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FIFA World Cup: Argentina, Belgium through to quarter-finals after extra-time drama

FIFA World Cup: Argentina, Belgium through to quarter-finals after extra-time drama

The ongoing Football World Cup tournament in Brazil is getting more and more exciting as it inches closer to the finals with every passing day. In the first Round of 16 match on Tuesday, Argentina beat Switzerland 1-0 in a thriller to seal a berth in the quarter-finals of the World Cup. Till the first half of the extra-time, both the teams tried hard to score but couldn’t manage to find the back of the net, fifa.com reports. July 2 2014, 11:32 2 345 views

Monica Lewinsky: ‘I was a virgin to humiliation of that level’

Monica Lewinsky: ‘I was a virgin to humiliation of that level’

After a self-imposed exile from the public eye, former White House intern Monica Lewinsky appeared on Tuesday in her first interview in a decade, cnn reports. July 2 2014, 10:07 1 350 views

Erdogan to Run for Turkish Presidency

Erdogan to Run for Turkish Presidency

After months of speculation, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan revealed Turkey's worst-kept political secret: He will run in the country's first direct presidential elections next month in a bid to expand his powers and enable him to govern for another decade, wsj.com reports. July 2 2014, 09:38 1 450 views

Ceasefire over, Ukraine forces attack rebel positions

Ceasefire over, Ukraine forces attack rebel positions

Ukrainian forces struck at pro-Russian separatist bases in eastern regions with air and artillery strikes on Tuesday after President Petro Poroshenko announced he would not renew a ceasefire but go on the offensive to rid Ukraine of "parasites", reuters reports. July 1 2014, 17:39 1 367 views

Russia called off launch of newest space rocket Angara

Russia called off launch of newest space rocket Angara

The test launch of an Angara space rocket automatically aborted due to “technical issues,” Russian officials said. While the second attempt is scheduled for Saturday, President Putin has ordered the reasons for the launch failure be detailed in one hour. July 1 2014, 15:49 1 988 views

French ex-President Sarkozy 'held' over influence claims

French ex-President Sarkozy 'held' over influence claims

French ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy has been detained for questioning over alleged influence peddling, bbc reports. July 1 2014, 12:18 2 240 views

World Cup: Germany survive scare against Algeria to reach quarterfinals

World Cup: Germany survive scare against Algeria to reach quarterfinals

Extra-time goals from Mesut Ozil and Andre Schurrle spared Germany's blushes against Algeria in the World Cup last 16 tie at Port Alegre on Monday, cnn. com reports. July 1 2014, 11:30 2 810 views

Ukraine's Lviv withdraws bid for 2022 Winter Games

Ukraine's Lviv withdraws bid for 2022 Winter Games

The Ukrainian city of Lviv withdrew its bid for the 2022 Winter Games on Monday, becoming the third contender to drop out of the race for an Olympics that no one seems to want, kptv.com reports. July 1 2014, 10:42 2 423 views

New Snowden leak: Court gave NSA leeway in surveillance of four countries

New Snowden leak: Court gave NSA leeway in surveillance of four countries

Virtually no foreign government is off-limits for the National Security Agency, which has been authorized to intercept information “concerning” all but four countries, according to top-secret documents, washingtonpost.com reports. July 1 2014, 09:36 1 864 views

Ukraine’s President terminates ceasefire

Ukraine’s President terminates ceasefire

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has declared termination of the ceasefire regime in the much-troubled southeast regions of the country, Donetsk and Luhansk. Along with it, he claimed he would be ready to resume it if all the side observed provisions of his peace plan, itar-tass reports. July 1 2014, 09:23 3 024 views

Crew of crashed helicopter in Russia’s Far East reportedly survives

Crew of crashed helicopter in Russia’s Far East reportedly survives

All people on board of a Mil Mi-8 helicopter, which earlier crash landed in Russia’s Far Eastern Khabarovsk Territory, were reported to have survived in the incident, a spokesman for the local forestry service said on Monday. June 30 2014, 15:09 1 553 views

Bulgaria's President Plevneliev to dissolve parliament

Bulgaria's President Plevneliev to dissolve parliament

Bulgaria's president has said he will dissolve parliament and appoint an interim government, amid concerns over the country's banking system, bbc reports. June 30 2014, 14:20 1 536 views

