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Putin's Oil Pact With Saudis Masks Threat of Inflaming Syria War

Putin's Oil Pact With Saudis Masks Threat of Inflaming Syria War

Russia and Saudi Arabia's joint efforts to halt oil's collapse may end up further inflaming the war in Syria. February 18 2016, 15:20 3 705 просмотрs

Australia's surfing dogs chase waves, not cats

Australia's surfing dogs chase waves, not cats

An Australian dog trainer and former surfing champion is using the discipline of surfing as a way of teaching owners to build healthy relationships with man's best friend. February 18 2016, 15:06 3 342 просмотрs

Schengen: the beginning of the end? Austria to begin tighter border checks

Schengen: the beginning of the end? Austria to begin tighter border checks

Austria has announced it will introduce quotas to limit the incoming flow of migrants. February 17 2016, 18:41 3 133 просмотрs

Why Iran, Iraq Likely to Oppose OPEC-Russia Deal on Freezing Oil Output

Why Iran, Iraq Likely to Oppose OPEC-Russia Deal on Freezing Oil Output

Iran and Iraq may oppose the proposal to freeze oil output this year at January's level. Some special conditions may be set for both countries. February 17 2016, 15:04 3 331 просмотрs

Grammys 2016: Taylor Swift wins Album of The Year

Grammys 2016: Taylor Swift wins Album of The Year

Taylor Swift has won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year for 1989. February 16 2016, 16:22 3 515 просмотрs

Russia, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, Qatar Ready to Freeze Oil Production

Russia, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, Qatar Ready to Freeze Oil Production

Russia, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela and Qatar will freeze oil production at January levels if other countries follow the suit, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said Tuesday. February 16 2016, 15:51 3 288 просмотрs

Indian Point plant leak sparks concern over ‘Chernobyl on the Hudson’

Indian Point plant leak sparks concern over ‘Chernobyl on the Hudson’

News of the tritium water leak at the Indian Point nuclear power plant has rekindled concerns about the 40-year-old plant among the local residents, public health experts and environmentalists. February 16 2016, 10:50 3 358 просмотрs

Syria calls on UN to condemn Turkish attacks on Kurds

Syria calls on UN to condemn Turkish attacks on Kurds

Damascus addresses UN over Turkey's shelling of its northern territory as Kurdish fighters say they will not retreat. February 15 2016, 12:14 2 832 просмотрs

KPI says oil prices could reach $50 a barrel mid-2017

KPI says oil prices could reach $50 a barrel mid-2017

Kuwait Petroleum International (KPI) said on Saturday oil prices could reach a range of $50 to $60 a barrel by mid-2017, the official state news agency reported. February 15 2016, 10:10 3 110 просмотрs

Oil prices jump after Opec deal speculation

Oil prices jump after Opec deal speculation

Crude gains in morning trading but analysts remain sceptical a coordinated production cut will be agreed. February 15 2016, 10:03 2 956 просмотрs

Syria: Russian PM warns of world war if troops sent in

Syria: Russian PM warns of world war if troops sent in

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has warned that the deployment of foreign ground troops in the Syrian conflict could result in a world war. February 12 2016, 16:03 2 783 просмотрs

Zurich prison guard 'helped Syrian flee jail'

Zurich prison guard 'helped Syrian flee jail'

Swiss police on Tuesday launched a manhunt for a Syrian man convicted of rape, after he fled his cell along with a female prison guard. February 12 2016, 11:13 3 721 просмотрs

Russia says U.S. planes bombed Syria's Aleppo on Wednesday

Russia says U.S. planes bombed Syria's Aleppo on Wednesday

Russia's Defence Ministry said on Thursday that two U.S. aircraft had bombed the Syrian city of Aleppo on Feb. 10, and that Russian planes had not been operating in the area. February 11 2016, 18:02 2 903 просмотрs

3 arrested for roles in construction of collapsed Taiwan apartment tower

3 arrested for roles in construction of collapsed Taiwan apartment tower

Time is running out to find survivors in the rubble left by a powerful earthquake that shook southern Taiwan. But the process of holding people responsible for some of the devastation is just beginning. February 10 2016, 17:09 1 922 просмотрs

Germany train crash: Controller error theory dismissed

Germany train crash: Controller error theory dismissed

German police have rejected as speculation a report that a line controller turned off an automatic safety system shortly before two passenger trains collided in Bavaria. February 10 2016, 16:11 1 791 просмотрs

Oil prices fall 2%

Oil prices fall 2%

Crude oil prices fell 2 percent on Monday as supply overhang concerns grew after a Saudi-Venezuela meeting on Sunday showed few signs of coordination to boost prices. February 10 2016, 11:59 1 992 просмотрs

Curse to hold? 2,500yo Altai Princess will not be reburied, local judge rules

Curse to hold? 2,500yo Altai Princess will not be reburied, local judge rules

A judge in Russia's southeastern Altay republic has ruled that the mummy of a 2,500 year-old “Altay princess," which is currently being exhibited at a museum, should not be reburied as requested by local council elders, who believe she is cursed. February 10 2016, 10:50 2 779 просмотрs

19th World Festival of Youth & Students to be held in Russia in 2017

19th World Festival of Youth & Students to be held in Russia in 2017

The World Federation of Democratic Youth and international student organizations attending the International Consultative Meeting on Feb 7, this year, decided to hold the 19th World Festival of Youth and Students in Russia in 2017,according to the official website of the Russian Ministry of Youth Affairs. February 10 2016, 10:11 1 967 просмотрs

Deadly train crash in Germany caused by 'human error'

Deadly train crash in Germany caused by 'human error'

A rail collision that killed at least ten people in Bavaria was triggered by a human mistake, said a source who saw the initial report. Two trains crashed into one another when they were riding on the same track. February 10 2016, 09:50 1 759 просмотрs

Turkey and Germany agree on plan to ease refugee crisis

Turkey and Germany agree on plan to ease refugee crisis

Steps unveiled during Merkel's visit include push to halt assault on Syrian city of Aleppo and curb "illegal migration". February 9 2016, 10:55 1 850 просмотрs

UAE to create 'minister for happiness' post

UAE to create 'minister for happiness' post

The prime minister of the United Arab Emirates has announced that the country will privatise some government services as well as create a state minister position devoted to ensuring the happiness of its citizens. February 9 2016, 09:55 1 957 просмотрs

Russia Detains 7 Daesh Suspects Plotting Attacks in Moscow, St. Petersburg

Russia Detains 7 Daesh Suspects Plotting Attacks in Moscow, St. Petersburg

The detained suspects planned to join Daesh ranks in Syria after carrying out terrorist attacks in Russia. February 8 2016, 15:27 1 929 просмотрs

Haiti's president steps down without successor

Haiti's president steps down without successor

Haitian President Michel Martelly gave a farewell speech and departed his office with no successor yet chosen. A constitutional crisis was narrowly avoided after a last-ditch agreement. February 8 2016, 12:03 1 815 просмотрs

Russian Official Slams Allegations of Passing Rocket Technology to N Korea

Russian Official Slams Allegations of Passing Rocket Technology to N Korea

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin slammed the allegations that Russia had passed on technologies of rocket production to North Korea, as the latter carried out a rocket launch. February 8 2016, 11:05 1 653 просмотрs

North Korean rocket puts object into space, angers neighbors, U.S.

North Korean rocket puts object into space, angers neighbors, U.S.

North Korea launched a long-range rocket carrying what it called a satellite, drawing renewed international condemnation just weeks after it carried out a nuclear bomb test. February 8 2016, 10:54 1 669 просмотрs