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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 1 789 просмотрs

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 1 946 просмотрs

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 2 535 просмотрs

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 1 778 просмотрs

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 1 262 просмотрs

US and Cuba restore ties by opening embassies

US and Cuba restore ties by opening embassies

July 20 2015, 11:18 1 172 просмотрs

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 1 376 просмотрs

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 1 215 просмотрs

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 1 389 просмотрs

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 1 540 просмотрs

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 1 127 просмотрs

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 1 297 просмотрs

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 1 266 просмотрs

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 1 335 просмотрs

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 1 320 просмотрs

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 1 579 просмотрs

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 4 118 просмотрs

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 1 807 просмотрs

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 1 528 просмотрs

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 1 396 просмотрs

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 1 329 просмотрs

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 1 446 просмотрs

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 1 529 просмотрs

‘Communist crucifix’ gift to pope in Bolivia raises eyebrows

‘Communist crucifix’ gift to pope in Bolivia raises eyebrows

Pope Francis in Bolivia on his South American tour looked somewhat bemused when his host President Evo Morales handed him an unusual gift : a wooden hammer and sickle crucifix. July 10 2015, 12:56 1 388 просмотрs

Greece offers tax hikes and pension reform in new bailout plan

Greece offers tax hikes and pension reform in new bailout plan

Greece has submitted new bailout proposals to its eurozone creditors in a last ditch effort to unlock more funding and avoid economic collapse. The measures are more in line with lenders' demands than previous offers. July 10 2015, 10:33 1 304 просмотрs