17 March 2014 – Detailing a raft of “unspeakable atrocities” committed in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) “without…
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17 March 2014 – In a personal appeal to the Afghan people less than three weeks before national elections, a…
Thai radar picked up an “unknown aircraft” minutes after flight MH370 last transmitted its location but officials failed to report the findings earlier as the plane was not considered a threat, the air force said Wednesday. The information emerged during…
In the age of smartphones and social media, one question surrounding the disappearance of the Malaysian airliner is why none of the passengers tried to contact relatives, as they did during the 9/11 attacks. Even the absence of phone calls or emails…
18 March 2014 – Massive international support is crucial as the number of Syrian refugees in Lebanon continues to rise…
18 March 2014 – As the Syrian war enters a fourth year, the harrowing violence shows no signs of subsiding…
18 March 2014 – Hundreds of thousands of Syrians forced to flee the bloodshed in their homeland and now living…
18 March 2014 – Against the backdrop of last week’s ‘dangerous escalation’ in Gaza and Israel, the top United Nations…
17 March 2014 – As Jordan struggles with severe water shortage issues – ongoing drought, population growth and now waves…
Italy’s supreme court on Tuesday upheld a two-year ban from public office against former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi who had filed an appeal with the country’s top court. The ban was imposed as part of a tax fraud conviction against the media magnate…
Gunfire rang out in Crimea’s main city of Simferopol on Tuesday, even as hundreds partied on the central Lenin Square to celebrate an agreement to incorporate their Black Sea peninsula into Russia. Two people were reported killed and two injured in…
Canada’s long-time finance minister announced his resignation Tuesday, after steering the G7 nation through the Great Recession and back to a balanced budget forecast for next year. Jim Flaherty, 64, said he informed Prime Minister Stephen Harper on…
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President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed a decree formally recognising Crimea as an independent state following its vote to secede from Ukraine and join Russia, news agencies quoted a Kremlin statement as saying. Russian news agencies quoted the decree…
Seal-hunters must have the same rights as fishermen, Canada’s Environment Minister Leonoa Aglukkaq insisted Monday, as her country battled a Brussels’ trade ban at the WTO. Speaking on the sidelines of a World Trade Organization appeal hearing on the…
The United States and Europe targeted Vladimir Putin’s inner circle on Monday, slapping sanctions on senior officials to pressure the Kremlin to abandon moves to annex Crimea. The move came after the breakaway Ukrainian region voted to join Russia,…
THE MISSING Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 could be a victim of the world’s first cyber-hijacking, a former member of the Home Office has claimed. Speaking to The Express, British anti-terrorist expert and former Home office scientific adviser Dr Sally…
15 March 2014 – With nearly 13 million Syrians uprooted from their homes, senior United Nations officials warn that without…
14 March 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today appealed yet again for the international community to help bring the rival…
14 March 2014 – The Security Council today extended for another year the United Nations mission assisting Libya, as preparations…