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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 2 731 views

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 2 273 views

Police enforce curfew in Baltimore, disperse protesters

Police enforce curfew in Baltimore, disperse protesters

Thousands of police in riot gear and National Guard troops patrolled Baltimore to enforce a curfew on Tuesday night, dispersing protesters with pepper spray a day after the city was shaken by the worst rioting in the United States in years. April 29 2015, 10:55 2 665 views

U.S. Sends Destroyer After Iran Detains Ship

U.S. Sends Destroyer After Iran Detains Ship

The United States Navy sent a destroyer toward the Persian Gulf on Tuesday after Iran took control of a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo ship it accused of trespassing in territorial waters, American military officials said. April 29 2015, 09:50 3 789 views

Indonesia drugs prisoners have final moments with family

Indonesia drugs prisoners have final moments with family

A group of prisoners due to be executed for drugs offences in Indonesia have spent what are believed to be their final moments with their families. April 28 2015, 19:09 2 517 views

Italy looks to Milan Expo for taste of recovery

Italy looks to Milan Expo for taste of recovery

Italy is having a party, the whole world is invited and, yes, there will be food; lots of it, AFP reports. April 28 2015, 16:21 2 658 views

Nepal earthquake: Death toll passes 4,400 amid fears over remote areas

Nepal earthquake: Death toll passes 4,400 amid fears over remote areas

The devastating earthquake in Nepal has affected 8 million people across the Himalayan nation, the United Nations estimates. More than 1.4 million people are in need of food assistance, the world body says in a situation report. April 28 2015, 10:05 3 172 views

Poland Says May Support Ukraine's Defenses if Crisis Escalates

Poland Says May Support Ukraine's Defenses if Crisis Escalates

Poland's foreign minister Grzegorz Schetyna said on Thursday that Poland, along with other countries, may support Ukraine's defense capacities if the conflict in eastern Ukraine escalates. April 27 2015, 17:39 2 699 views

Ukraine marks 29 years since Chernobyl disaster

Ukraine marks 29 years since Chernobyl disaster

Ukrainians on Sunday marked 29 years since the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, placing wreaths and candles near the plant where work to lay a new seal over the reactor site has been delayed, AFP reports. April 27 2015, 15:27 2 866 views

Terrorist group changes name to ‘Islamic State in West Africa’

Terrorist group changes name to ‘Islamic State in West Africa’

Terrorist group Boko Haram has changed its name to 'Islamic State in West Africa.' following its affiliation with Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), news24.com.ng reports. April 27 2015, 14:52 2 592 views

Saudi-led air strikes hit Yemeni capital

Saudi-led air strikes hit Yemeni capital

At least five air strikes hit military sites and an area near the presidential palace compound in the Yemeni capital Sanaa at dawn on Sunday while warships pounded an area near the port of the southern city of Aden, Reuters reported. April 27 2015, 12:57 2 141 views

Pro-Kremlin bikers ride for Berlin defying bans from Germany, Poland

Pro-Kremlin bikers ride for Berlin defying bans from Germany, Poland

Dozens of bikers from pro-Kremlin gang the Night Wolves on Saturday set off on a ride to Berlin ahead of the anniversary of Soviet victory in World War II, despite Poland and Germany barring the riders. April 27 2015, 11:24 2 723 views

Nepal's Kathmandu valley landmarks flattened by the quake

Nepal's Kathmandu valley landmarks flattened by the quake

The tremors on Saturday's devastating earthquake in Nepal lasted barely a minute by some accounts, yet this was enough to bring down centuries of Nepalese history. April 27 2015, 10:36 2 855 views

Nepal quake death toll surges to 3,218: official

Nepal quake death toll surges to 3,218: official

The official death toll in Nepal from a massive weekend earthquake has risen to 3,218, a disaster management chief said on Monday. April 27 2015, 10:06 2 715 views

Nemtsov Allies Press U.S. To Punish Russian 'Propagandists'

Nemtsov Allies Press U.S. To Punish Russian 'Propagandists'

Allies of slain Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov are asking the United States to impose sanctions on Russian television "propagandists" they accuse of leading a media vilification campaign that helped lead to his killing. April 24 2015, 17:17 2 709 views

Armenia, Turkey still at odds a century after 1915 massacre

Armenia, Turkey still at odds a century after 1915 massacre

World leaders, including the presidents of Russia, France and Serbia, have gathered in the Armenian capital for the 100th anniversary of the massacres of up to 1.5 million people. April 24 2015, 15:59 2 759 views

Ex-foes come together at Gallipoli for centenary of World War I battle

Ex-foes come together at Gallipoli for centenary of World War I battle

Commemorations are underway at Gallipoli in Turkey to mark the centenary of one of the bloodiest battles of World War I. April 24 2015, 11:28 2 411 views

2 Killed, 17 Injured in Fireworks Explosion in Central Russia

2 Killed, 17 Injured in Fireworks Explosion in Central Russia

Two people were killed and 17 others injured in an explosion of fireworks warehouse on Thursday in the central Russian city of Oryol, local authorities said. April 24 2015, 10:38 2 881 views

Argentinian President to RT: ‘It is an absurd to really think that Russia is a threat’

Argentinian President to RT: ‘It is an absurd to really think that Russia is a threat’

There are no reasons why Russia and Argentina should't have bilateral ties, Argentinian President Cristina Kirchner said, stressing that it is “absurd" to deem Russia a threat. Kirchner spoke to RT in her first interview to a foreign media in five years. April 24 2015, 09:10 2 332 views

Clinton, Rubio lead in 2016 US election poll

Clinton, Rubio lead in 2016 US election poll

Hillary Clinton and Marco Rubio are early frontrunners to become the next president of the United States, according to a well-regarded poll released Thursday, AFP reports. April 23 2015, 19:33 2 287 views

Kadyrov Tells Police 'Shoot To Kill' Security From Outside Chechnya

Kadyrov Tells Police 'Shoot To Kill' Security From Outside Chechnya

Ramzan Kadyrov, the Kremlin-backed strongman who heads Russia's Chechnya region, has told law enforcement officers they should "shoot to kill" security forces from other parts of Russia that conduct operations in Chechnya without its consent. April 23 2015, 19:13 2 540 views

EU leaders meet to address migrant crisis

EU leaders meet to address migrant crisis

After hundreds died in the Mediterranean and at least 10,000 more were rescued this past week alone, the EU holds an emergency summit in Brussels on Thursday to address the crisis. April 23 2015, 15:56 2 179 views

Turkey recalls its ambassador from Austria after recognition of Armenians' genocide

Turkey recalls its ambassador from Austria after recognition of Armenians' genocide

Turkey has decided to recall its ambassador in Vienna after Austria recognized genocide of the Armenians in the Osman empire in 1915, reports Rosbalt. April 23 2015, 10:15 2 578 views

Saudis end air campaign in Yemen, seek political solution

Saudis end air campaign in Yemen, seek political solution

Saudi Arabia announced on Tuesday it was ending a month-long campaign of air strikes against the Houthi rebels who seized large areas of Yemen and said it would back a political solution to bring peace to its war-ravaged neighbor. April 22 2015, 15:07 2 544 views

US downplays reports that ISIL leader was wounded in airstrike

US downplays reports that ISIL leader was wounded in airstrike

The Pentagon said on Tuesday it had no reason to believe that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State militant group, was seriously hurt in an air strike. April 22 2015, 10:33 1 991 views