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Camilla Parker-Bowles To Become Queen When Prince Charles Accedes To The Throne

Camilla Parker-Bowles To Become Queen When Prince Charles Accedes To The Throne

On the latest news about the royals, Prince Charles' better half Camilla Parker-Bowles will be hailed as the new queen when the Prince of Wales replaces Queen Elizabeth on the throne. Instead of getting a divorce, the couple will be the new king and queen when the 88-year-old monarch steps down as the head of state, according to the former Buckingham Palace press secretary, Dick Arbiter. October 15 2014, 16:17 2 459 просмотрs

New Ukraine defence chief vows to stand up to Russia

New Ukraine defence chief vows to stand up to Russia

Ukraine's new defence minister vowed on Tuesday to build an army capable of withstanding Russia as sparks flew ahead of talks between Moscow and Washington over their worst standoff since the Cold War. October 15 2014, 11:51 2 303 просмотрs

‘Revolution is inevitable’: Russell Brand hits Wall Street, kisses RT interviewer (VIDEO)

Russell Brand and some 200 Occupy Wall Street protesters descended onto New York City’s financial district on Monday, where the celebrity called for a “revolution” within the US. Brand explained his viewpoint to RT – and even kissed the correspondent. October 15 2014, 10:51 2 526 просмотрs

Ebola Outbreak ‘Severely Limits’ ExxonMobil’s Work in Liberia: Company Spokesman

Ebola Outbreak ‘Severely Limits’ ExxonMobil’s Work in Liberia: Company Spokesman

ExxonMobil is committed to expand exploring a drilling site off the shore of Liberia, though the company’s work in the country has been “severely limited” by the ongoing Ebola outbreak, a company spokesman told ria.ru. October 15 2014, 10:36 1 708 просмотрs

EU to Consider Lifting Russia Sanctions

EU to Consider Lifting Russia Sanctions

The European Union will consider lifting sanctions against Russia later this month if the ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine is stabilized, the EU's lead delegate to Russia told news agency RIA Novosti Tuesday. October 14 2014, 16:39 2 324 просмотрs

Tense stand-off btw far-right march and police at Kiev parliament building

Tense stand-off btw far-right march and police at Kiev parliament building

Kiev police are deploying additional forces around the parliament building after a group of demonstrators started throwing smoke and stun bombs at guards in an apparent reprisal over MPs’ failure to honor past nationalists. October 14 2014, 15:28 1 794 просмотрs

Inside Bashar Assad's torture chambers

Inside Bashar Assad's torture chambers

Photos to be displayed at U.S. Holocaust Museum are 'smoking gun' evidence of war crimes, State Department official tells Yahoo News. October 14 2014, 09:45 2 976 просмотрs

Woman exonerated, wrongfully convicted of killing 17 years ago

Woman exonerated, wrongfully convicted of killing 17 years ago

A woman who spent 17 years in prison for the death of a homeless man hugged her grandchild for the first time and did a dance of happiness after she was judged innocent of murder and freed. October 14 2014, 09:10 2 992 просмотрs

Edward Snowden's girlfriend is with him in Moscow

Edward Snowden's girlfriend is with him in Moscow

No great spy tale is complete without a love angle. It's as if spies need something to rely on, as their daily lives are defined by subterfuge. When the tale of Edward Snowden's heroism/treason (delete as appropriate) came to light, the love angle was bathed in pain. October 13 2014, 01:35 5 508 просмотрs

End Game Against ISIS Will Require Departure of Assad

End Game Against ISIS Will Require Departure of Assad

The policies of Syrian President Assad and his regime created the conditions of civil war and state failure on which ISIS has thrived. In the long run, there will be no final defeat of ISIS or other radical groups that prey on extreme popular discontent until he is removed, and a new inclusive order is put in place in Damascus. Ironically, the rise of the Islamic State and entry into the war of the United States and its allies is creating new conditions and calculations on the ground and could create the political conditions for a final settlement of the Syrian crisis. October 10 2014, 17:26 2 629 просмотрs

Malala Yousafzay and Kailash Satyarth awarded Nobel Peace Prize

Malala Yousafzay and Kailash Satyarth awarded Nobel Peace Prize

The 2014 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzay for their work on promoting children’s rights. October 10 2014, 16:13 2 063 просмотрs

EU ready to build strong relations with CU member states - Barroso

EU ready to build strong relations with CU member states - Barroso

The newly signed cooperation agreement between Kazakhstan and the European Union demonstrates that the EU is ready to build strong relations with Kazakhstan and other members of the Customs Union, according to President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso. October 10 2014, 12:34 2 220 просмотрs

