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Violence as ECB protest begins in Frankfurt

Violence as ECB protest begins in Frankfurt

Violence has marred the start of anti-austerity rallies in Frankfurt, held to coincide with the European Central Bank (ECB) opening its new headquarters. Police are expecting around 10,000 protesters to demonstrate. March 18 2015, 16:15 3 008 просмотрs

Netanyahu 'wins Israeli election'

Netanyahu 'wins Israeli election'

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing Likud party has won a surprise victory in Israel's election, Israeli media report. March 18 2015, 10:15 2 167 просмотрs

Victoria Beckham backs Elton John's Dolce and Gabbana boycott after same-sex families jibe

Victoria Beckham backs Elton John's Dolce and Gabbana boycott after same-sex families jibe

A number of celebrities including Victoria Beckham have come out in support of Elton John after he slammed designers Dolce and Gabbana for labelling children born through IVF "synthetic". March 17 2015, 15:12 1 738 просмотрs

Chinese corruption watchdog investigates CNPC's General Director

Chinese corruption watchdog investigates CNPC's General Director

The general director of China National Petroleum Corporation, Liao Yongyuan, is under investigation for suspected graft, the Communist Party's anti-graft agency said on Monday. March 17 2015, 12:15 2 602 просмотрs

Glamorous friend of Vladimir Putin flees Russia after death threats

Glamorous friend of Vladimir Putin flees Russia after death threats

Ksenia Sobchak, who is a prominent Moscow opposition figure as well as a magazine editor, was urged to leave for her own safety by the FSB secret service. March 17 2015, 11:53 3 743 просмотрs

Schumacher son starts F4 career with a crash

Schumacher son starts F4 career with a crash

MICHAEL Schumacher's son has escaped unhurt after a 100mph crash at a racing track – just days after starting his motor-racing career. March 17 2015, 11:19 2 807 просмотрs

Oil Continues Drop After Hitting Six-Year Low

Oil Continues Drop After Hitting Six-Year Low

Oil prices fell 2 percent on Monday, with U.S. crude hitting six-year lows, on signs of higher output in the United States and Libya and a possible nuclear deal that could end sanctions for Iran, allowing more of its oil into the market. March 17 2015, 09:57 2 800 просмотрs

US to keep more troops in Afghanistan into 2016

US to keep more troops in Afghanistan into 2016

The Obama administration is abandoning plans to cut the number of U.S. forces in Afghanistan to 5,500 by year's end, bowing to military leaders who want to keep more troops there, including many into the 2016 fighting season, U.S. officials say. March 16 2015, 18:20 2 696 просмотрs

Russia was ready to put nuclear forces on alert over Crimea, Putin says

Russia was ready to put nuclear forces on alert over Crimea, Putin says

Russia was ready to put its nuclear forces on alert over the crisis in Crimea last year, such was the threat to Russian people there, President Vladimir Putin said in a documentary that aired on state TV on Sunday night, cnn reports. March 16 2015, 17:21 2 919 просмотрs

90% of capital Port Vila in Vanuatu wiped out by 'monster' Cyclone Pam

90% of capital Port Vila in Vanuatu wiped out by 'monster' Cyclone Pam

President says 90 percent of buildings in capital Port Vila are damaged or destroyed as outlying islands remain cut off. March 16 2015, 15:25 2 916 просмотрs

Saddam Hussein's tomb levelled in drive to retake Tikrit

Saddam Hussein's tomb levelled in drive to retake Tikrit

The tomb of Iraq's late dictator Saddam Hussein has been virtually levelled in heavy clashes between militants from the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and Iraqi forces in a fight for control of the city of Tikrit. March 16 2015, 12:06 1 915 просмотрs

Nearly a million protest Brazil's president, economy, corruption

Nearly a million protest Brazil's president, economy, corruption

Close to a million demonstrators marched in cities and towns across Brazil on Sunday to protest a sluggish economy, rising prices and corruption - and to call for the impeachment of left-wing President Dilma Rousseff. March 16 2015, 10:51 2 318 просмотрs

