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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 1 457 views

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 1 319 views

UK official denies that Cameron threatened to advance EU vote

UK official denies that Cameron threatened to advance EU vote

A British official on Sunday dismissed a report that Prime Minister David Cameron had threatened at an EU summit last week to bring forward a referendum on British membership of the EU if Jean-Claude Juncker became European Commission president, reuters reports. June 2 2014, 02:58 2 210 views

Migration surge hits EU as thousands flock to Italy

Migration surge hits EU as thousands flock to Italy

There has been a significant rise in the numbers of migrants reaching Europe in recent months, the bbc has learned. May 30 2014, 19:39 2 946 views

Malaysian teenager gang-raped by 38 men: media

Malaysian teenager gang-raped by 38 men: media

Malaysian police have detained 13 men and are looking for other suspects following allegations that a 15-year-old girl was raped by 38 men in an abandoned hut, media said on Friday, reuters reports. May 30 2014, 19:33 3 113 views

Eurasian Union: Putin's answer to the EU

Eurasian Union: Putin's answer to the EU

Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus have formed a Eurasian Union - without Ukraine. Experts have yet to agree on whether the union can remain both efficient and stable in the long run, dw.de reports. May 30 2014, 18:38 1 757 views

More OSCE monitors detained in eastern Ukraine

More OSCE monitors detained in eastern Ukraine

Another team of observers has been detained in eastern Ukraine, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe has said. This is in addition to a group that went missing on Monday, dw.de reports. May 30 2014, 17:56 1 308 views

Ukraine’s President-elect Poroshenko will punish ‘bandits’ who shot down helicopter

Ukraine’s President-elect Poroshenko will punish ‘bandits’ who shot down helicopter

Ukraine’s President-elect Petro Poroshenko has vowed to punish the “bandits” responsible for shooting down an army helicopter on Thursday, euronews reports. May 30 2014, 16:23 1 619 views

Ukrainian President Poroshenko Requests Time on EU Deal

Ukrainian President Poroshenko Requests Time on EU Deal

The winner of Sunday's presidential election in Ukraine has told senior European Union leaders he wants some time before committing to a major economic and political deal with the bloc, according to more than a half-dozen officials briefed on conversations, wsj.com reports. May 30 2014, 12:21 3 016 views

Chechen mercenaries fight alongside separatists in eastern Ukraine?

Chechen mercenaries fight alongside separatists in eastern Ukraine?

It’s no longer about amateurs. There is a full-scale war going on, and it’s fought by professionals. The Russians are here – and they’re making a grab for power in eastern Ukraine, kyivpost.com reports. May 30 2014, 09:25 3 948 views

Militants shoot down helicopter near Sloviansk, 14 servicemen and Gen. Kulchytsky killed – Turchynov

Militants shoot down helicopter near Sloviansk, 14 servicemen and Gen. Kulchytsky killed – Turchynov

Acting President of Ukraine and Verkhovna Rada Chairman Oleksandr Turchynov has said that a Ukrainian helicopter has been shot down near the town of Sloviansk (Donetsk region), interfax.com.ua reports. May 30 2014, 09:09 1 818 views

Sisi secures crushing win in Egypt presidential vote

Sisi secures crushing win in Egypt presidential vote

Supporters of Egypt’s former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi are celebrating what looks like a landslide victory in the country’s presidential electionm euronews reports. May 29 2014, 16:52 1 595 views

Poroshenko promises to raise Ukrainian army pay to $83 a day

Poroshenko promises to raise Ukrainian army pay to $83 a day

At an unknown campaign stop before the presidential election, now President-elect Petro Poroshenko promised to make strengthening the Ukrainian army his top priority, kyivpost.com reports. May 29 2014, 13:20 1 537 views

Putin Orders Consideration of Further Energy Cooperation if Kiev Pays Gas Debts

Putin Orders Consideration of Further Energy Cooperation if Kiev Pays Gas Debts

Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday to study the possibilities of future energy cooperation with Ukraine if the country repays its gas debts, ria.ru reports. May 29 2014, 09:30 2 666 views

