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Burundi coup bid: Groups seek Bujumbura control

Burundi coup bid: Groups seek Bujumbura control

Rival groups of soldiers in Burundi are vying for control of the capital Bujumbura amid confusion over the success of an attempted coup. May 14 2015, 15:39 1 385 просмотрs

Russia, China Challenge U.S. Hegemony; Nuclear War ‘Likely Future’

Russia, China Challenge U.S. Hegemony; Nuclear War ‘Likely Future’

Neither Russia nor China will accept the "vassalage status" that Germany, France, the UK, Canada, and other countries have accepted. May 14 2015, 12:08 1 460 просмотрs

Motorcycle gunmen in Pakistan kill 43 in bus attack

Motorcycle gunmen in Pakistan kill 43 in bus attack

At least 43 people have been killed and another 20 injured when gunmen opened fire on a bus carrying Ismaili Shi'ite Muslims in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi. May 13 2015, 17:27 1 363 просмотрs

Philadelphia train crash: Amtrak rail accident kills six

Philadelphia train crash: Amtrak rail accident kills six

A passenger train has derailed in Philadelphia, killing at least six people and injuring more than 140 others, officials in the US city say. May 13 2015, 16:26 1 419 просмотрs

North Korea executes defense minister for dozing off: Seoul

North Korea executes defense minister for dozing off: Seoul

North Korea has reportedly executed its defense minister for falling asleep at an event attended by leader Kim Jong Un. More than a dozen senior officials have been executed since the start of the year. May 13 2015, 12:38 1 084 просмотрs

Asia tops biggest global school rankings

Asia tops biggest global school rankings

The biggest ever global school rankings have been published, with Asian countries in the top five places and African countries at the bottom.Singapore heads the table, followed by Hong Kong, with Ghana at the bottom. May 13 2015, 12:21 1 386 просмотрs

Avoiding further harm to US-Russia relations ‘absolutely necessary’ – Lavrov

Avoiding further harm to US-Russia relations ‘absolutely necessary’ – Lavrov

The Russian Foreign Minister has said it is “absolutely necessary" to avoid steps that could further harm the ailing relations between Russia and the US. He spoke at a media briefing following lengthy talks with his US counterpart. May 13 2015, 12:12 1 138 просмотрs

How Russia's opposition united to finish Nemtsov's report on Ukraine

How Russia's opposition united to finish Nemtsov's report on Ukraine

Allies of murdered government critic publish the findings of his investigation into the Kremlin's secret military involvement across the border. May 12 2015, 16:59 1 441 просмотрs

French president calls for end to US embargo on Cuba

French president calls for end to US embargo on Cuba

French President Francois Hollande called on Monday for ending of the U.S. trade embargo on Cuba, saying France "will be a faithful ally" as Cuba reforms its centrally planned economy and tries to re-enter the global economic system. May 12 2015, 10:48 1 478 просмотрs

Saudi Arabia assembles 'massive force' on Yemen border

Saudi Arabia assembles 'massive force' on Yemen border

Saudi Arabia has assembled a "massive" additional force on its border with Yemen after trading heavy artillery and rocket fire with Yemen's Houthi fighters, prior to a proposed truce taking effect. May 12 2015, 10:37 1 293 просмотрs

White House rejects Seymour Hersh 'baseless assertions' on bin Laden raid

White House rejects Seymour Hersh 'baseless assertions' on bin Laden raid

The White House is dismissing as "baseless" a controversial report alleging President Barack Obama's administration lied about the circumstances surrounding the 2011 killing of Osama bin Laden. May 11 2015, 23:46 1 268 просмотрs

Pakistan helicopter carrying foreign diplomats crashes

Pakistan helicopter carrying foreign diplomats crashes

A Pakistani military helicopter with 17 people on board, carrying foreign diplomats in the mountainous region of Gilgit-Baltistan has crashed, killing six people, the military says. May 8 2015, 16:15 1 457 просмотрs

