World News

World News

Vietnam Squares Off With China in Disputed Seas

Tensions in the South China Sea intensified Wednesday as Vietnamese vessels confronted Chinese ships that were working to place an oil rig off Vietnam’s coast, and Vietnamese officials claimed that their ships had been rammed by the Chinese vessels three days earlier, nytimes.com reports. May 8 2014, 18:11 3 453 views

World News

Kiev cancels May 9 celebrations

Kyiv will not celebrate may 9 and will replace George ribbon with a red poppy, news2night.com reports. May 8 2014, 17:54 2 411 views

World News

Odessa inferno victims poisoned by unknown substance

Victims of a major fire at a trade union building in the southern Ukrainian port city of Odessa have died instantly because of poisoning by an unknown substance, says a top Kiev official, azh.kz reports citing presstv.ir. May 8 2014, 17:14 2 433 views

World News

Russian strategic bombers flying along California coast

The Associated Press reported Monday that Gen. Herbert Carlisle, Commander of United States Air Forces in the Pacific, acknowledged a significant increase in the activities by Russian long-range strategic aircraft flying along the California coast, breitbart.com reports. May 6 2014, 15:47 2 508 views

World News

East Ukranian Luhansk ‘people’s governor’ orders referendum May 11

At a referendum, people will be asked to say whether they support state autonomy for the Luhansk People’s Republic, itar-tass reports. May 6 2014, 10:53 2 276 views

World News

Foul language in cinema, arts now prohibited in Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law prohibiting explicit language in literature and arts, mass media products, at concerts, theatrical performances, entertaining events, as well as in films. The law now available at the official site of Russian law publications pravo.gov.ru is set to take force as soon as July 1, azh.kz reports, citing itar-tass. May 6 2014, 10:29 2 324 views

World News

World facing polio health emergency

May 6 2014, 08:59 3 269 views

World News

Twenty badly hurt in U.S. circus 'hair hang' accident

Authorities were attempting Sunday to determine what caused a platform to collapse during a circus performance in Providence, R.I., injuring twenty people, nine performers were seriously injured, foxnews.com reports.  May 5 2014, 16:59 3 586 views

World News

Germany calls for second Geneva meeting on Ukraine

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Sunday called for a second international conference to put an end to the crisis in Ukraine, reuters reports. May 5 2014, 12:23 2 749 views

World News

Switzerland has frozen $193 million in Yanukovich's assets

Switzerland's federal prosecutor has frozen 170 million Swiss francs ($193.34 million) of assets in Swiss bank accounts belonging to former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovich and people close to him, a Swiss newspaper reported on Sunday. May 5 2014, 10:07 2 858 views

World News

Kerry, Lavrov Discuss Ukraine Crisis As Offensive Continues

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, have spoken by telephone about the escalating crisis in Ukraine, rferl.org reports. May 4 2014, 18:26 3 295 views

World News

Nigeria's kidnapped 200 girls sold into marriage with extremists

More than 200 kidnapped girls and women have been reportedly sold into marriage with their Boko Haram abductors for $12, aljazeera.com reports. May 4 2014, 10:17 3 364 views

World News

Ukraine declares two days of mourning after bloodshed

Ukraine’s interim president on Saturday declared two days of mourning after more than 50 people died in the country’s bloodiest day in months, newsuk24.com reports. May 4 2014, 10:34 2 771 views

World News

Afghanistan: 2,100 confirmed dead in village landslide, say authorities

Authorities in northern Afghanistan say more than 2,100 people are confirmed dead after a massive landslide buried parts of a village, euronews.com reports. May 3 2014, 17:48 2 170 views

World News

Dozens dead as Ukraine conflict spreads south to Odessa

Dozens of people have been killed in a fire and clashes in the port city of Odessa, as Ukraine’s bloody conflict spread from the east to the south, euronews.com reports. May 3 2014, 17:56 2 305 views

World News

Ukraine: OSCE confirms release of European military observers in Slovyansk

The remaining seven European military observers held by pro-Russian separatists in the eastern Ukrainian town of Slovyansk have been freed, euronews.com reports. May 3 2014, 17:12 3 540 views

World News

China Condemns Unilateral Sanctions Against Russia – Envoy

China strongly opposes unilateral sanctions against Russia, Beijing's ambassador to Moscow told reporters Wednesday, adding that US and EU sanctions would not resolve the crisis in Ukraine, ria.ru reports. April 30 2014, 18:03 3 354 views

World News

Prince Harry and Cressida Bonas Split

After nearly two years as a couple, it was too difficult to keep their relationship going with so much public pressure, ABC News has confirmed. April 30 2014, 17:18 2 282 views

World News

U.S. Taped Moscow Plotting Chaos

The United States has proof that the Russian government in Moscow is running a network of spies inside Eastern Ukraine because the U.S. government has recordings of their conversations, Secretary of State John Kerry said in a closed-door meeting Friday, yahoo.new.com reports. April 30 2014, 15:05 4 104 views

World News

Brunei Adopts Sharia Law Despite International Criticism

Brunei is to become the first East Asian country to adopt Sharia law as the sultan confirmed the Islamic penal code Wednesday. This sparks broad concern over the rights of women and minorities, malaysia-today.net reports. April 30 2014, 09:56 2 336 views

World News

Japan imposes visa bans on 23 people in new sanctions on Russia

Japan imposed visa bans on 23 people on Tuesday as it followed the United States and the European Union in announcing expanded sanctions against Russia over its actions in Ukraine. April 29 2014, 18:39 2 079 views

World News

Obama completing his Asian tour in the Philippines

President Barack Obama is wrapping up his four-nation tour of Asia with a stop in the Philippines. April 29 2014, 18:32 2 423 views

World News

Yatsenyuk, citing billions of dollars stolen by Yanukovych, calls for austerity measures

Ukraine's new prime minister said on Thursday loans worth $37 billion had gone missing from state coffers during ousted President Viktor Yanukovich's rule, and warned that unpopular measures were needed to salvage the economy, reuters reports. April 29 2014, 14:13 3 844 views

World News

Obama rolls out new sanctions on Russia, Moscow says it won't hurt

New round of Western sanction against Russia will target seven individuals and 17 companies. They are meant to affect Moscow’s stance over the ongoing Ukrainian crisis, rt.com reports. April 29 2014, 09:55 3 687 views

World News

Blasts, fierce fighting in Donetsk between pro- and anti-Kiev demos (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

There's gunfire, explosions and brutal clashes in the city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine as fighting erupted between pro- and anti-govt protesters, RT’s stringer reports from the scene. 14 people have asked for medical assistance, with several hospitalized, after clashes in Donetsk, the regional administration told Interfax-Ukraine news agency.  April 29 2014, 09:39 3 093 views