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U.S. Case Against Maksim Bakiev Dropped

U.S. Case Against Maksim Bakiev Dropped

U.S. prosecutors say a financial fraud case against Maksim Bakiev, son of former Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiev, has been dropped, but gave no explanation. May 13 2013, 09:34 1 355 просмотрs

Turkey Warns Syria Over Car Bomb Attacks

Turkey Warns Syria Over Car Bomb Attacks

Turkey says it reserves the right to take "every kind of measure" after car bombs kill more than 40 people near the Syria border. May 12 2013, 15:06 3 038 просмотрs

Boston Bombing Suspect Buried in Small Virginia Town – Reports

Boston Bombing Suspect Buried in Small Virginia Town – Reports

The body of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev was buried earlier this week in a Muslim cemetery in a small town in Virginia known for its sprawling, popular amusement park, US media reported Friday. May 11 2013, 14:39 1 352 просмотрs

Bangladesh building collapse death toll over 800

Bangladesh building collapse death toll over 800

The army in Bangladesh say 804 people have been confirmed dead after the collapse of an eight-storey factory building near the capital Dhaka. May 9 2013, 18:03 1 232 просмотрs

Father of UMass Dartmouth student arrested after Marathon bombings visits memorial site

Father of UMass Dartmouth student arrested after Marathon bombings visits memorial site

The father of one of the students from Kazakhstan arrested in connection with the Boston Marathon bombings and accused of helping to destroy evidence appeared at the memorial site in Copley Square Tuesday morning. May 8 2013, 12:06 1 540 просмотрs

Study: US immigration reform would cost $6.3 trillion

Study: US immigration reform would cost $6.3 trillion

A US political battle raged Monday over the cost of Senate-proposed immigration reform, with a conservative think-tank warning the plan to legalize 11 million undocumented workers would soar to $6.3 trillion, AFP reports. May 8 2013, 11:44 1 227 просмотрs

North Korea removes missiles from launch sites

North Korea removes missiles from launch sites

In a sudden de-escalation of tension on the Korean Peninsula, Pyongyang has removed two of its ballistic missile units from their launching positions, US officials confirmed. May 7 2013, 15:37 1 482 просмотрs

Working gun made with 3D printer

Working gun made with 3D printer

The world's first gun made with 3D printer technology has been successfully fired in the US. May 6 2013, 12:23 1 403 просмотрs

Cemeteries refuse to bury Boston maraton suspect

Cemeteries refuse to bury Boston maraton suspect

A funeral home owner in Worcester, Mass. is struggling to find a burial plot for one of the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing. Four cemeteries in three states have refused to accept Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s body, according to the New York Daily News. May 6 2013, 09:43 1 464 просмотрs

Think tank: U.S. must not make efforts to normalize Turkish-Armenian relations

Think tank: U.S. must not make efforts to normalize Turkish-Armenian relations

The South Caucasus countries and the world power centers have their own views on the region. But this does not mean that the South Caucasus countries must blindly fulfill the will of big and powerful countries. In any case, Azerbaijan and Georgia intend to form the ways of development in accordance with its national interests, director of the Center for Strategic Studies under the Azerbaijani President Farhad Mammadov said today. May 4 2013, 15:02 1 314 просмотрs

Israel has conducted airstrike in Syria: U.S. official

Israel has conducted airstrike in Syria: U.S. official

Israel has conducted an airstrike inSyria, apparently targeting a building, a U.S. official said on Friday, news.yahoo.com reports. May 4 2013, 13:56 1 685 просмотрs

U.S. military plane crashes in southern Kyrgyzstan

U.S. military plane crashes in southern Kyrgyzstan

A U.S. military refueling plane on its way to Afghanistan exploded in mid air and crashed in Kyrgyzstan on Friday when its cargo of fuel ignited, the Central Asian country's Emergencies Ministry said. May 4 2013, 09:54 2 590 просмотрs