Cameron returning to power, Labour routed in Scotland

Cameron returning to power, Labour routed in Scotland

David Cameron is poised to return as U.K. prime minister at the head of majority Conservative government after pulling off a surprise election victory helped by a landslide for nationalists in Scotland. May 8 2015, 12:39 1 290 просмотрs

Al Qaeda claims US air strike killed top commander in Yemen

Al Qaeda claims US air strike killed top commander in Yemen

An al Qaeda operative claims in an online video that the strike killed one of its top commanders. In January, Nasr al-Ansi announced the group's Yemen branch was responsible for the attack on a French satirical magazine. May 8 2015, 10:00 1 314 просмотрs

Kabul lynch killing prompts death sentences

Kabul lynch killing prompts death sentences

Four men have been sentenced to death in Kabul for their roles in the mob killing of a woman falsely accused of burning a Koran in March. The judge imposed lengthy prison terms on eight other defendants. May 6 2015, 15:04 1 252 просмотрs

IS claims responsibility for Texas cartoon attack

IS claims responsibility for Texas cartoon attack

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility on Tuesday for a weekend attack at a center near Dallas, Texas, that was exhibiting cartoon depictions of the Prophet Muhammad — though it offered no evidence of a direct link to the attackers. May 5 2015, 18:19 1 129 просмотрs

China's Xi Jinping and Taiwan's Eric Chu in high-level talks

China's Xi Jinping and Taiwan's Eric Chu in high-level talks

The leader of Taiwan's ruling party and Chinese President Xi Jinping have held the highest level talks between the two sides in six years. May 4 2015, 15:46 1 338 просмотрs

Polish president says Victory Day Parade in Moscow 'symbol of unstable world'

Polish president says Victory Day Parade in Moscow 'symbol of unstable world'

Poland's President Bronislaw Komorowski has described Sunday the Victory Day Parade due to take place in Moscow on May 9 as "a symbol of instability." May 4 2015, 11:37 1 329 просмотрs

Two gunmen are shot dead outside an anti-Islam art show in Texas

Two gunmen are shot dead outside an anti-Islam art show in Texas

Two gunmen have been shot dead in a shooting incident in Texas. May 4 2015, 10:34 1 266 просмотрs

Legendary Bolshoi ballerina Maya Plisetskaya dies at 89

Legendary Bolshoi ballerina Maya Plisetskaya dies at 89

Maya Plisetskaya, one of the greatest ballerinas of the 20th century and virtually the embodiment of the Bolshoi Theater for decades, died on Saturday in Munich. She was 89, APA reports quoting The New York Times. May 4 2015, 01:39 2 503 просмотрs

Russia loses control of unmanned spacecraft

Russia loses control of unmanned spacecraft

Russia said Wednesday it had lost control of an unmanned spacecraft taking supplies to the International Space Station and it is plunging back to Earth but is likely to burn up in the atmosphere. April 30 2015, 16:03 1 321 просмотрs

Visa and MasterCard resume operations in Crimea

Visa and MasterCard resume operations in Crimea

Visa and MasterCard payment cards issued by Russian banks are working again in Crimea after transactions have been transferred to the new Russian National Payment Card System. April 30 2015, 15:54 1 211 просмотрs

A lifetime later, a Korean 'comfort woman' still seeks redress

A lifetime later, a Korean 'comfort woman' still seeks redress

Kim Bok-dong is 89 now, and is going blind and deaf. She knows her health is fading, and she can no longer walk unassisted. But her eyes burn bright with a passion borne of redressing her suffering of a lifetime ago. April 30 2015, 15:18 1 562 просмотрs

Baby pulled from Nepal earthquake rubble after 22 hours

Baby pulled from Nepal earthquake rubble after 22 hours

A photo of a baby boy being pulled from the rubble of the Nepal earthquake has become the defining image of a disaster that has devastated the country. April 30 2015, 14:51 1 389 просмотрs

Indonesia executions: Australia recalls ambassador

Indonesia executions: Australia recalls ambassador

Australia has recalled its ambassador from Indonesia after two Australian men were executed for drug smuggling. April 29 2015, 14:57 1 190 просмотрs