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Ukrainian troops retake most of Donetsk airport from rebels

Ukrainian troops retake most of Donetsk airport from rebels

Ukrainian troops recaptured almost all the territory of Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine they had lost to separatists in recent weeks, as thousands gathered in Kiev for a state-sponsored peace march on Sunday. January 19 2015, 10:16 2 301 просмотрs

Tiny Yurt Living in Northern Minnesota

Tiny Yurt Living in Northern Minnesota

Grace Brogan and John Kamman live in a yurt. It's a squat round structure with lattice walls, a dome skylight and a few layers of canvas over the whole thing — think of a tent with stiff walls. Tents are great in the summer, but this is winter. In northern Minnesota. January 19 2015, 00:51 1 948 просмотрs

Toll rises in anti-cartoon riots in Muslim world

Toll rises in anti-cartoon riots in Muslim world

Riots blamed on the publication of a cartoon in the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo depicting Prophet Muhammad have left at least 10 people dead in Niger, according to the the country's president. January 18 2015, 23:46 2 338 просмотрs

Russian oil company CEO says oil price could reach $25 per barrel

Russian oil company CEO says oil price could reach $25 per barrel

The price of oil could fall to $25 per barrel, head of Lukoil Vagit Alekperov told journalists on Friday. January 16 2015, 16:15 2 685 просмотрs

World's oilfield-services leader cut 9,000 jobs due to low oil prices

World's oilfield-services leader cut 9,000 jobs due to low oil prices

World's biggest oilfield-services company Schlumberger Ltd. plans to cut 9,000 jobs in 2015 as it prepares for an "uncertain environment" due to low crude prices, the company said in a statement on January 15. The 7% job reduction will give Schlumberger a $296 million write off. January 16 2015, 14:26 2 324 просмотрs

Pope Francis on Freedom of Speech: 'One Cannot Make Fun of Faith'

Pope Francis on Freedom of Speech: 'One Cannot Make Fun of Faith'

Pope Francis suggested there are limits to freedom of expression, saying in response to the Charlie Hebdo terror attack that "one cannot make fun of faith" and that anyone who throws insults can expect a "punch." January 16 2015, 12:23 1 370 просмотрs

Venezuela, Russia agree on cooperation to develop Orinoco Oil Belt

Venezuela, Russia agree on cooperation to develop Orinoco Oil Belt

Venezuela and Russia have reached an agreement to step up investment and participation of Russian companies in development of Orinoco Belt oil reserves and other projects, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Thursday after a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. January 16 2015, 12:14 2 551 просмотрs

Pentagon to deploy 400 troops to train Syrian rebels

Pentagon to deploy 400 troops to train Syrian rebels

The U.S. military is planning to deploy more than 400 troops to help train Syrian rebels to fight the Islamic State, along with hundreds of U.S. support personnel, a Pentagon spokesman told reuters on Thursday. January 16 2015, 11:23 2 235 просмотрs

Belgian operation thwarted 'major terrorist attacks,' kills 2 suspects

Belgian operation thwarted 'major terrorist attacks,' kills 2 suspects

A terror cell on the brink of carrying out an attack was the target of a raid Thursday that left two suspects dead, Belgian authorities said. January 16 2015, 10:19 1 523 просмотрs

FBI foil ‘lone wolf’ plot to attack US Capitol

FBI foil ‘lone wolf’ plot to attack US Capitol

America’s FBI has foiled an alleged Islamist militant inspired plot to attack the US Capitol in Washington, euronews reports. January 15 2015, 17:07 1 466 просмотрs

Police break up child trafficking ring in China

Police break up child trafficking ring in China

Authorities have raided an abandoned factory in East China during a child trafficking bust and rescued 37 babies and a toddler, many suffering from HIV-AIDS and malnutrition, China Central Television reported this week. January 15 2015, 15:25 3 658 просмотрs

Uzbekistan not to join Eurasian Union and Customs Union – Islam Karimov

Uzbekistan not to join Eurasian Union and Customs Union – Islam Karimov

President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov said during the opening session of the new parliament, which was held on January 12 in Tashkent, that the country won't join the Eurasian Union and the Customs Union, and will never become a member of any military-political blocs, azh.kz reports. January 15 2015, 14:55 2 565 просмотрs

