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Russia’s Ambassador to Ukraine to Attend Poroshenko Inauguration – Moscow

Russia’s Ambassador to Ukraine to Attend Poroshenko Inauguration – Moscow

Russian ambassador to Kiev Mikhail Zurabov is to attend the inauguration of Petro Poroshenko as Ukrainian president, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Alexander Lukashevich told reporters Thursday, ria. ru reports. June 6 2014, 12:54 1 566 просмотрs

Egypt brings in new sexual harassment laws

Egypt brings in new sexual harassment laws

Egypt has introduced new punishments for sexual harassment in an effort to crack down on the worsening problem, bbc.com reported. June 6 2014, 12:27 1 353 просмотрs

Ukraine crisis: Russia must engage with Kiev, says G7

Ukraine crisis: Russia must engage with Kiev, says G7

Leaders of the G7 industrial nations have urged Russia to begin talks with the new leadership in Kiev to end the crisis in eastern Ukraine, bbc.com reports. June 6 2014, 11:30 2 071 просмотрs

D-Day 70th anniversary: World leaders gather for ceremony

World leaders are joining hundreds of veterans in Normandy to mark the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings, bbc.com reports. June 6 2014, 11:25 1 985 просмотрs

Bergdahl declared jihad in captivity, secret documents show

Bergdahl declared jihad in captivity, secret documents show

U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl at one point during his captivity converted to Islam, fraternized openly with his captors and declared himself a "mujahid," or warrior for Islam, according to secret documents prepared on the basis of a purported eyewitness account and obtained by fox news. June 6 2014, 11:12 2 930 просмотрs

Veterans reunite as they arrive in Normandy for 70th anniversary of D-Day

Veterans reunite as they arrive in Normandy for 70th anniversary of D-Day

They stood to attention as straight as their creaking backs would allow and saluted briskly as a lone bugler high up on the old Pegasus Bridge played the Last Post. A minute's silence followed; the men bowed their heads, dabbed their eyes and remembered the fallen, theguardian.com reports. June 5 2014, 19:03 2 398 просмотрs

Around 4,000 Refugees Flee from Ukraine to Russia – Medvedev

Around 4,000 Refugees Flee from Ukraine to Russia – Medvedev

Russia has already received around 4,000 Ukrainian refugees as Kiev turned a blind eye to the looming humanitarian crisis in the violence-hit east, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday, ria.ru reports. June 5 2014, 16:24 2 319 просмотрs

Bashar al-Assad wins re-election in Syria as uprising against him rages on

Bashar al-Assad wins re-election in Syria as uprising against him rages on

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been re-elected in a landslide, officials said on Wednesday, capturing another seven-year term in the middle of a bloody three-year-old uprising against his rule that has devastated the country, theguardian.com reports. June 5 2014, 16:17 1 646 просмотрs

G7 leaders warn Russia of fresh sanctions over Ukraine

G7 leaders warn Russia of fresh sanctions over Ukraine

Leaders of the G7 industrial nations meeting in Brussels say they are prepared to impose further sanctions on Russia over its actions in Ukraine. June 5 2014, 12:57 1 230 просмотрs

Syria election: Assad win expected amid civil war

Syria election: Assad win expected amid civil war

Syria has held a presidential election in government-held areas, amid heightened security, bbc reports. June 4 2014, 17:23 2 150 просмотрs

EU Tells Bulgaria to Stop Work on Gazprom's South Stream Project

EU Tells Bulgaria to Stop Work on Gazprom's South Stream Project

The European Union has demanded Bulgaria suspend construction work on Russia's South Stream natural-gas pipeline project while it investigates the way contracts were awarded, wsj.com reports. June 4 2014, 14:53 2 276 просмотрs

Obama to hold talks with Ukraine's Poroshenko in Warsaw

Obama to hold talks with Ukraine's Poroshenko in Warsaw

US President Barack Obama is to discuss economic support for Ukraine when he meets President-elect Petro Poroshenko in Warsaw, bbc reports. June 4 2014, 10:44 2 236 просмотрs