Where is Vladimir Putin? 7 Theories Across the Media

Where is Vladimir Putin? 7 Theories Across the Media

Vladimir Putin has not been seen in public since 5th March. As time ticks by, the rumour mill builds in momentum, not least because two important engagements have been cancelled in this time. A visit to Kazakhstan did not go ahead last week, nor were meetings with officials of South Ossetia. March 16 2015, 09:31 3 745 просмотрs

Egypt unveils plans to build new capital east of Cairo

Egypt unveils plans to build new capital east of Cairo

The Egyptian government has announced plans to build a new capital to the east of the present one, Cairo. March 16 2015, 09:10 2 108 просмотрs

Major nations hold talks on ending U.N. sanctions on Iran - officials

Major nations hold talks on ending U.N. sanctions on Iran - officials

Major world powers have begun talks about a United Nations Security Council resolution to lift U.N. sanctions on Iran if a nuclear agreement is struck with Tehran, a step that could make it harder for the U.S. Congress to undo a deal, Western officials said. March 13 2015, 10:30 2 574 просмотрs

Greece threatens to seize German state-owned property in compensation for Nazi massacre

Greece threatens to seize German state-owned property in compensation for Nazi massacre

Greek demands for World War Two reparations from Germany are adding to rising tensions between Athens and Berlin. March 13 2015, 09:42 1 880 просмотрs

China's Government Will Decide Whether Dalai Lama Will Be Reincarnated Or Not: Official

China's Government Will Decide Whether Dalai Lama Will Be Reincarnated Or Not: Official

China's Communist Party government will decide if the Dalai Lama is reincarnated, officials said this week, reacting to an announcement from the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader that he may be the last of his line. March 12 2015, 16:31 2 641 просмотрs

Two Police Officers Shot In Ferguson Amid Protests Outside Police Department

Two Police Officers Shot In Ferguson Amid Protests Outside Police Department

St. Louis Police Chief Jon Belmar said, according to CNN, that the two police officers who were shot Thursday were targeted for being part of the force. Both officers, who were admitted to a hospital, are reportedly conscious, ibtimes.com reports. March 12 2015, 16:25 2 541 просмотрs

Delay of Putin's visit in Astana isn't due to health problems, says Kremlin

Delay of Putin's visit in Astana isn't due to health problems, says Kremlin

Vladimir Putin has postponed a visit to Kazakhstan, officials from both countries said on Wednesday, though the Kremlin dismissed another report that plans had changed because the Russian president was unwell. March 12 2015, 14:57 3 093 просмотрs

US Declares Venezuela a National Threat, Prompting Argentinian Rebuke

US Declares Venezuela a National Threat, Prompting Argentinian Rebuke

Argentina slams US for declaring Venezuela "a threat to US national security", the country’s foreign ministry said in a statement. March 12 2015, 14:41 2 531 просмотрs

Putin Postpones Kazakhstan Visit Amid Rumors Of Ill Health

Putin Postpones Kazakhstan Visit Amid Rumors Of Ill Health

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday canceled a ceremony to sign a treaty integrating the South Ossetia region into Russia. The move comes amid rumors of Putin's ill health, the Interpreter Magazine reported. March 12 2015, 11:15 2 692 просмотрs

Iraqi Forces Enter Islamic State-Held Tikrit

Iraqi Forces Enter Islamic State-Held Tikrit

Iraqi soldiers and Shiite militiamen entered the Islamic State-held city of Tikrit on Wednesday, an official and a witness said, a key test for Iraqi forces in their battle against the Islamic State militants. March 11 2015, 18:17 2 044 просмотрs

Nemtsov murder: Zaur Dadayev confession 'forced'

Nemtsov murder: Zaur Dadayev confession 'forced'

Zaur Dadayev, one of two suspects charged with the murder of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, confessed under duress, a member of Russia's Human Rights Council says. March 11 2015, 17:24 2 587 просмотрs

Former Italian PM acquitted in high-profile prostitution case

Italy's highest court has confirmed former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's acquittal on charges of abuse of office and paying for sex with an underage prostitute. March 11 2015, 10:45 2 890 просмотрs

Slashed US ambassador Lippert leaves South Korea hospital

Slashed US ambassador Lippert leaves South Korea hospital

Mark Lippert, the US ambassador to South Korea who was slashed at a breakfast meeting last week, has been discharged from hospital in Seoul. March 10 2015, 18:52 2 869 просмотрs