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Scotland voted No at Independence Referendum

Scotland voted No at Independence Referendum

Scotland has voted against becoming an independent country by a projected 55% to 45%. September 19 2014, 10:33 2 599 views

Obama declines to give Ukraine 'lethal aid' despite Poroshenko's plea

Obama declines to give Ukraine 'lethal aid' despite Poroshenko's plea

President Barack Obama has declined to supply Ukraine with “lethal aide” despite the passionate plea for more military equipment that Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko made to Congress earlier on Thursday. September 19 2014, 09:45 3 751 views

Spying and storing: Assange says 'Google works like NSA'

Spying and storing: Assange says 'Google works like NSA'

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange equated Google with the National Security Agency and GCHQ, saying the tech giant has become “a privatized version of the NSA,” as it collects, stores, and indexes people’s data. He made his remarks to BBC and Sky News. September 19 2014, 09:40 3 951 views

Russian billionaire placed under house arrest

Russian billionaire placed under house arrest

Authorities say Vladimir Yevtushenkov, one of the richest men in Russia, is being held on charges of money-laundering. September 18 2014, 15:34 3 829 views

Typhoon Kalmaegi affects nearly 6 million people in southern China

Typhoon Kalmaegi affects nearly 6 million people in southern China

Some 5.97 million people in southern China’s provinces of Hainan, Guangdong and Guangxi have been affected by typhoon Kalmaegi, local authorities said Thursday. September 18 2014, 14:59 3 458 views

Scottish independence: Voting under way in referendum

Scottish independence: Voting under way in referendum

People in Scotland have begun voting on whether the country should stay in the UK or become an independent nation. September 18 2014, 12:52 3 365 views

Miller: Gazprom Maintains Steady Daily Supply of Gas to Europe

Miller: Gazprom Maintains Steady Daily Supply of Gas to Europe

Gazprom maintains stable daily deliveries of natural gas to European customers in line with contractual obligations, the company's CEO Alexei Miller said Wednesday. September 17 2014, 19:35 3 511 views

Ukraine lustration will cover 1 million officials, law enforcers

Ukraine lustration will cover 1 million officials, law enforcers

Around one million people fall under the lustration law passed by Ukrainian parliament on Tuesday, said Ukraine's Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk. September 17 2014, 17:23 2 811 views

Doctor Who Recovered From Ebola Calls Outbreak a 'Fire Straight From the Pit of Hell'

Doctor Who Recovered From Ebola Calls Outbreak a 'Fire Straight From the Pit of Hell'

The doctor who was the first U.S. Ebola patient to be treated in America testified before a congressional committee today recalling the horror and "humiliation" of a disease that has killed thousands. September 17 2014, 17:00 3 600 views

Angry mob throw Ukraine MP into rubbish bin

Angry mob throw Ukraine MP into rubbish bin

This is the moment an angry mob grabbed an MP and threw him in a rubbish bin. The group, screaming curses and insults, hurled Vitaly Zhuravsky into a large waste container outside the Ukrainian parliament in Kyiv. September 17 2014, 15:56 3 370 views

Uzbek President's Daughter Gulnar Karimova Pictured Under 'House Arrest'

Uzbek President's Daughter Gulnar Karimova Pictured Under 'House Arrest'

Several photographs showing Uzbek President Islam Karimov's once-powerful daughter during her alleged house arrest have been released to the media. September 17 2014, 11:56 5 478 views

Polls show Scottish opponents of independence with slight lead ahead of vote

Polls show Scottish opponents of independence with slight lead ahead of vote

Scottish supporters of staying in the United Kingdom are 4 percentage points ahead of secessionists with just a day to go before Scots vote in an independence referendum, three different opinion polls showed. September 17 2014, 10:29 3 735 views

Ukraine agrees to grant 'special status' to rebellious east

Ukraine agrees to grant 'special status' to rebellious east

Ukraine's parliament passed a law on Tuesday that will give "special status" to the separatist-minded eastern regions including a degree of self-governance for a three-year period, parliamentary deputies, who attended the closed session, said, the deputies told reuters. September 16 2014, 15:54 2 652 views

