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Putin: Snowden still in Moscow airport, won't be extradited, free to go anywhere

Putin: Snowden still in Moscow airport, won't be extradited, free to go anywhere

Former NSA contractor Snowden remains in the transit zone of a Moscow airport. President Putin said that Snowden never crossed the Russian border and doesn’t fall under any extradition treaty. He called accusations against Russia “nonsense and rubbish.” June 26 2013, 09:56 2 408 views

Taliban Strike Near Palace Inside Kabul

Taliban Strike Near Palace Inside Kabul

At least three suicide bombers launched a sophisticated attack on the heart of the Afghan government early Tuesday morning, using at least two land cruisers similar to those used by international soldiers here, fake badges and vehicle passes, which allowed at least one to get inside the heavily guarded area, according to Kabul’s deputy police chief. June 25 2013, 10:13 2 135 views

Ecuador says it is 'analyzing' NSA leaker Snowden's request for asylum

Ecuador says it is 'analyzing' NSA leaker Snowden's request for asylum

Ecuador says it is considering an asylum request from Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who exposed secrets about the federal government's surveillance programs, after he took flight Sunday from Hong Kong to Moscow in evasion of U.S. authorities. June 24 2013, 14:23 2 260 views

Armenian President, Russian SC Secretary discuss Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

Armenian President, Russian SC Secretary discuss Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

Secretary of the National Security Council of Russia Nikolay Patrushev is on a three-day official visit to Yerevan at the invitation of his Armenian counterpart Artur Baghdasaryan, Armenia Today reported. June 24 2013, 14:14 3 011 views

Polluting to death: China introduces execution for environmental offenders

Polluting to death: China introduces execution for environmental offenders

China has introduced “harsher punishments” for breaking the nation’s environmental protection laws: reckless violators of pollution standards in the world’s biggest and fastest-growing economy now face execution. June 21 2013, 17:48 4 396 views

Germany blocks start of EU-Turkey talks

Germany blocks start of EU-Turkey talks

Germany has blocked the start of European Union talks with Turkey over Ankara's heavy-handed response to weeks of anti-government protests. June 21 2013, 11:36 2 661 views

Kyrgyz Parliament approves Manas agreement denunciation

Kyrgyz Parliament approves Manas agreement denunciation

Kyrgyzstan's Parliament on June 20 supported in three readings the denunciation of the agreement between the governments of Kyrgyzstan and the United States on the Transit Center at the international airport of Manas, AKIpress news agency reported. June 20 2013, 17:22 2 646 views

Top US general, diplomat clash over Syria: report

Top US general, diplomat clash over Syria: report

Top US military officer General Martin Dempsey has clashed with Secretary of State John Kerry over the merits of bombing Syria's regime at a White House meeting, AFP reports citing media. June 20 2013, 14:36 2 329 views

Youths battle cops in Brazil unrest

Youths battle cops in Brazil unrest

Trouble flares as more than 200,000 demonstrate in cities across country over Government's spending of billions on soccer events. June 19 2013, 14:23 2 159 views

Russia promises to veto no-fly zone in Syria

Russia promises to veto no-fly zone in Syria

Russia will not allow the introduction of a no-fly zone in Syria as the consequences of such step can be seen in Libya, a top Russian diplomat has stated. June 18 2013, 16:26 2 450 views

Germany To Invest 100 Million Euro To Increase Internet Surveillance Program

Germany To Invest 100 Million Euro To Increase Internet Surveillance Program

Just days after German politicians spoke out against the NSA PRISM program by the United States, a new report from Der Spiegel reveals that Germany has increased spying plans of its own and is getting ready to invest 100 million euro to monitor 20 percent of all communications between Germany and foreign countries. June 18 2013, 11:29 1 915 views

Iranians celebrate Hassan Rouhani's election as president

Iranians celebrate Hassan Rouhani's election as president

Thousands of Iranians have taken to the streets of Tehran, shouting pro-reform slogans and hailing Hassan Rouhani's election as president. June 17 2013, 11:58 2 379 views

