World News EU suspends some sanctions as Iran halts high-level uranium enrichment The European Union has agreed to suspend some economic sanctions against Iran as part of a ground-breaking nuclear agreement. Under the deal, Tehran has scaled back its nuclear work and ceased enriching uranium above five percent, euronews reports. January 21 2014, 12:15 1 343 просмотрs
World News President Bashar al-Assad’s interview with Agence France Presse In an exclusive interview with AFP, President Bashar Al-Assad said that the forthcoming Geneva Conference should produce clear results with regard to the fight against terrorism in Syria, because no political process can be successful with terrorism having been spread not only in Syria but in the neighboring countries too. January 20 2014, 18:17 1 146 просмотрs
World News After mass riots Ukranian President Viktor Yanukovych agrees to hold talk with opposition Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has agreed to hold talks with the opposition leaders after protests turned violent in Kiev, azh.kz reports. January 20 2014, 11:15 2 106 просмотрs
World News Protestors Clash With Police in Kiev An anti-government rally turned violent in Ukraine’s capital Kiev on Sunday as protestors attacked riot police with smoke pellets and officers used truncheons and tear gas against the crowd, ria.ru reports. January 20 2014, 09:33 2 110 просмотрs
World News Dirty protest as huge pile of manure dumped at France’s National Assembly It’s a fresh French take on a dirty protest – a truck today dumped a huge pile of manure outside a government building in Paris, euronews.com reports. January 17 2014, 17:31 1 335 просмотрs
World News Cologne furniture fair: ‘The trend is that there is no trend’ It’s heaven for furniture and interior design lovers, euronews.com reports. The International Furnishing Show in the German city of Cologne brings together more than a thousand exhibitors offering everything your home could desire. January 17 2014, 17:18 1 788 просмотрs
World News Branson’s space plane hits new heights (video) Virgin Galactic’s re-usable spacecraft SpaceShipTwo has broken its own personal record for altitude in a third supersonic test flight over the Mojave Desert in the western USA. The craft was released from its carrier and soared up to an altitude of 21,641 metres and a speed of Mach 1.4, or 1224 km/h, euronews.com reports. January 17 2014, 17:12 1 286 просмотрs
World News Final surrender for soldier who fought on in isolation – three decades after WWII Hiroo Onoda, the Japanese soldier who hid out in the jungle refusing to believe that World War II had ended, has died at 91, euronews reports. January 17 2014, 15:56 2 307 просмотрs
World News USA vs. NSA: Legislative Efforts to Curtail Spying In the wake of Edward Snowden's NSA leaks, members of Congress have proposed a litany of bills to put an end to domestic spying. Rather than creating bills that support each other, Congressional members' multiple bills now have to compete against each other, and have clouded the debate, truth-out.org reports. January 17 2014, 15:29 1 386 просмотрs
World News US Senators Seek to Extend Magnitsky Sanctions Globally Two senior US senators introduced legislation Thursday that would extend the Magnitsky Act sanctions punishing alleged Russian rights abusers to individuals around the world that Washington deems complicit in human rights violations, ria.ru reports. January 17 2014, 09:33 1 484 просмотрs
World News Beijing announces emergency measures amid fog of pollution With its skies regularly shrouded by a filthy film of gray smog, bringing chaos to the transportation network and forcing millions to seek refuge behind surgical masks, Beijing has been forced to take more extreme action, cnn reports. January 16 2014, 16:19 2 364 просмотрs
World News 95% Egypt voters back constitution Egyptians who voted in a referendum overwhelmingly approved a new constitution, official sources said, citing early results of a ballot that could set the stage for army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to declare his candidacy for president, reuters repots. January 16 2014, 14:00 1 798 просмотрs
World News Kuwait Leads Aid Pledges For War-Ravaged Syria Kuwait, the United States and other donor nations have so far promised more than $1.2 billion of new funding to alleviate the suffering of Syrians affected by their country's civil war at the start of an international fundraising conference Wednesday that aid officials hope will help cover billions of dollars needed this year, ria.ru reports January 16 2014, 11:06 2 583 просмотрs
World News Kyrgyz Ambassador Recalled Over Border Clash With Tajikistan Kyrgyzstan has recalled its ambassador to Tajikistan on Tuesday following a border skirmish on Saturday, inform.kz reports citing Kyrgyz media. January 15 2014, 10:22 1 538 просмотрs
World News Edward Snowden to join Freedom of Press Foundation Board of Directors Edward J. Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor whose leaks of secret documents set off a national and global debate about government spying, is joining the board of a nonprofit organization co-founded by Daniel Ellsberg, the well-known leaker of the Pentagon Papers during the Vietnam War, nytimes.com reports. January 15 2014, 09:29 1 091 просмотрs
World News With Muslim Brotherhood crushed, Egypt sets sights on Hamas After crushing the Muslim Brotherhood at home, Egypt's military rulers plan to undermine the Palestinian militant group Hamas, which runs the neighboring Gaza Strip, senior Egyptian security officials told reuters. January 14 2014, 16:42 1 621 просмотрs
World News Kerry seeks to bridge US-Russia gap with potatoes After months of tension between the United States and Russia over issues ranging from Edward Snowden's intelligence leaks to the Syrian conflict, US Secretary of State John Kerry sought to bridge the diplomatic gap Monday by giving his Russian counterpart an unusual gift of potatoes, yahoo.com reports. January 14 2014, 16:00 1 075 просмотрs
World News American journalist David Satter kicked out of Russia Russia has expelled American journalist and author David Satter, a former Moscow correspondent for the Financial Times and a longtime critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Satter told followers on Twitter, cnn reports. January 14 2014, 15:20 2 538 просмотрs
World News Ronaldo wins Golden Ball Cristiano Ronaldo has won the FIFA Ballon d’Or (Golden Ball) award for 2013, ending Lionel Messi’s four-year run as the world’s best football player, nationnews.com reports. January 14 2014, 09:02 3 789 просмотрs
World News Thai protesters start Bangkok "shutdown" in bid to topple PM Thousands of anti-government protesters set up blockades at several major intersections in Bangkok on Monday as they sought to cripple Thailand's capital, stepping up pressure on Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to resign, reuters reports. January 13 2014, 12:46 1 480 просмотрs
World News West Virginia chemical spill cuts water to up to 300,000, state of emergency declared A chemical spill into a West Virginia river has led to a tap water ban for up to 300,000 people, shut down bars and restaurants and led to a run on bottled water in some stores as people looked to stock up, usnews.com reports. January 13 2014, 09:15 1 900 просмотрs
World News France's first lady hospitalized after report of Hollande's affair The first lady of France, Valerie Trierweiler, has been hospitalized since Friday following allegations that President Francois Hollande has been having an affair with a French actress, a top member of Trierweiler's staff said, cnn.com reports. January 13 2014, 09:05 1 173 просмотрs
World News FBI Sends Agents to Help Guard Olympics The head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is sending dozens of agents and other specialists to Russia to help secure the Winter Olympics from possible terrorist attacks, online.wsj.com reports. January 10 2014, 15:09 1 318 просмотрs
World News Police Open Inquiry Into Quran Burning Video Police in Moscow are investigating a video that shows supposed football fans burning a Quran and attacking Muslims in retribution for recent suicide bombings in Volgograd, themoscowtimes.com reports. January 10 2014, 11:14 1 194 просмотрs
World News French magazine reveals Hollande 'affair' with actress French magazine Closer on Friday said President Francois Hollande was having an affair with actress Julie Gayet, promising to back its claim with photographs after months of swirling rumours. January 10 2014, 10:42 1 972 просмотрs