The British Minister of Culture Maria Miller, responsible for the regulation of media files, delicately resigned on Wednesday from the government, following a controversy about the benefits received as a parliamentarian, says Downing Street. In a letter addressed to Prime Minister David Cameron, the Conservative ... read entire article »
Indonesia, the world's first Muslim country in number of inhabitants, is voting legislative in elections. The first economic power of Southeast Asia is facing economic problems, with secessionist disorders and corruption scandals, but sees the prospect of a ... read entire article »
The European Commission will create a 'support group' for Ukraine, which will be extended to the Republic of Moldova, in order to coordinate the financial efforts of the Member States, foreign donors and the IMF, announced some European sources. The 'Support ... read entire article »
The French Prime Minister, Manuel Valls, rejected the allegations which stay that France would have been an acccomplice in the Rwanda genocide in 1994. "I do not accept the unjust and unworthy charges suggesting that France was complicit in the genocide in ... read entire article »
The pro-Russian separatists will be treated as "terrorists and criminals," said the Interim Ukrainian President Oleksandr Turcinov on Tuesday. Security forces arrested about 70 pro-Russian separatists attacking local government headquarters in Kharkov, eastern ... read entire article »
Irish President Michael D. Higgins arrived Monday in London, a day before the official start of a four-day state visit to the British capital, a first for a head of state of Ireland. This event comes three years after the historic visit of Queen Elizabeth II ... read entire article »
Russia urged Ukrainian authorities on Tuesday to stop any preparations for interventions in the pro-Russian regions in the east of the country, warning that there is the prospect of a civil war. "We urge an immediate end to any military preparations, which ... read entire article »
The Egyptian Prosecutor decided, on Sunday, to send to justice the al Qaeda leader's brother and another 67 people for being members of a 'terrorist group' in attacking on government installations, security forces and Christians, according to the official media. ... read entire article »
Moldova may face certain challenges before signing the Association Agreement with the EU, said on Monday the President Timofti after the Supreme Security Council meeting in Chisinau, amid tensions in Ukraine, according to the IPN website. Timofti said that the ... read entire article »
Beirut - (AFP) - Syria's regime has no more threats of being overthrown. The head of Lebanon's Hezbollah said in remarks published today that the country is no longer risking division. Hassan Nasrallah's team is fighting alongside President Bashar al-Assad' ... read entire article »
Polling stations were opened on Monday in two states in the northeast of India, marking the start of parliamentary elections that will last more than five weeks, the largest ever held in the world. Hindu nationalist party is considered the favorite to succeed ... read entire article »
An official from the North Korean intelligence describes how attempts to assassinate Kim Jong-il, the leader of the country until three years ago, made the security agencies to take measures designed to annihilate suspect plans, real or fictional, including ... read entire article »
Israel's decision to abandon the plan to release the last group of prisoners shows that "all conditions have radically changed future negotiations," said for the AFP on Thursday, the leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Yasser Abed Rabbo. "We ... read entire article »
The personal assistant and trust of the former South African President Nelson Mandela, Zelda la Grange, will public her memoirs in June. Zelda la Grange, aged 43, accompanied Nelson Mandela during his presidency from 1994 to 1999, and stayed with him even when ... read entire article »
Latvia asked the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, to postpone his visit to Latvia, because of the tensions resulting from the actions of Russia in Ukraine, announced the Latvian Foreign Ministry on Thursday. The Latvian President Andri ... read entire article »
The European Parliament and the Council took the final decision on Thursday on Moldova's inclusion on the list of countries whose citizens will no longer need visas to travel to the Schengen area starting April 28. The European Parliament President Martin ... read entire article »
The U.S. President Barack Obama said, on Wednesday evening, that the Russians see the Western countries as some countries that enables them to succeed, a trend that worries the Kremlin. Russia "feels surrounded, partly because these people look to the West ... read entire article »
The North Korean leader described as "very serious" the situation from the Korean peninsula, and knows there is an increase in tensions in the last few days, with a shootout on the sea, with new threats of a nuclear test launched by Pyongyang. "The current ... read entire article »
The Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash, known for doing business with Gazprom, is accused by the United States justice of bribery in connection with a mining project worth $ 500 million in India. Firtash (48) argues that the criminal case is politically ... read entire article »
The Manuel Valls Government, the new French premier, presented on Wednesday, consists of 16 ministers, compared with the 38 ministers and delegates ministers from the last Executive, but is still to be completed next week with a number of state secretaries. ... read entire article »