Russia faces further sanctions from the European Union on Thursday over its annexation of the Crimea Peninsula as tensions in the region remained high despite the release of a Ukrainian naval commander. In an address to the German Parliament, ChancellorAngela Merkel said the EU was readying further sanctions and that the G-8 forum of leading economies had been suspended indefinitely. Russia holds the presidency of the G-8 and PresidentVladimir Putin was due to host his counterparts, including...
Jeff Seldin WASHINGTON — Russia is refusing to back down in the face of U.S. and European sanctions imposed over Moscow's annexation of Crimea. Russia's latest actions have touched off a new round of worry for Russia's Western-leaning neighbors and more warnings from Washington. As...
President used £13.7m of state funds for upgrade, watchdog's report says, as findings lead to calls for resignation Jacob Zuma must repay the costs of a pool, amphitheatre and chicken coop added to his home in Nkandla in a security upgrade. Photograph: Marco Longari/AFP/Getty Jacob Zuma, the...
LONDON: London is going cycling-crazy with mayor Boris Johnson announcing a whopping £100 million fund to create what is being called a 'mini-Holland' revolution. Cycling on London's main roads has risen by 173% since 2001 and the government has now announced plans to double the numbers in the next...
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A World War One shell exploded and killed two construction workers in the Belgian town of Ypres on Wednesday, nearly 100 years after the...
LONDON -- British police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann said Wednesday they are seeking an intruder who sexually assaulted five girls in the region of southern Portugal where the British toddler was last seen. Police have linked 12 crimes between 2004 and 2010, in which a man...
The USNational Security Agency (NSA) has developed a surveillance system that can record 100 percent of a foreign country’s telephone calls, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday. The system allows the agency to review conversations up to a month after they take place, the Post said. It quoted...
By Global SecurityNewswire Staff March 19, 2014 Iran pushed with six other nations on Wednesday to resolve disputes over a reactor capable of generating plutonium, Deutsche-Presse Agentur reports. The Persian Gulf nation's Arak heavy-water reactor came under discussion on the second day of a...
PARIS — France's highest court upheld Wednesday a prison sentence for one-time rogue trader Jerome Kerviel but threw out the 4.9 billion euros ($7 billion) in civil damages he'd been ordered to pay back. Kerviel...