Putin to Meet Merkel During Normandy Visit, Obama Meeting not Planned – Moscow

Putin to Meet Merkel During Normandy Visit, Obama Meeting not Planned – Moscow

Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet on the sidelines of the WWII D-Day ceremonies in Normandy, France, on June 6, the Kremlin said in a statement Tuesday, ria. ru reports. June 3 2014, 20:37 2 785 просмотрs

Ukrainian air force fires over 150 missiles at Lugansk

Ukrainian air force fires over 150 missiles at Lugansk

Kiev has admitted showering the eastern Ukrainian city of Lugansk with dozens of missiles from the air, saying that its Air Force helicopters and jets “fired more than 150 missiles” in Monday’s military action, rt.com reports. June 3 2014, 20:24 1 524 просмотрs

Obama assures eastern Europe that the US will not abandon it, announces $1bn fund

Obama assures eastern Europe that the US will not abandon it, announces $1bn fund

Responding to the crisis in Ukraine, the US president has given military assurances on the security of eastern European states. June 3 2014, 17:10 2 782 просмотрs

China pledges to limit carbon emissions for first time

China pledges to limit carbon emissions for first time

China, the world's biggest greenhouse gas emitter, has pledged to limit its total emissions for the first time, theguardian.com reports. June 3 2014, 17:07 1 232 просмотрs

Obama Starts 4-Country European Trip With Russia as the Main Topic

Obama Starts 4-Country European Trip With Russia as the Main Topic

During his four-country trip, the President will be gauging how hard the European Union is willing to push back against Russia, one of its largest trading partners. Obama will have to contend with European leaders who are still fuming over the NSA's surveillance of key allies, dailynews.com reports. June 3 2014, 12:11 1 021 просмотрs

U.S., Europe may have prevented invasion of Ukraine, Polish foreign minister says

U.S., Europe may have prevented invasion of Ukraine, Polish foreign minister says

American and European action “has possibly prevented a full-scale invasion of Ukraine,” Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Monday. June 3 2014, 09:55 2 121 просмотрs

Spain’s King Juan Carlos has abdicated

Spain’s King Juan Carlos has abdicated

King Juan Carlos of Spain is has abdicated after almost 40 years on the throne, euronews reports. June 2 2014, 15:33 1 348 просмотрs

Victims of Helicopter Crash Were Preparing Fishing Trip for Putin, Report Says

Victims of Helicopter Crash Were Preparing Fishing Trip for Putin, Report Says

Officials aboard a helicopter that crashed into an Arctic lake, killing more than a dozen people, were preparing a fishing trip for President Vladimir Putin, themoscownews reports. June 2 2014, 15:18 1 974 просмотрs

EU, Russia, Ukraine discussed gas debt, discount on June 2

EU, Russia, Ukraine discussed gas debt, discount on June 2

Russia confirmed receiving $786.4 million as payment for part of Ukrainian gas debt on Monday, the day when Moscow, Kiev and EU Energy Commissioner Gunther Oettinger will meet to discuss gas agreement and discounts, itar-tass reports. June 2 2014, 13:30 2 190 просмотрs

Abkhazian prime minister resigns

Abkhazian prime minister resigns

Abkhazia’s Prime Minister Leonid Lakerbaya has resigned, itar-tass reports. June 2 2014, 13:26 1 354 просмотрs

Sgt Bowe Bergdahl release: US parties clash on Afghan deal

Sgt Bowe Bergdahl release: US parties clash on Afghan deal

The main US political parties have clashed over the deal to swap five Guantanamo Bay detainees for a Taliban-held soldier, with Republicans warning it could put American lives at risk, bbc reports. June 2 2014, 11:50 2 917 просмотрs

New state of Telangana is born in southern India

New state of Telangana is born in southern India

India's southern state of Andhra Pradesh has formally split in two, with its northern area carved out to create a new state called Telangana, bbc reports. June 2 2014, 11:40 1 149 просмотрs

Turkish police shoot tear gas, water cannon at Ankara protesters

Turkish police shoot tear gas, water cannon at Ankara protesters

Police in Turkey’s capital have deployed tear gas and water cannon in attempt to disperse hundreds of demonstrators gathering a day after violent clashes in Istanbul, which marked a year since anti-government protests swept through the country, rt.com reports. June 2 2014, 11:33 1 142 просмотрs