“Eurocopter” helicopters to Kazakhstan, the state affair that worries Sarkozy

“Eurocopter” helicopters to Kazakhstan, the state affair that worries Sarkozy

Nicolas Sarkozy is back in the press for more legal woes that could thwart his political comeback. Le Monde reveals a new scandal dubbed "Kazakhgate" which involves allegations of illegal kickbacks from the sale of 45 helicopters to Kazakhstan in 2010, during Sarkozy’s time as president. October 9 2014, 18:57 3 214 просмотрs

Ex-Guantanamo Bay detainee Moazzam Begg: 'I tried to save Alan Henning'

Ex-Guantanamo Bay detainee Moazzam Begg: 'I tried to save Alan Henning'

Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Moazzam Begg offered to help negotiate with the so-called Islamic State in order to secure the release of murdered British hostage Alan Henning, he claimed today. October 9 2014, 17:26 1 320 просмотрs

Businessmen are 'serfs' in Putin's Russia, warns Sergei Pugachev

Businessmen are 'serfs' in Putin's Russia, warns Sergei Pugachev

A former close associate of Vladimir Putin has said Russian businessmen were all now “serfs” who belonged to the president, with none of the country’s companies beyond his reach. October 9 2014, 16:12 3 662 просмотрs

Turkish action against IS in Syria 'unrealistic'

Turkish action against IS in Syria 'unrealistic'

Turkey's foreign minister says it cannot be expected to lead a ground operation against Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria on its own. October 9 2014, 15:25 2 602 просмотрs

Islamic State: Why Turkey is hesitating to prevent fall of Kobane

Islamic State: Why Turkey is hesitating to prevent fall of Kobane

The future of the Syrian town of Kobane hung in the balance Tuesday as the Islamic State’s three-week assault on the Kurdish-held enclave appeared to enter its endgame. October 8 2014, 13:03 2 534 просмотрs

US State Department Spokesperson Psaki Refuses to Wish Happy Birthday to Putin

US State Department Spokesperson Psaki Refuses to Wish Happy Birthday to Putin

US Department of State Spokesperson Jen Psaki has not wished happy birthday to Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, when offered to do that during a press briefing, euronews.com reports. October 8 2014, 10:24 2 408 просмотрs

“Blood moon” lunar eclipse to provide stellar light show

“Blood moon” lunar eclipse to provide stellar light show

On Wednesday, October 8, the moon will pass in Earth’s shadow, causing a total lunar eclipse. October 8 2014, 10:20 1 957 просмотрs

Spain: public health workers call on health minister to resign

Spain: public health workers call on health minister to resign

Health care workers in the Spanish capital are angry because many hospitals have experienced cuts in budgets, staff, units and equipment. October 8 2014, 09:57 1 320 просмотрs

Ebola outbreak: Nurse infected in Spain

Ebola outbreak: Nurse infected in Spain

Spanish Health Minister Ana Mato has confirmed that a nurse who treated two victims of Ebola in Madrid has tested positive for the disease. October 7 2014, 16:38 1 157 просмотрs

Hackers published manifest about separation of Astrakhan region from Russia

Hackers published manifest about separation of Astrakhan region from Russia

Unknown hackers broke into the Astrakhan Regional Duma website and published a Manifest about separation of Astrakhan Region from Russia and proclaimed “Lower-Volga People’s Republic”. The manifest was singed by the Governor, the head of FSB (Federal Security Service of Russia) and by Igor Strelkov, the former minister of defense of Donetsk People’s Republica, azh. kz reports refering to rbk.ru news agency. October 7 2014, 13:20 1 649 просмотрs

Five Dead, 30 Injured in 40 Car pile-up in Greece

Five Dead, 30 Injured in 40 Car pile-up in Greece

Five people were killed and 30 were injured at a 40 car pile-up in northern Greece on Sunday, according to the latest toll announced by Greek authorities. October 6 2014, 14:56 2 523 просмотрs

U.S. airman dead, 2 missing as Typhoon Phanfone slams Japan

U.S. airman dead, 2 missing as Typhoon Phanfone slams Japan

One of the three U.S. airmen washed away to sea Sunday from their station post at Kadena Air Base in Japan has died. October 6 2014, 10:23 2 463 просмотрs

Stopping global Ebola spread 'world's highest priority': UN

Stopping global Ebola spread 'world's highest priority': UN

The UN launched a mission Thursday to prevent the global spread of Ebola, describing the epidemic as the world's "highest priority" as the US scrambled to limit its own outbreak to one patient. October 3 2014, 16:45 2 071 просмотрs