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Evacuate, North Korea urges foreigners in latest 'thermo-nuclear war' threat

Evacuate, North Korea urges foreigners in latest 'thermo-nuclear war' threat

North Korea has urged foreigners living in South Korea to consider evacuating, saying there was a risk of “thermo-nuclear war” breaking out on the Korean peninsula. April 9 2013, 16:15 2 442 views

Margaret Thatcher dies of stroke aged 87

Margaret Thatcher dies of stroke aged 87

Her son, Sir Mark, and daughter Carol confirmed that she died this morning. April 8 2013, 16:27 1 954 views

Tehran Daily: Baku Should Hold Referendum On Joining Iran

Tehran Daily: Baku Should Hold Referendum On Joining Iran

Hossein Shariatmadari, Editor-in-Chief of Kayhan, a newspaper that reflects Khamenei’s views, maintains in an editorial titled, “Baku’s Turn” that Iran should intervene to “save” the Azeris by proposing to Azerbaijani officials that a referendum be held on the question of unification with Iran. April 6 2013, 10:14 1 557 views

Iran Offers World Powers New Round of Cooperation

Iran Offers World Powers New Round of Cooperation

A senior Iranian diplomat present in the talks underway between Iran and the Group 5+1 (the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany) in Almaty, Kazakhstan, informed that Tehran has offered the six world powers a set of specific proposals for the start of a new round of cooperation. April 5 2013, 17:50 1 547 views

Tom Hanks, Leonardo DiCaprio developing Gorbachev project

Tom Hanks, Leonardo DiCaprio developing Gorbachev project

The project will revolve around former USSR president Mikhail Gorbachev, who helped bring about the end of the Cold War, and will capture the dissolution of the USSR, as seen through Gorbachev's eyes. April 5 2013, 10:00 2 080 views

Iranian Negotiators in Almaty for Talks with Six World Powers

Iranian Negotiators in Almaty for Talks with Six World Powers

A team of Iranian negotiators is currently in Kazakhstan in a bid to hold talks with the representatives of the Group 5+1 (the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany) in the Kazakh city of Almaty on April 5-6. April 4 2013, 12:09 1 649 views

North Korea blocks S Korea from joint industrial zone

North Korea blocks S Korea from joint industrial zone

South Korea says North is denying workers entry to joint-Korean Kaesong complex amid tensions on the peninsula. April 3 2013, 12:45 1 678 views

MI6 'arranged Cold War killing' of Congo prime minister

MI6 'arranged Cold War killing' of Congo prime minister

Claims over Patrice Lumumba's 1961 assassination made by Labour peer in letter to London Review of Books April 2 2013, 17:10 1 869 views

Abbas confirms Jordan as custodian of Jerusalem holy sites

Abbas confirms Jordan as custodian of Jerusalem holy sites

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas signed a deal with King Abdullah II on Sunday confirming Jordan's historic role as custodian of the holy sites in Jerusalem, AFP reports citing the palace. April 2 2013, 10:15 1 571 views

April Fool's Day pranks of 2013

April Fool's Day pranks of 2013

Companies on April 1 come up with creative ideas to befool and mislead users. Like every year, it happened this year too. Here's our pick of some of the top April Fool's Day 2013 hoaxes. April 1 2013, 20:46 2 548 views

Berezovsky's girlfriend doubts suicide

Berezovsky's girlfriend doubts suicide

The 23-year-old girlfriend of the late Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky said she did not believe he had killed himself and that they had been planning to go to Israel on holiday together days after he was found dead. April 1 2013, 17:14 2 843 views

Bird Flu: New Avian Influenza Virus Kills Two In China

Bird Flu: New Avian Influenza Virus Kills Two In China

Two people in Shanghai died this month from a new strain of avian influenza virus that had never been passed to humans before, China's official Xinhua news agency reported Sunday. April 1 2013, 10:03 1 641 views

Gorbachev says USSR collapse not his fault

Gorbachev says USSR collapse not his fault

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on Saturday condemned attempts to blame him for the Soviet Union's breakup. April 1 2013, 09:05 1 928 views

Spring arrives to India as they celebrate Holi- the festival of colours

Spring arrives to India as they celebrate Holi- the festival of colours

Thick clouds of neon color arrived at villages across India this week -- a telltale sign that the 2013 Holi Festival had begun. April 1 2013, 09:16 1 700 views

Exxon Pipeline Break Sends Arkansas Residents Packing

Exxon Pipeline Break Sends Arkansas Residents Packing

Transporting tar sands oil from Canada to refineries on the Gulf Coast is a contentious and debatable issue, but one thing isn’t up for argument: that the transport of the sticky crude over thousands of miles will lead to spills and damages to property and the environment regardless of efforts to prevent them. April 1 2013, 09:26 2 006 views

North Korea declares "state of war" with South Korea

North Korea declares "state of war" with South Korea

North Korea threatened to attack rival South Korea if Seoul joined a new round of tightened U.N. sanctions, as Washington unveiled more of its own economic restrictions following Pyongyang's rocket launch last month. March 30 2013, 12:44 1 716 views

Pope washes feet of young offenders in prison in traditional Easter ritual

Pope washes feet of young offenders in prison in traditional Easter ritual

Pope Francis washed and kissed the feet of 12 young offenders at a Rome detention centre yesterday – and for the first time included two women in the traditional Easter ritual. March 30 2013, 08:32 1 658 views

Easter Around The World

Easter Around The World

One of the holiest festivals in the Christian calendar, Easter, is celebrated around the world, with great fanfare and religious fervor. March 29 2013, 18:57 1 726 views

Berezovsky's personal property may be governed by Russian law

Berezovsky's personal property may be governed by Russian law

The fate of much of Boris Berezovsky’s estate may pass under Russian law pending a determination that he had maintained Russian domicile during his years in self-imposed exile, according to two experts in UK probate law that spoke with RAPSI Monday. March 29 2013, 15:17 2 041 views

Xi calls for closer cooperation with African nations

Xi calls for closer cooperation with African nations

Chinese President Xi Jinping said Thursday his country is ready to boost cooperation with Uganda, Mozambique and Ethiopia. March 29 2013, 15:04 1 960 views

Cypriot President cuts own salary in bid to show his nation's solidarity as banks reopen

Cypriot President cuts own salary in bid to show his nation's solidarity as banks reopen

Cyprus's President has cut his own salary by a quarter in a bid to get his people on side and show the solidarity of his nation. March 29 2013, 11:18 1 365 views

North Korea rocket units on standby to attack US bases

North Korea rocket units on standby to attack US bases

Kim Jong-un ordered the rocket units to be put on standby after the US flew two stealth bombers over the Korean peninsula. March 29 2013, 09:25 1 506 views

Boris Berezovsky was found with ligature round his neck, inquest told

Boris Berezovsky was found with ligature round his neck, inquest told

The exiled Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky was found dead on his bathroom floor with a ligature around his neck and a piece of similar material attached to a fitting above him, an inquest into his death has heard. March 28 2013, 16:49 1 837 views

Russia, NATO to Discuss Afghanistan Maintenance Bases

Russia, NATO to Discuss Afghanistan Maintenance Bases

Russian defense officials and NATO representatives will discuss the creation of army maintenance bases in Afghanistan in May, a Defense Ministry official said on Wednesday. March 28 2013, 12:45 1 686 views

Uzbek leader makes public appearance after health rumours

Uzbek leader makes public appearance after health rumours

Uzbek President Islam Karimov made his first public appearance on Wednesday since rumours of the strongman leader's poor health first emerged a week ago, according to the presidential press service and a Kazakh official. March 28 2013, 12:17 2 282 views