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Reset with Iran: Obama, Netanyahu in new squabble

Reset with Iran: Obama, Netanyahu in new squabble

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s stern warning on Iran, made from the rostrum of the UN General Assembly, comes on the heels of the recent charm offensive by new Iranian leader Hassan Rouhani in New York. October 4 2013, 14:56 1 697 просмотрs

Why NATO remembers the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan

Why NATO remembers the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan

Russian and Western experts make their guesses as to what lies behind NATO’s keen interest in the Soviet experience in Afghanistan and what impact it may have on the Russia-NATO dialogue. October 4 2013, 11:10 2 923 просмотрs

Italy: Scores killed as African migrants' boat capsizes

Italy: Scores killed as African migrants' boat capsizes

A ship carrying African migrants toward Italy caught fire and capsized off the Sicilian island of Lampedusa Thursday, spilling hundreds of passengers into the sea, officials said. Ninety-four bodies were recovered and more than 200 people were unaccounted for. October 3 2013, 17:38 1 331 просмотрs

Lukashenko mocks Obama with mention of slavery

Lukashenko mocks Obama with mention of slavery

Very recently black people in America were slaves, but today they are making claims to some kind of exceptionalism, Belarussian leader says October 3 2013, 15:34 1 567 просмотрs

Gambia withdraws from British Commonwealth

Gambia withdraws from British Commonwealth

After nearly 50 years as a member, Gambia has announced it is leaving the British Commonwealth. The African nation has in the past come under fire from Britain over human rights issues. October 3 2013, 14:50 1 154 просмотрs

Russia to arm Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan

Russia to arm Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan

Russian President Vladimir Putin warned ex-Soviet allies on Monday that Islamist militancy fuelling the war in Syria could reach their countries, some of which have Muslim majorities. October 2 2013, 11:02 2 077 просмотрs

Partial US shutdown begins

Partial US shutdown begins

Nonessential US government programs and services have been stopped; Congress is set to convene for its first day's work since missing a budget deadline. The Secretary of Defense has criticized the partisan deadlock. October 1 2013, 17:08 1 212 просмотрs

White supremacy group KKK has been given approval to stage an event at historical Gettysburg Park

White supremacy group KKK has been given approval to stage an event at historical Gettysburg Park

The Ku Klux Klan has been granted a permit to hold an event at Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania. October 1 2013, 09:54 3 176 просмотрs

Assad ready to leave, but not now

Assad ready to leave, but not now

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is ready to resign if that improves the situation in the country, but believes that he has to remain in his position for now September 30 2013, 15:51 1 164 просмотрs

French were 'hours' from military strikes on Syria before phone call from Obama

French were 'hours' from military strikes on Syria before phone call from Obama

French President Francois Hollande called off military strikes against Syria on 31 August following a phone call from the US President only hours before fighter jets were set to take off, a French weekly magazine has revealed. September 30 2013, 10:29 1 376 просмотрs

Pope Francis to 'rip up and rewrite' Vatican constitution

Pope Francis to 'rip up and rewrite' Vatican constitution

As a group of eight Catholic cardinals handpicked by the Pope to shake up the Vatican’s murky and autocratic bureaucracy prepares to meet, the group’s leader has said they plan to rip up and rewrite the apostolic constitution which apportions power at the Holy See. September 30 2013, 10:21 1 268 просмотрs

Interpol issues alert for ‘White Widow’ at Kenya’s request

Interpol issues alert for ‘White Widow’ at Kenya’s request

Northern Irish widow of London bomber wanted on charges of possessing explosives September 27 2013, 11:03 1 233 просмотрs

Qatar 2022 World Cup organisers appalled by work conditions

Qatar 2022 World Cup organisers appalled by work conditions

Qatar 2022 World Cup organisers say they are "appalled" by the findings of an investigation into the treatment of migrant workers in the country. September 26 2013, 17:00 1 748 просмотрs

Russian delegation walks out during Saakashvili speech in UN

Russian delegation walks out during Saakashvili speech in UN

The Russian delegation walked out Wednesday during outgoing Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili’s speech at the UN General Assembly September 26 2013, 11:58 1 359 просмотрs

Saudi car owners fined for allowing women to drive

Saudi car owners fined for allowing women to drive

Saudi traffic police have fined several car owners after six women were found defying the kingdom's male-only driving rules, a Saudi daily reported on Wednesday. September 25 2013, 16:27 1 393 просмотрs

Islamist rebels in Syria reject National Coalition

Islamist rebels in Syria reject National Coalition

Eleven Islamist rebel groups in Syria have announced they do not recognise the authority of the main opposition alliance, the National Coalition. September 25 2013, 16:07 1 211 просмотрs

Nairobi Westgate attack: Gunfire heard inside complex

Nairobi Westgate attack: Gunfire heard inside complex

Heavy gunfire and explosions have been heard at the shopping centre in Nairobi where militants are believed to be holding a number of hostages. September 23 2013, 11:06 1 310 просмотрs

Triumphant Angela Merkel begins search for new coalition ally after historic German election win

Triumphant Angela Merkel begins search for new coalition ally after historic German election win

The day after her stunning election triumph, German Chancellor Angela Merkel was on Monday set to start the process of haggling with potential partners over how to rule Europe's biggest economy. September 23 2013, 10:13 1 322 просмотрs

Assad ready for peace talks - Russia

Assad ready for peace talks - Russia

The Russian foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, said on Monday that the government of President Bashar al-Assad of Syria was ready to engage in peace negotiations without preconditions and he urged the United States and other Western nations to bring Syrian opposition groups to the table for a new round of talks Assad September 21 2013, 14:56 1 223 просмотрs

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani offers to broker Syria talks

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani offers to broker Syria talks

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said his government is ready to "help facilitate dialogue" between the Syrian government and the opposition. September 20 2013, 14:22 1 427 просмотрs

Chevron wins partial victory in Ecuador pollution case

Chevron wins partial victory in Ecuador pollution case

An arbitration panel in the Hague has given US oil firm Chevron an important procedural victory in its battle against a $19 billion fine by Ecuador for polluting the Amazon basin region. September 19 2013, 12:03 1 525 просмотрs

Ukraine government presses Europe ambitions, ignores Russia

Ukraine government presses Europe ambitions, ignores Russia

Ukraine formally gave the go-ahead on Wednesday for landmark trade deals to be signed with the European Union, disregarding pressure from Moscow for Kiev to halt its westward course. September 18 2013, 18:12 1 450 просмотрs

UN’s big five open talks on Syrian chemical arms resolution

UN’s big five open talks on Syrian chemical arms resolution

The five permanent members of the UN Security Council have been meeting to discuss a resolution aimed at eradicating Syria's chemical weapons arsenal. UN chief Ban Ki-moon has urged powers to unite to resolve the crisis. September 18 2013, 10:23 1 247 просмотрs

Iran mulls Persian cat as next animal astronaut

Iran mulls Persian cat as next animal astronaut

Iran says it is considering sending a Persian cat into space as the next animal astronaut after claims of launching a monkey earlier this year. September 17 2013, 10:21 2 487 просмотрs

Washington Navy Yard gunman named as Aaron Alexis

Washington Navy Yard gunman named as Aaron Alexis

September 17 2013, 09:30 1 465 просмотрs