Pressure on Russia over Syria at G8 summit

Pressure on Russia over Syria at G8 summit

Syria tops the agenda at the two-day G8 summit, with leaders hoping to pressure Russia to support an initiative that will end the conflict. June 17 2013, 10:00 2 193 views

Russia Promises Manned Launches from Its Own Soil in 2018

Russia Promises Manned Launches from Its Own Soil in 2018

Russia, one of the world's space powerhouses, has been launching its rockets from Kazakhstan since the early days of its space program, but now plans to shift its launches to Russian soil within five years. But some experts question whether such a pace is realistic. June 14 2013, 17:13 2 669 views

French veiled woman check sparks clashes

French veiled woman check sparks clashes

French police have fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse a crowd angered by their questioning of a woman wearing a full facial veil, which is banned in the country. June 14 2013, 10:15 2 124 views

Turkey protests: Ruling AK party may hold vote on park

Turkey protests: Ruling AK party may hold vote on park

The deputy chairman of Turkey's ruling AK party says it is open to the idea of a referendum on controversial plans to redevelop Istanbul's Gezi Park. June 13 2013, 14:40 2 674 views

Thousands march through Moscow in support of anti-Putin protesters jailed for more than a year

Thousands march through Moscow in support of anti-Putin protesters jailed for more than a year

Thousands of Russian opposition activists are marching through Moscow decrying President Vladimir Putin's authoritarian rule and calling for the release of people they consider political prisoners. June 12 2013, 17:08 2 320 views

China to launch longest-ever manned space mission

China to launch longest-ever manned space mission

China was to launch its longest-ever manned space mission Tuesday, with its second woman astronaut among the crew, as it steps up its ambitious space programme, a symbol of the country's growing power, AFP reports. June 12 2013, 11:50 2 494 views

US spy leaker Edward Snowden leaves Hong Kong hotel

US spy leaker Edward Snowden leaves Hong Kong hotel

An ex-CIA employee who leaked details of US top-secret phone and internet surveillance has disappeared from his hotel in Hong Kong. June 11 2013, 12:51 2 397 views

Turkey's Erdogan warns patience with protests will run out

Turkey's Erdogan warns patience with protests will run out

Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan warned protesters who have taken to the streets across Turkey demanding his resignation that his patience has its limits and compared the unrest with an army attempt six years ago to curb his power. June 10 2013, 17:16 2 203 views

North Korea: A rare glance at daily life

North Korea: A rare glance at daily life

North Korea is a difficult place for journalists to visit, but tourists are welcome so long as they do what they are told. Juliet Rix found an organised tour allowed her a glimpse of daily life under the secretive regime. June 10 2013, 10:31 3 060 views

Disclosure of internet surveillance programme 'reprehensible': US National Intelligence Director

Disclosure of internet surveillance programme 'reprehensible': US National Intelligence Director

James Clapper, the director of US national intelligence, has reacted sharply after leaked documents revealed information about two top-secret intelligence-gathering programmes. June 7 2013, 15:10 2 228 views

Vladimir Putin reveals his 30-year marriage is over

Vladimir Putin reveals his 30-year marriage is over

In an awkward joint interview on state television, given after a rare public outing together, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his wife Lyudmila announced that they have separated. June 7 2013, 09:50 2 321 views

Germans band together to bale out their flooded cities

Germans band together to bale out their flooded cities

In Dresden and elsewhere the waters are rising. But among the sandbags, a powerful sense of solidarity is developing June 6 2013, 12:35 2 429 views

North and South Korea 'agree Kaesong talks'

North and South Korea 'agree Kaesong talks'

The two Koreas appear set to hold talks on a jointly-run industrial zone, weeks after operations were suspended there. June 6 2013, 12:25 2 535 views