I am a real spy, not low-level system administrator - Snowden

I am a real spy, not low-level system administrator - Snowden

Edward Snowden was trained as a professional spy and actually worked undercover abroad for America’s biggest intelligence agencies, developing their IT security architecture, the whistleblower revealed in an exclusive interview to NBC News. May 28 2014, 15:32 1 645 views

Abkhazia leader forced to flee, denounces coup bid

Abkhazia leader forced to flee, denounces coup bid

Opposition protesters stormed the presidency in Abkhazia overnight in what the leader of the Georgian breakaway region called a coup attempt, Russian news agencies said Wednesday, afp.com reports. May 28 2014, 15:16 1 368 views

Ukraine's Luhansk People’s Republic to Announce Full Mobilization

Ukraine's Luhansk People’s Republic to Announce Full Mobilization

The self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic will declare a general mobilization of men aged 18 to 45, Head of the Luhansk People’s Republic (LNR) Valery Bolotov said Thursday, ria.ru reports. May 28 2014, 10:01 1 554 views

Ukraine military says it has retaken Donetsk airport

Ukraine military says it has retaken Donetsk airport

Ukrainian authorities say they have retaken control of Donetsk airport, amid a second day of fighting between troops loyal to Kyiv and pro-Russia rebels, euronews reports. May 27 2014, 17:35 2 278 views

'Biggest yet': Greenwald to publish names of Americans whom NSA is spying on

'Biggest yet': Greenwald to publish names of Americans whom NSA is spying on

Glenn Greenwald, who helped Edward Snowden leak sensitive documents about the National Security Agency spying on its citizens, says he’s set to publish his most dramatic piece yet, which will reveal those in the USA who were targeted by the NSA, rt.com reports. May 27 2014, 17:26 1 461 views

Nigeria says missing schoolgirls located

Nigeria says missing schoolgirls located

Army says it has located hundreds of schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram last month but will not use force to free them, aljazeera.com reports. May 27 2014, 16:11 1 861 views

Moscow Ready to Expand Dialogue With Kiev, Western Mediation Not Needed – Lavrov

Moscow Ready to Expand Dialogue With Kiev, Western Mediation Not Needed – Lavrov

Direct contacts between Moscow and Kiev have never ceased, and Russia is ready to establish pragmatic and equal dialogue following the recent presidential election, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday, ria.ru reports. May 27 2014, 16:00 1 232 views

Dutch Police Arrest Greenpeace Activists Blocking Gazprom Platform

Dutch Police Arrest Greenpeace Activists Blocking Gazprom Platform

Dutch police have detained several Greenpeace activists who had attempted to block the Gazprom-chartered Saturn drilling platform in the port of Ijmuiden, the environmental organization said Tuesday, ria.ru reports. May 27 2014, 15:58 1 995 views

Nearly 100 Killed in Monday’s Donetsk Hostilities – Federalists

Nearly 100 Killed in Monday’s Donetsk Hostilities – Federalists

Over 50 members of local self-defense forces and nearly the same number of civilians were killed in clashes on Monday with pro-Kiev troops in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, the prime minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic said Tuesday, ria. ru reports. May 27 2014, 15:56 2 767 views

Gunfire, airstrikes leave Donetsk Intl airport up in smoke

Gunfire, airstrikes leave Donetsk Intl airport up in smoke

Intensive gunfire and blasts have been heard in the vicinity of Donetsk International Airport in eastern Ukraine, as fighter jets resume strikes at the self-defense forces at the facility, witnesses report. May 26 2014, 18:22 1 666 views

Japanese horror: Two pop idols attacked by saw-wielding man

Japanese horror: Two pop idols attacked by saw-wielding man

Two members of a Japanese idol group AKB48, consisting of 140 girls, have been hospitalized after a saw-wielding man suddenly appeared from a crowd of fans and attacked them at a ‘handshake’ event in Iwate Prefecture on Sunday, Japanese media reported. May 26 2014, 18:10 1 853 views