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Israeli ministers are demanding an end to U.S. spying on Israel following revelations that the National Security Agency intercepted emails from the offices of former top Israeli officials.

Upcoming visit of the Russian President to China will become this year's major political event in Russian-Chinese relations and its outcome will be an important step toward a closer bilateral partnership, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says in an interview published by China Daily Tuesday.

Despite fears to the contrary, North Korea does not appear to be preparing an imminent nuclear test, a US think-tank said Wednesday in an analysis of recent satellite images of Pyongyang's main test site.

When Egypt's military chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced in a television address the overthrow of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, an ultraconservative Salafi party official sat by his side, making an unlikely ally.

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories, July 20, 2014 (AFP) - Hamas, the main power in Gaza, said Sunday it had received an "invitation" for talks in Cairo on an Egyptian-proposed ceasefire with Israel, after nearly two weeks of conflict.

An ally of billionaire Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili on Monday basked in an overwhelming win at presidential polls in the ex-Soviet state to replace larger-than-life moderniser Mikheil Saakashvili after a decade in power.

A renegade general who has launched an assault against Islamists in Benghazi warned Libya had become a "terrorist hub", calling for a civilian presidential high council to form an emergency cabinet and organise legislative elections.

MUNICH, Germany, Jan 11, 2015 (AFP) - The United States on Saturday slammed an offer by North Korea to suspend future nuclear tests temporarily if Washington cancels military drills with the South as an "implicit threat."

SEOUL - Russian Ambassador to South Korea Alexander Timonin has expressed his country's opposition to the possible deployment of an anti-ballistic missile system in South Korea, according to an interview with the Russian envoy published by a Seoul daily on Wednesday.

"The Northern Territories are an inherent part of Japan's territory, and we cannot accept the move," a senior ministry official also said, a day after Russia announced its military began military exercises on the Russia-held, Japan-claimed islands.

Hailing from Narsinghpur district of Madhya Pradesh, Rahul Singh, Deputy Commissioner, Jabalpur, is an IAS officer of 2008 batch. A young, energetic and dynamic personality, Singh plans to develop Jabalpur Smart City with participation of its people. In an interview with Elets News Network (ENN), Singh emphasises on ways to implement the measures to transform Jabalpur into a Smart City

BJP Member of Parliament Subramanian Swamy announced that he would be appointing an advocate to look into the facts and to get CBI involved in the case. He took to Twitter and wrote "I have asked Ishkaran to look into facts of Sushant Singh Rajput death case & see whether it's a fit case for CBI investigation. Then accordingly to see justice is done. I have asked Ishakaran to process Rajput alleged suicide matter for a possible CBI case or PUL or Criminal complaint case."

There are many solutions various governments have written into policies in counter-terrorism efforts as terrorists continue to dig their heals into a moral high ground that has consumed lives in many parts of the world. Many who study religious terrorism understand that the battleground was not drawn by religions, but by the interpretation of those whose fever for fanaticism prevails. In response, this ferocity has called upon itself moderates and centrists who want to write an epitaph to such self-righteousness, who want to see the end of the bloodshed....

Uzbekistan authorities have banned the sale of women's underwear in the Sergeliysky district of Uzbekistan's capital city Tashkent. Otabek Sadykov, new head of district was shocked to see ladies bras and panties on sale in Uzbek shops. Being efficient, he promptly issued an order putting a stop to the display of lingerie and any kind of underwear for women in shops.

An engineer proves how easy it is to smuggle metal through TSA's full-body imagers. So far, TSA keeps quiet.

A US diplomat in New Delhi was headed for home Saturday after being expelled in a bitter row over an Indian envoy's arrest that has seriously strained ties between the two countries.

Tehran, YJC. As Iran starts discussing oil business with France and Germany, an American delegation from the oil section is going to visit the country in one month.

Germany's foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier arrived Sunday in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan for an unannounced visit, a spokeswoman said.