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 programme is meant mostly for scientific purpose ... 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 »
Billionaire chocolate-maker Petro Poroshenko has claimed Ukraine's presidency with an absolute majority of over 55 percent after the first round of voting. Runner-up Yulia Tymoshenko found herself well behind Poroshenko after gathering only a little over 12 ... read entire article »
While heavy fights are going on in the eastern part of Ukraine, the 21 registered presidential candidates are campaigning ahead of Sunday's vote. With 34 percent of the vote, billionaire candidate Petro Poroshenko stands the best chances to be elected president. ... read entire article »
The Ukrainian government plans to deploy approximately 75,000 troops around the country, hoping to keep Sunday's presidential election away from any unwanted incidents. By electing a new president, the Kiev gorvernment wants to finally bring stability and ... read entire article »
During talks held today between US Vice President Joe Biden and Romanian President Traian Basescu, the US official advised Romania to increase their defense budget by 2 percent of the GDP this year and confirmed plans to finalize the missile defense system at ... read entire article »
Russian President, Vladimir Putin, arrived today in Shanghai for a two-days visit meant to establish political and economical ties amidst recent Western criticism. Putin is to attend an Asian security summit. During the same period, Russia and China naval force ... read entire article »
The mining tragedy in Turkey sparked even more anti-government protests in the country and the unpopular Prime Minister, Tayyip Erdogan more support. Now, German politicians are requesting him to cancel his visit to Cologne. The Turkish Prime Minister planned a ... read entire article »
In an unexpected move, Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his country's troops stationed near the Ukrainian border to return to their bases. As spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, the troopd had completed an exercise and can now return: 'The troops were on a ... read entire article »