ISIL renames itself “Islamic State” and declares Caliphate in captured territory

ISIL renames itself “Islamic State” and declares Caliphate in captured territory

The group previously known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant has renamed itself “Islamic State” and has established a caliphate over territory it has captured in both Syria and Iraq, euronews.com reports. June 30 2014, 11:34 2 353 views

Indian Chennai building collapse toll rises to 17

Indian Chennai building collapse toll rises to 17

At least 17 people are now known to have died when a building collapsed in southern Indian city of Chennai, bbc reports. June 30 2014, 10:38 2 048 views

Goals record as group stage ends, Algeria create history

Goals record as group stage ends, Algeria create history

As the group stage reached its climax at the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™, Portugal, Ghana, Korea Republic and Russia were all left facing early flights home along with the 12 sides eliminated before them. The tournament has come to a close too for Luis Suarez, with the Uruguay striker suspended for nine matches and four months following an incident during La Celeste's meeting with Italy on Tuesday. June 27 2014, 10:38 1 735 views

Second hand Russian jets to aid the fight against Sunni rebels in Iraq – PM Maliki

Second hand Russian jets to aid the fight against Sunni rebels in Iraq – PM Maliki

Jets from Russia and Belarus will hopefully make a key difference in the fight against ISIS in Iraq, the country’s Prime Minister Nouri Maliki said. He expressed regrets over Iraq's contract with the US, saying their jets are taking too long to arrive, reported rt.com. June 27 2014, 09:54 1 410 views

Kim Jong Un Swears ‘Merciless’ Retaliation if New Seth Rogen Film Released

Kim Jong Un Swears ‘Merciless’ Retaliation if New Seth Rogen Film Released

North Korea's leader isn't pleased with the latest film from funnymen Seth Rogen and James Franco, in which the pair play assassins pretending to be TV newscasters in order to kill the North Korean president. A Kim spokesman called it an 'act of war', time.com reports. June 26 2014, 13:04 1 447 views

US prosecutors announce fraud charges against Barclays

US prosecutors announce fraud charges against Barclays

Fraud charges against Barclays in the United States have been announced by New York state prosecutors, bbc reports. June 26 2014, 10:46 1 449 views

Banned Chechen movie screened at Moscow Film Festival

Banned Chechen movie screened at Moscow Film Festival

The Chechen film "Ordered to Forget" («Приказано забыть») which tells how some 700 residents of the Chechen village of Haybakh were burned alive at the time of the February 1944 deportation of the entire Chechen and Ingush nations on Soviet leader Joseph Stalin's orders, was screened on June 20 at the Moscow International Film Festival. June 25 2014, 19:08 2 817 views

US set to allow crude oil exports after four decade ban

US set to allow crude oil exports after four decade ban

The US Commerce Department has given the go-ahead to several companies to export crude oil, a big policy change essentially ending a ban in place for the last four decades. At question is whether the end of the ban will mean higher prices at the pump. June 25 2014, 17:37 2 856 views

South Korean ferry survivors return to school, vow not to forget

South Korean ferry survivors return to school, vow not to forget

Holding hands as they walked through the school gates, some fighting back tears, 75 children who survived South Korea's worst maritime disaster in 20 years, returned to class on Wednesday vowing to remember their lost friends. June 25 2014, 13:55 2 290 views

Fans mark 5th anniversary of Michael Jackson's death

Fans mark 5th anniversary of Michael Jackson's death

It's been five years since Michael Jackson died, yet his career is more alive than it has been in decades. June 25 2014, 10:48 1 373 views

Spain's Princess Cristina faces trial threat

Spain's Princess Cristina faces trial threat

Spain's Princess Cristina, a sister of the new King Felipe VI, will discover Wednesday whether she faces the threat of an unprecedented criminal corruption trial, yahoonews.com reports. June 25 2014, 10:27 1 647 views

Crew of South Korea ferry disaster go on trial

Crew of South Korea ferry disaster go on trial

Relatives of more than 300 victims of a ferry disaster in South Korea have arrived at court for the first official trial of crew members, euronews reports. June 24 2014, 16:41 2 606 views

Ukraine Pro-Russian separatists agree to honour Ukraine ceasefire

Ukraine Pro-Russian separatists agree to honour Ukraine ceasefire

Separatist leaders in Luhansk and Donetsk will observe ceasefire until Friday and release OSCE observers held captive, theguardian.com reports. June 24 2014, 10:10 2 696 views