NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, asked Russia on Tuesday to "relieve the pressure" in the Ukrainian crisis, by withdrawing its merged troops from the border with Ukraine. "I am very concerned about the latest developments in Ukraine, the continued violence perpetrated by small separatist groups and ... read entire article »
Romanian military personnel prepared a MIG 21 Lancer to take-off after the opening ceremony of the Romanian-US exercise "Dacian Viper 2014" at the 71st Air Base at Campia Turzii on April 10, 2014. The pilots did air interception exercises, air combat, but ... read entire article »
Jordan's Ambassador to Libya, Fawaz al-Itan, was kidnapped on Tuesday, in Tripoli, by strangers, as he was leaving his house, announced a spokesman for the Libyan Foreign Ministry. "Jordanian ambassador was kidnapped this morning (Tuesday, Ed.). The official ... read entire article »
European Union's foreign ministers have agreed to take tougher measures against Russia over its actions in Ukraine. Catherine Ashton - The EU foreign policy chief - said there would be more visa bans and more people would have their assets frozen. “We ... read entire article »
The U.S. President Barack Obama told his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, he is "very concerned" about the actions of Russia in Ukraine and urged the pro-Russian separatist militias to lay down their arms, during a telephone conversation held on Monday. ... read entire article »
According to Reuters, Israel is holding secret talks with some Arab states that deny it. Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said today that their talks are regarding establishing diplomatic ties based on a common fear of Iran. Saudi Arabia and Kuwait ... read entire article »
WASHINGTON: The United States' ambassador to the United Nations says talks about Iran's nuclear program are resuming, undisturbed by Washington's decision to block Tehran's ambassador to the diplomatic body. On Sunday, U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power told ABC' ... read entire article »
AFP - Algerian nomads began voting for the presidential election, today. The authorities said that people gathered at 167 mobile polling stations in the country's vast desert interior.About 90,000 voters were able to cast their ballots 72 hours before the rest ... read entire article »
The acting President of Ukraine, Oleksandr Turcinov, talked on Monday about the possibility of holding a referendum on the status of the country, simultaneously with the presidential elections scheduled for May 25, according to the statements of the Parliament. ... read entire article »
Presidential candidate Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, center, and his running mates Mohammed Mohaqiq and Mohammad Khan proved their vote casted by having ink on their fingertip. Former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah is leading the early results from last week' ... read entire article »
Fidesz won 95.49% of the 128 378 votes cast by mail in the general election on April 6, announced the Hungarian National Election Office (NVI) on Thursday, after completing the counting of the ballots. According to the Bureau, Jobbik (far right) won 2.28% of ... read entire article »
Russia intends to fulfill its obligations to deliver gas to the European countries, but can not guarantee the transit through Ukraine, because it depends on Kiev, said the Russian President Vladimir Putin. "We guarantee full compliance with the obligations to ... read entire article »
The Israeli and Palestinian negotiators met again on Sunday night, in Jerusalem, in the absence of the American mediator Martin Indyk, said a Palestinian official to AFP. The meeting between the heads of Palestinian negotiators Saeb Erakat, Israeli Justice ... read entire article »
The Crimean Parliament, endorsed a new Constitution for the new Russian republic, on Friday, and a new version of the Russian Constitution was published, including Crimea and Sevastopol, from the Russian Federation. The text of the Constitution was passed by ... read entire article »
Moscow denied the NATO information about the presence of Russian troops at border of Ukraine, on Thursday, saying that the images presented by NATO date from August 2013, a representative of the Russian General Staff declared. NATO published 15 images on ... read entire article »
France provides, since the beginning of April, an AWACS type radar aircraft for aerial surveillance missions in Eastern Europe, according to the General Staff of the French army. "Since the beginning of April, every three or four days AWACS aircraft perform a ... read entire article »
The first two floors of the Communist Party headquarters in Kiev, Ukraine, were burned. The two floors were completely destroyed, said the press service of the Ukrainian Emergency Services, on Thursday. The fire broke out in the four-story building on ... read entire article »
The NATO Commander in Europe, was commissioned to provide countermeasures against the Russian military threat to Ukraine, and said on Wednesday that they may include U.S. troops in Eastern European members of the Alliance who feel threatened. According to the ... read entire article »
A new Israeli spy satellite was placed on orbit on Thursday, announced the Ministry of Defence, in order to strengthen the means of surveillance on the activities on Israeli's enemy, Iran. The observation satellite Ofek 10, which was launched into space on ... read entire article »
Israel plans to block a part of the fees they collect each month in the account of the Palestinian Authority (PA), announced, on Wednesday night, an Israeli government source. "We intend to retain a part of the amounts paid monthly by Israel to the ... read entire article »