British tourists bludgeoned to death on Thailand beach

British tourists bludgeoned to death on Thailand beach

THAI police have detained three migrant labourers from the neighbouring country of Mynmar in connection with the brutal murders of British backpackers on the holiday island of Koh Tao in the early hours of Monday morning. September 16 2014, 12:39 4 944 views

First US airstrikes under new IS plan

First US airstrikes under new IS plan

The US has carried out airstrikes in Iraq in support of troops who were being attacked by Islamic State (IS) fighters, the US military has said. The US has carried out airstrikes in support of Iraqi troops under attack by Islamic State, the military says, the first under an expanded mission. September 16 2014, 10:22 4 035 views

Libya migrant boat sinks: Scores feared drowned

Libya migrant boat sinks: Scores feared drowned

Many migrants have drowned while trying to reach Europe after their boat sank off Libya, the Libyan navy says. September 15 2014, 15:38 3 167 views

Ukraine begins military drills with NATO forces

Ukraine begins military drills with NATO forces

The United States and Ukraine on Monday began joint military exercises in western Ukraine, news.nom.co reported. September 15 2014, 15:24 2 941 views

World mulls action against 'Islamic State' after latest hostage killing

World mulls action against 'Islamic State' after latest hostage killing

Diplomats from around the world are heading to France to discuss action against "Islamic State" militants after the murder of British hostage David Haines. Delegates are set to meet in Paris to discuss options. September 15 2014, 12:26 3 864 views

North Korea sentences U.S. citizen Matthew Miller to six years hard labor

North Korea sentences U.S. citizen Matthew Miller to six years hard labor

North Korea sentenced U.S. citizen Matthew Todd Miller to six years hard labor for committing "hostile acts" as a tourist to the country, a statement carried by state media said on Sunday, as the United States requested his immediate pardon and release. September 15 2014, 11:08 3 944 views

Putin Oil Deals With Exxon, Shell Imperiled by Sanctions

Putin Oil Deals With Exxon, Shell Imperiled by Sanctions

The U.S. and European Union are poised to halt billions of dollars in oil exploration in Russia by the world’s largest energy companies in sanctions that would cut deeper than previously disclosed. September 11 2014, 16:23 4 777 views

Malaysian Airliner Downed by ‘High-Energy Objects,’ Dutch Investigators Say

Malaysian Airliner Downed by ‘High-Energy Objects,’ Dutch Investigators Say

A Malaysia Airlines passenger jet that went down over a war zone in eastern Ukraine in July was struck by “high-energy objects from outside the aircraft,” Dutch officials leading the investigation of the crash said in a preliminary report published on Tuesday, The New York Times reports. September 9 2014, 14:54 4 130 views

Scotland referendum campaigns neck and neck: poll

Scotland referendum campaigns neck and neck: poll

The heads of pro-Union parties in Scotland have united today to show their support for a timetable for Scottish devolution proposed by former prime minister Gordon Brown last night, an ITV report says. September 9 2014, 14:51 3 783 views

Ukraine says 2,000 Russian servicemen killed in Ukraine conflict

Ukraine says 2,000 Russian servicemen killed in Ukraine conflict

About 2,000 Russian servicemen have been killed so far in the conflict in eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said on Friday, citing intelligence data, Thomson Reuters Fourndation reports. September 5 2014, 16:14 2 448 views

Ukraine crisis: Poroshenko vows 'roadmap' for peace

Ukraine crisis: Poroshenko vows 'roadmap' for peace

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says a "roadmap" will be prepared to end fighting between troops and pro-Russian separatists in the east, BBC reports. August 27 2014, 10:36 2 590 views

Ferguson protests remain peaceful as National Guard begins pull-out

Ferguson protests remain peaceful as National Guard begins pull-out

FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) - The streets of Ferguson were peaceful for another night, as protests and tensions were subsiding in the St. Louis suburb where unrest had erupted after a white police officer fatally shot an unarmed black 18-year-old, ABC 7 reports. August 22 2014, 15:05 2 848 views