World News Obama appoints first woman Secret Service director President Barack Obama on Tuesday chose veteran agent Julia Pierson as Secret Service director, the first woman to lead the male-dominated agency, a year after its reputation was tarnished by a scandal involving agents and prostitutes in Colombia. March 27 2013, 10:46 1 720 просмотрs
World News Tycoon's Death Was 'Consistent With Hanging' Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky died in a manner "consistent with hanging," British police said in a brief statement Monday evening announcing the results of a postmortem exam. March 26 2013, 13:22 2 211 просмотрs
World News Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich detained in the USA Chelsea’s billionaire owner Roman Abramovich has been detained in the USA, according to global news channel Russia today. March 25 2013, 23:13 3 077 просмотрs
World News Shell Closes Major Nigerian Pipeline Due to Oil Theft Royal Dutch Shell PLC has shut down its Imo River oil pipeline in Nigeria after finding leaks made by suspected oil thieves. March 25 2013, 11:56 1 576 просмотрs
World News Boris Berezovsky found dead at his Berkshire home Police trained in handling chemical, biological and nuclear material have launched a search of the Berkshire home of Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky, hours after the fierce critic of the Kremlin was found dead. March 24 2013, 13:13 2 094 просмотрs
World News Meteor Over Manhattan: East Coast Fireball Sets Internet Abuzz A bright meteor briefly outshined the lights of New York City Friday evening (March 22), according to reports by witnesses who used Twitter and the Internet to report sightings of the fireball streaking over a broad stretch of the U.S. East Coast. March 23 2013, 14:17 1 693 просмотрs
World News Work with Moscow in Central Asia During a question-and-answer session in Dublin in December, then secretary of state Hillary Clinton declared that the United States would seek to slow or stop what she termed Russia’s effort to “re-Sovietize” the post-Soviet space. Clinton’s statement is in keeping with a long-standing U.S. emphasis on rolling back Russian influence over its post-Soviet neighbors, including Central Asia. March 22 2013, 15:48 1 437 просмотрs
World News Iran will destroy Israeli cities if attacked: Khamenei Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned on Thursday that the Islamic Republic would destroy the Israeli cities of Tel Aviv and Haifa if its nuclear infrastructure came under attack from the Jewish state. March 21 2013, 22:55 1 761 просмотрs
World News Iran celebrates 62nd anniversary of oil nationalization Iran has marked the 62nd anniversary of the nationalization of its oil industry as a momentous breakthrough in the nation's movement for independence, Press TV reports. March 20 2013, 16:38 1 775 просмотрs
World News Korean representative appointed as deputy head of Uzbek State Committee According to the labour contract, a group of South Korean scholars headed by consultant on ICT Kim Nam Seok began its activity at the Uzbek State Committee for Communication, Information and Telecommunication Technologies. March 20 2013, 16:36 1 823 просмотрs
World News Mugabe may rule two more terms People of Zimbabwe, in Southern Africa, adopted a new constitution, which, for the first time ever, limits presidential power and widens parliament's authority. March 20 2013, 14:14 1 679 просмотрs
World News Syria nearing 'complete destruction': Ban Ki-moon United Nations: International governments must act quickly to stop Syria's "complete destruction," UN chief Ban Ki-moon warned Monday as the conflict entered a third year. March 20 2013, 09:54 2 044 просмотрs
World News Azerbaijan and Russia hold next round of bilateral consultations on Caspian Sea Another round of consultations on the Caspian Sea between Russia and Azerbaijan was held in Baku on Monday, the Foreign Ministry said. March 19 2013, 15:05 1 700 просмотрs
World News Maduro Says to Continue Chavez Course if Elected President Venezuela’s Acting President Nicolas Maduro pledged to continue the political course of the late leader Hugo Chavez in case he was elected the president after April 14 elections. March 19 2013, 14:33 1 785 просмотрs
World News ISS Crew Lands Safely in Kazakhstan The Soyuz TMA-06M manned spacecraft touched down on Saturday ending its three-and-a-half hour voyage to bring three International Space Station (ISS) crew members to Earth after 142 days in orbit. March 18 2013, 11:44 1 723 просмотрs
World News Iran launches 2nd domestically-made destroyer in Caspian Sea Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Sunday that the presence of Iran's newly-launched destroyer in the Caspian Sea will "guarantee security" in the region. March 18 2013, 11:37 3 127 просмотрs
World News China Replaces UK as Fifth Global Arms Exporter - SIPRI China has become the world’s fifth largest exporter of major conventional arms, replacing the United Kingdom, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said in a report Monday. March 18 2013, 10:45 1 589 просмотрs
World News Cherry blossom season starts in Tokyo Japan's weather agency announced the official beginning of cherry blossom season in Tokyo on Saturday, equaling the record for the earliest ever start. March 18 2013, 10:08 1 801 просмотрs
World News Wintry Conditions Delay ISS Soyuz Crew Landing by 24 Hours A Russian state commission called for a rare 24 hour postponement in the scheduled landing of a Soyuz spacecraft carrying three U. S. and Russian International Space Station astronauts late Thursday, when fog and freezing rain prevented helicopter born recovery teams from positioning themselves over the landing zone in northern Kazakhsta March 15 2013, 11:33 1 633 просмотрs
World News Vietnam anti-China activists mark island battle Activists in Hanoi chanted anti-China slogans and laid flowers Thursday at a protest marking the anniversary of a battle over the contested Spratly Islands in which 64 Vietnamese soldiers died. March 15 2013, 11:22 1 986 просмотрs
World News Police Free Hostages in Astrakhan College Siege Russian police released several hostages held at a college in the southern city of Astrakhan on Thursday and detained the suspected hostage-taker, the Interior Ministry said. March 15 2013, 09:28 1 558 просмотрs
World News Xi Jinping named president of China Leaders in Beijing have confirmed Xi Jinping as president, completing China's 10-yearly transition of power. March 14 2013, 13:31 1 573 просмотрs
World News Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio Elected as New Pope Argentina’s Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 76, was elected new Pope Wednesday, a cardinal announced from the Sistine Chapel. March 14 2013, 12:38 1 647 просмотрs
World News Iran to sue Hollywood over Oscar-winning ‘Argo’ Iran has indicated its intent to sue Hollywood over the Oscar-winning ‘Argo’ because it allegedly gives an ‘unrealistic portrayal’ of the country, local media reported on Wednesday. March 13 2013, 14:03 1 663 просмотрs
World News No winner in first vote to elect new pope Black smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel Tuesday night, indicating that cardinals gathered at the Vatican to elect a new pope had not chosen one in the first ballot of their conclave. March 13 2013, 10:37 1 730 просмотрs