Al Jazeera - For the second time in two weeks, Egyptians flocked to the streets in Cairo on January 25 to cheer the army-backed interim government. Nominally they came down to Tahrir Square to mark the...
Monday, 27 January 2014
CNET Former NSA contractor tells a German broadcaster that the US agency would collect intelligence from foreign companies that had no national defense value. by The National Security Agency's...
Al Jazeera The Syrian government has said women and children can leave the besieged city of Homs in the centre of the country. The announcement came after negotiators from the warring sides discussed...
The Times of India KIEV: Thousands of Ukrainians chanted "Hero!" and sang the national anthem on Sunday, as a coffin carrying a protester who was killed in last week's clashes with police was carried through the streets...
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The State Macklemore & Ryan Lewis steamrolled the competition in the early going Sunday at the 56th annual Grammy Awards. The Seattle hip-hop duo swept the rap awards in the pre-telecast for rap album ("The Heist") and rap song and best rap sung...
BBC News 27 January 2014 Last updated at 00:57 GMT Later this year the remaining Nato forces in Afghanistan will withdraw, leaving security in the hands of the Afghan National Army and police. The BBC's world affairs editor John Simpson visited Kabul, a city...
The Irish Times As the Davos crowd descended the magic mountain yesterday, did the 44th annual meeting get any closer to its lofty ideal of “improving the state of the world”? Most attendees agreed that, with the euro crisis in abeyance if not yet fully solved, this...
Lexington Herald-Leader BUDAPEST, Hungary — Holocaust survivor and historian Randolph L. Braham said Sunday he is returning a high state award to Hungary to protest what he says are government efforts to rewrite history and exonerate the country from its role in the...
CNN Posted by CNN's Ashley Killough (CNN) – The Russian ambassador to the U.S. said Sunday he’s “absolutely certain” the Olympic Games in Sochi next month will be safe from terrorist attacks. He pushed back against reports of a “black widow” threat....
Al Jazeera Bahraini police firing teargas and birdshot have clashed with stone-throwing protesters in a village west of the capital after the funeral of a young man who died in custody, witnesses said. The violence on Sunday followed the...
Yahoo Daily News Egypt will hold presidential elections before a parliamentary vote, Egypt's interim president said Sunday, amending a transition plan previously established by the military after it seized power last July amid mass protests. The announcement by...
Skynews Britain is looking at allowing some Syrian refugees to come to the UK according to the Foreign Secretary William Hague. Plans are being worked on by the Home Secretary Theresa May, details of which are due to be announced shortly said Mr Hague. The...
The Guardian Government and opposition negotiators struggling to agree on local ceasefire sought by Lakhdar Brahimi at Geneva talks Lakhdar Brahimi is representing the UN and Arab League at the Syria talks in Geneva. Photograph: Salvatore Di Nolfi/EPA Syrian...