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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 1 249 просмотрs

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 1 978 просмотрs

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 3 352 просмотрs

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 1 633 просмотрs

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 1 415 просмотрs

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 1 189 просмотрs

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 1 146 просмотрs

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 1 480 просмотрs

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 1 196 просмотрs

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 1 278 просмотрs

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 1 172 просмотрs

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 1 600 просмотрs

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 1 195 просмотрs

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 1 376 просмотрs

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 1 352 просмотрs

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 1 626 просмотрs

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 1 288 просмотрs

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 1 434 просмотрs

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 2 072 просмотрs

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 1 438 просмотрs

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 1 341 просмотрs

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 1 300 просмотрs

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 1 612 просмотрs

Turkey protests resume in Istanbul after apology

Turkey protests resume in Istanbul after apology

Police in the Turkish city of Istanbul have used tear gas and water cannon against protesters in a fifth night of anti-government demonstrations. June 5 2013, 12:04 1 738 просмотрs

Turkey protests: Union to start two-day strike

Turkey protests: Union to start two-day strike

One of Turkey's big trade union groups is staging a two-day strike to support continuing anti-government protests in a number of cities. June 4 2013, 11:26 1 290 просмотрs