Russian tsar’s monument seized for debt in Siberia

Russian tsar’s monument seized for debt in Siberia

Bailiffs have seized a bronze statue of Emperor Nicholas II as part of of the assets of a Siberian distillery facing bankruptcy procedure, which may be sold over unpaid debt, a spokeswoman for the regional bailiffs service, Natalya Fomina, told RIA Novosti. May 3 2013, 17:29 1 583 просмотрs

Chelsea v Benfica In Europa League Final

Chelsea v Benfica In Europa League Final

Having first met in last season’s Champions League, Benfica and Chelsea will meet again in the Europa League final in two-weeks in Amsterdam on May 15. May 3 2013, 16:39 2 049 просмотрs

U.S. urges DPRK to immediately release sentenced American

U.S. urges DPRK to immediately release sentenced American

The United States has urged North Korea for an immediate release of a Korean-American man, who has been sentenced to 15 years of hard labour for alleged anti-government crimes. May 3 2013, 15:25 1 463 просмотрs

Over 600 journalists killed in last 10 years – UN

Over 600 journalists killed in last 10 years – UN

More than 600 journalists and media workers have been killed in the line of duty in the last 10 years, according to the UN. May 3 2013, 12:04 1 202 просмотрs

China imports rat and fox under the guise of beef and lamb

China imports rat and fox under the guise of beef and lamb

China says 904 people were arrested for selling fake, spoiled, or adulterated meat over three months, indicating notorious food safety problems persist despite a crackdown. May 3 2013, 11:15 1 414 просмотрs

Patriarch Kirill to Hold Divine Services on Holy Friday

Patriarch Kirill to Hold Divine Services on Holy Friday

The head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, will hold divine services - vespers and matins - in downtown Moscow's Christ the Savior Cathedral on Holy Friday, the Moscow Patriarchate reported on its website. May 3 2013, 10:49 1 539 просмотрs

NASA reveals close call with Russian space junk (VIDEO)

NASA reveals close call with Russian space junk (VIDEO)

NASA scientists provided details this week of how they dodged a 1.5-ton bullet in space last year when they had to fire the thruster engines on the Fermi Gamma-ray Telescope to nudge it out of the way and narrowly avoid a collision with a 26-year-old defunct Soviet-era satellite. May 3 2013, 10:34 1 604 просмотрs

Shell's CEO Voser to retire early

Shell's CEO Voser to retire early

Royal Dutch Shell's (RDSa.L) 54-year old chief executive Peter Voser is to retire next year in a surprise early departure he said was driven by a desire for a change of lifestyle. May 2 2013, 17:40 1 305 просмотрs

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi makes court appearance

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi makes court appearance

The son of deposed Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi, Saif al-Islam, has briefly appeared in court in the town of Zintan to face criminal charges. May 2 2013, 16:49 1 487 просмотрs

Kazakhstan: Students Charged with Obstructing Marathon Bombing Probe

Kazakhstan: Students Charged with Obstructing Marathon Bombing Probe

Dias Kadyrbaev and Azamat Tazhayakov from Kazakhstan were charged on May 1 with conspiring to obstruct justice. May 2 2013, 13:09 1 538 просмотрs

Turkmen president escapes injury in riding accident

Turkmen president escapes injury in riding accident

Turkmenistan's President, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, has narrowly escaped serious injury after riding a horse to victory in a national racing event. May 1 2013, 14:35 1 253 просмотрs

Virgin Galactic spaceplane breaks sound barrier

Virgin Galactic spaceplane breaks sound barrier

Virgin Galactic's passenger spaceplane, which is designed to take tourists to the edge of space, flew its first rocket-powered test flight Monday, April 29, breaking the sound barrier at high altitude. April 30 2013, 16:13 1 486 просмотрs

Dutch abdication: Willem-Alexander becomes Europe's youngest monarch

Dutch abdication: Willem-Alexander becomes Europe's youngest monarch

Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands has officially abdicated in favour of a "new generation", with her son Willem-Alexander becoming king. April 30 2013, 15:42 1 515 просмотрs