'Islamic State' sympathizer charged with plot to attack US Capitol building

'Islamic State' sympathizer charged with plot to attack US Capitol building

Investigators have arrested an Ohio man in connection with a plot to attack the US Capitol building. Christopher Lee Cornell had indicated on Twitter that he was a supporter of "Islamic State." January 15 2015, 14:36 2 563 просмотрs

Anger, dismay and cynicism: The Muslim world responds to the new Charlie Hebdo

Anger, dismay and cynicism: The Muslim world responds to the new Charlie Hebdo

The latest edition of Charlie Hebdo has sparked heated debate in the Muslim world. The main media outlets have been restrained in their response, but discussions on social media are incensed, dw.de reports. January 15 2015, 11:08 2 487 просмотрs

Egypt: Hosni Mubarak fraud conviction overturned

Egypt: Hosni Mubarak fraud conviction overturned

A court in Egypt has overturned the convictions for embezzlement of former President Hosni Mubarak and his two sons and ordered a retrial. January 14 2015, 17:32 2 221 просмотрs

Eleven Ukraine civilians killed when rocket hits bus

Eleven Ukraine civilians killed when rocket hits bus

Eleven Ukrainian civilians were killed and nearly 20 injured on Tuesday when a long-range Grad rocket apparently fired by pro-Russian insurgents hit an intercity bus in the separatist east, AFP reports. January 14 2015, 17:17 2 758 просмотрs

Al Qaeda in Yemen claims responsibility for Paris attack

Al Qaeda in Yemen claims responsibility for Paris attack

Al Qaeda in Yemen claimed responsibility for the attack on French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, saying it was ordered by the Islamist militant group's leadership for insulting the Prophet Mohammad, according to a video posted on YouTube. January 14 2015, 15:44 2 069 просмотрs

Opera singer Yelena Obraztsova has died

Opera singer Yelena Obraztsova has died

In 2013, People's Artist of the USSR marked the 50th anniversary of her artistic career in Bolshoi Theater. January 14 2015, 16:18 1 639 просмотрs

Brent Crude Fall Below $48 A Barrel For The First Time Since April 2009

Brent Crude Fall Below $48 A Barrel For The First Time Since April 2009

Oil prices fell more than 1 percent on Wednesday after touching their lowest in nearly six years the previous session, extending losses alongside a sell-off in other commodities. January 14 2015, 11:38 2 819 просмотрs

Snow fell in Saudi Arabian desert

Snow fell in Saudi Arabian desert

Snow fell right across the Middle East last week as a powerful winter storm swept through the region, with snow falling as far south as northern Saudi Arabia. January 14 2015, 11:28 4 473 просмотрs

Charlie Hebdo lives on, as blasphemous as ever

Charlie Hebdo lives on, as blasphemous as ever

The Parisian satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo will appear on schedule on Wednesday, even though half of its editorial team were killed by Islamists last week. It's a triumph for press freedom - and laughter. January 14 2015, 10:02 2 392 просмотрs

Cristiano Ronaldo named world player of year

Cristiano Ronaldo named world player of year

Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo has won the Ballon d'Or world footballer of the year award for the second year in a row. January 13 2015, 10:05 1 530 просмотрs

Interpol issues Red Notices for former Ukrainian leaders, including Viktor Yanukovich

Interpol issues Red Notices for former Ukrainian leaders, including Viktor Yanukovich

At the request of Ukrainian authorities Red Notices, or international wanted persons alerts, have been issued for four individuals including former President Viktor Yanukovich, the former prime minister, Nikolai Azarov; the former finance minister, Yuri Kolobov; and Georgy Dzekon, the former governing board chairman of the Ukrtelekom Company, the Lyon-based International Criminal Police Organization, Interpol, reported from its French headquarters on Monday. January 13 2015, 09:45 2 167 просмотрs

Grabar-Kitarovic: from country girl to Croatia's first female president

Grabar-Kitarovic: from country girl to Croatia's first female president

Croatia's first female president, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, is a moderate conservative who styles herself as "a woman of the people" and likes to joke that she is one of the few career diplomats who can milk a cow, AFP reports. January 12 2015, 12:39 3 077 просмотрs

AirAsia Jet Black Box Recovered From Bottom of Java Sea

AirAsia Jet Black Box Recovered From Bottom of Java Sea

Divers have retrieved one of the black boxes from AirAsia Flight 8501 that crashed into the Java Sea two weeks ago, officials said today. January 12 2015, 11:26 2 271 просмотрs