2014-05-01
Toronto mayor Rob Ford will take a leave of absence from office to enter a substance abuse program,...
2014-05-01
The death toll from last week's flash floods in northern Afghanistan now stands at almost 150. Some areas are still completely cut off, with no help reaching people because roads were swept away....
2014-05-01
The Army’s most iconic helicopter is about to go pilotless. The U.S. Army and defense contractor Sikorsky Aircraft demonstrated hover and flight capability in an “optionally...
2014-04-30
A US Marine waits for a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter carrying supplies for a bilateral exercise with France. See Also On Sept. 11, 2011, an Armenian carrier from Albania landed in Benghazi, Libya....
2014-04-30
Tweet Brussels, May 1 (IANS) The European Commission Wednesday approved funding for 225 new projects under the LIFE programme -- the European Union's environment fund, and...
2014-04-30
Spanish police say they have laid criminal charges against a soccer fan for throwing a banana at Barcelona defender Dani Alves, a slur that has sparked a global storm of anti-racist protest. The...
2014-04-30
It was a typical Kabul morning. Malik Ashgar Square was already bumper-to-bumper with Corolla taxis, green police jeeps, honking minivans, and angry motorcyclists. There were boys selling phone cards...
2014-04-30
A new defense pact that will allow thousands of U.S. troops to be temporarily based in Philippines for the first time in more than 20 years signals closer cooperation in the allies' hot-and-cold...
2014-04-30
Washington's imperial agenda reflects madness. Overreach may be its undoing. Potential global war threatens everyone. On Tuesday, Obama ended his Asian trip. Confronting China was prioritized. On...
2014-04-30
BANGKOK: Some bold assumptions about a rapid end to a six-month political crisis are all that stand between Thailand and its first real recession since the global financial crisis. Southeast Asia's...
2014-04-30
BELGRADE, April 30 (RIA Novosti) – Belgrade will never impose sanctions against Russia and will remain neutral on the crisis in Ukraine, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said Wednesday....
2014-04-30
On paper, Real had the strongest team, but it is hard to dismiss a club of Bayern’s caliber, much less think that they were going to get blown away at home, no less. However that is exactly what...
2014-04-30
(Source: UN - United Nations) Ukraine: UN political chief says events over past four days 'should alarm us all' Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Jeffrey Feltman (second left), briefs the...
2014-04-30
Indicating increasing frustration with an ongoing political stalemate in Haiti, the international community warned Tuesday that the country could be headed for another political crisis with...
2014-04-29
Published April 29, 2014Associated Press Facebook0 Twitter0 Gplus0 NEW YORK – A British shoe-bomb plotter testifying by video for a second time in a New York courtroom revealed potential...
2014-04-29
Pro-Russian crowd storms regional HQ in Luhansk while Donetsk looks likely to declare autonomy after May vote Pro-Russian separatists outside the regional government headquarters in Luhansk as police...
2014-04-29
Published April 29, 2014Associated Press Facebook0 Twitter0 Gplus0 KINSHASA, CongoOfficials say nearly 40,000 Congolese citizens have been deported from neighboring Republic of Congo...
2014-04-29
What does it mean to be a feminist in Africa today? Some of Africa's best commentators share their thoughts. Do the issues raised chime with your experiences? Join our debate South African girls bring...
2014-04-29
In an unusually blunt public warning, a vice-president of the International Olympic Committee on Tuesday called the delayed preparations for the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro "the worst I have...
2014-04-29
GENEVA (Reuters) - The top United Nations human rights official on Tuesday condemned Egypt's sentencing of 683 people to death, saying that the mass trial had clearly breached international law...
2014-04-29
ADEN: Yemeni forces have launched an operation to drive Al-Qaeda fighters out of southern towns, where blistering air strikes killed nearly 60 militants last week, military officials said today....