasma pulse based enhanced oil recovery technology, today announces it has received an additional investment of $9.75 million from Ervington Investments Limited. The final beneficiary of Ervington is the Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich. July 14 2015, 11:49 5 527 views

Hungary defies its critics and builds a barrier along its open border with Serbia

Hungary defies its critics and builds a barrier along its open border with Serbia

Work has begun in Hungary on a four-metre high fence to close the open border with Serbia. July 14 2015, 10:15 3 607 views

At Least 23 Russians Killed After Barracks Collapse (+Video)

At Least 23 Russians Killed After Barracks Collapse (+Video)

Twenty-three Russian soldiers have been killed after their military barracks collapsed in the Siberian city of Omsk, a Russian Defense Ministry spokesman said on July 13. July 13 2015, 15:55 3 163 views

Tsipras Moves From Predator to Prey at Euro Summit

Tsipras Moves From Predator to Prey at Euro Summit

The latest save-the-euro summit turned into open season on Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. July 13 2015, 15:02 3 128 views

Far right group challenges Ukraine’s government after gun battle

Far right group challenges Ukraine’s government after gun battle

A Ukrainian far right group has demanded the resignation of the county's interior minister. July 13 2015, 10:30 2 571 views

Enigmatic British native likely to become the new chairman of Ukrnafta

Enigmatic British native likely to become the new chairman of Ukrnafta

The mysterious elected candidate for the new chairman of the board position of Ukrnafta, an oil and gas company, is still not fully revealed to public. However, a major hint – his British citizenship – boils it down to the name Mark Rollins. July 13 2015, 10:15 2 760 views

US military leaders call Russia ‘greatest threat’, demand more funding

US military leaders call Russia ‘greatest threat’, demand more funding

The Marine Corps commandant thought to be taking over the Joint Chiefs of Staff told lawmakers Russia was the “greatest threat" to US national security, echoing claims made by Air Force's civilian chief and the recently published US military strategy. July 10 2015, 15:57 2 718 views