Wall Street stocks Monday moved higher in early trade following a big jump in US retail sales and a better-than-expected earnings report from Citigroup. About 30 minutes into trade, the Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 62.81 points (0.39 percent…
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday urged Washington to explain Russian media reports that CIA director John Brennan visited the Ukrainian capital. Lavrov also accused the West of “off the scale” hypocrisy over the crisis in Ukraine, where…
Ahead of Mo Farah’s much-hyped marathon debut in London on Sunday, few expert observers believed he stood any chance of winning. But his lacklustre eighth place finish and modest time of 2hr 8min 21sec, which only puts him in the second-tier elite category…
A gunman shot three people dead at a Jewish community center and a retirement community in Kansas, drawing widespread condemnation and consternation on the eve of Passover. The 70-year-old white male suspect, who is in custody, was not local and did…
Iran could be a “reliable, secure and long-term” supplier of gas to Europe, Tehran’s industry minister Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh said on Monday. “We don’t want to compete with Russia. But we know that Europe’s demand for gas is increasing and would like…
Swedish superstar Daniel Sedin was in a Vancouver hospital Sunday night after being hit by Calgary’s Paul Byron in the second period of the Canucks 5-1 victory at Rogers Arena. Sedin scored two goals in the first period but was taken off the ice on…
British hate preacher Abu Hamza goes on trial in New York on Monday, facing the rest of his life behind bars if found guilty on kidnapping and terror charges that predate the 9/11 attacks. It is the second high-profile terror trial to be heard by a…
11 April 2014 – The United Nations human rights office today voiced deep concern about the revised penal code in…
10 April 2014 – The top United Nations official in Myanmar welcomed the Government’s condemnation of the recent attacks against…
9 April 2014 – United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon condemned today the two recent deadly bomb blasts in Pakistan,…
8 April 2014 – A United Nations human rights panel has voiced concerns about issues related to the deprivation of…
8 April 2014 – The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has strongly condemned an attack in the southern…
At least three people were killed Sunday during separate shootings at a Jewish community center and a retirement community in Kansas, US media reported. Police took a man into custody at an elementary school in Overland Park. He was heard yelling “Heil…
Iran will need 30,000 of its new generation centrifuges to meet domestic fuel demands, far more than the current number, its nuclear chief said Sunday. Ali Akbar Salehi’s comments came just days after the latest round of international talks in Vienna…
The world has a likely chance of meeting the UN’s warming limit of two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) if it cuts annual greenhouse gas emissions 40-70 percent by 2050, especially from energy, a top expert panel said Sunday. The longer it takes…
Vice President Joe Biden will travel to Ukraine on April 22 to stress US support for Kiev and steps to improve its energy security amid a crisis with neighboring Russia. During his meetings with government leaders and civil society groups, Biden will…
US Secretary of State John Kerry warned Russia of “additional consequences” if it fails to pull its troops back from the Ukraine border, as Kiev accused Moscow of aggression in its restive east. During a telephone call with Russian Foreign Minister…
Near-ideal sunny and clear conditions greeted the first runners to start the London Marathon with fans hoping for a fast pace by British favourite Mo Farah in his debut over the distance. Farah, the reigning Olympic and world 5,000 metres and 10,000m…
Ukraine on Sunday launched an “anti-terrorist operation” in the eastern town of Slavyansk, where pro-Russian gunmen have seized police and security services buildings, Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said. “Units from all of the country’s force structures…
Iran’s Supreme Court has overturned the death sentence handed to a former US Marine convicted of espionage, with the penalty being cut to 10 years in jail, media reported Sunday. Amir Hekmati, a dual US-Iranian citizen, was arrested in August 2011,…