A new round of formal negotiations concerning Iran's nuclear program commenced today in Vienna, Austria, between Iran and six of the world's major powers which include Russia, China, Germany, France, the UK and the US. The race to meet the June 20 deadline for a comprehensive agreement rises many doubts as to whether ... read entire article »
Petro Poroshenko, Ukraine's president, has been long claiming that Russia is fuelling the fights in eastern Ukraine by supplying rebels with weaponry and troops. On the other side, Russian President Vladimir Putin denied multiple times being involved in such ... read entire article »
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki woved to cleanse the country of Islamic militants and regain control over the regions they had taken during last days' fights. The Prime Minister said that Mosul, Iraq's second largest city, had fallen into the hands of the ... read entire article »
Turkey issued a warning that they would use military force if any harm is brought to the 80 Turkish people kidnapped by insurgents in northern Iraq. The group consists of special forces soldiers, diplomats and their family members. They were taken hostage by the ... read entire article »
Armed people opening fire in public places and shooting at random by-passers seems to have become the norm in the United States after another school shooting happened on Tuesday, in Oregon, just a week after a Seattle school attack. Both shootings resulted in ... read entire article »
Leadership abilities of the Iraqi Prime Minister, Nuri al-Maliki, are being put to question after Sunni militants have taken over the country's second biggest city, Mosul, on Tuesday. After the army forces in the city fled their outposts, leaving locals at the ... read entire article »
Anibal Cavaco Silva, Portugal's president, fainted while he was holding a speech to the military, on Tuesday. The president was participating at the national day ceremonies when he began to stumble and, eventually, blacked out. He was helped off stage by ... read entire article »
Japan's Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, has been putting efforts to resume whale hunting in the Antarctic, in spite of a UN court order that prohibits Tokyo from commencing the annual hunt. The PM is using science as an excuse for whaling, stating that the whale hunt ... read entire article »
Despite all tensions in Euro caused by the incidents in Ukraine and caused by Russian, despite everything that is happening in Africa, almost all world leaders will put everything behind for a while and take the journey to Brazil. The Football World Cup will be a ... read entire article »
Although Russian President Vladimir Putin was suspended from the G7 meetings that took place in Brussels on Wednesday and Thursday, they will, however, meet today during the D-Day commemorations in France. Nonetheless, French President Hollande has put his energy ... read entire article »
Although excluded from the G7 summit, President Vladimir Putin still knows how to make himself heard. In an interview given to a French journalist in Sochi, the location where the G8 summit should have taken place were it not for the Ukrainian crisis, Putin ... read entire article »
The G7 summit, held yesterday at Brussels where the leaders of the world's top industrialised nations met to discuss current issues, concluded that Russia must involve itself in stabilizing the situation in east Ukraine or suffer more sanctions. The summit wa ... read entire article »
The US Defense Intelligence Agency released 25 previously undisclosed documents to mark the passing of 25 years since the Tiananmen Square massacre of thousands of pro-democracy supporters. The reports were written by witnesses present in Beijing during those ... read entire article »
During a visit in Warsaw, Poland, US President Obama urged Vladimir Putin to make the neccessary steps to rebuild the trust between the West and Russia that has shattered due to the recent political turmoil in Ukraine and Crimea. Obama mentioned that Putin has to ... read entire article »
The present crisis in Ukraine and the tensions built around Russian President Vladimir Putin have an unexpected outcome for French President, Francois Hollande. The political turmoil will result in a full belly for the French President as he will have two ... read entire article »
Anti-royalists and pro-republican demonstrators in Spain have nothing to rely on. A referendum to decide the future of monarchy after King Juan Carlos announced his abdication. The information was given by the Spanish Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy. ... read entire article »
The military deal between France and Russia is sparking more controversy. U.S. is now urging France to break the contract and sell the two helicopter carriers to NATO forces or at least lease them. France signed a deal with Russia a few years ago to buy two state ... read entire article »
After disclosing a new timeline for the US military troops retreat from Afghanistan, President Obama also confessed to not being able to win against the Talibans. 'This is how wars end in the twenty-first century', he said. Many, however, are not sure about ... read entire article »
After voters surprised member nations of the EU with their vote for populist and far-right parties in the European elections on Sunday, the EU leaders decided to meet at an informal summit in Brussels and decide upon new ways of gaining back the public's support ... read entire article »
The political situation in Thailand, after the military coup, is starting to become military in nature, too. Dozens of politicians and leaders have already been arrested, the constitution has been suspended, the Senates, the last standing functioning legislature ... read entire article »
