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SYDNEY, Sept 27, 2014 (AFP) - Australia's Immigration Minister Scott Morrison on Saturday defended the government's plan to transfer refugees to Cambodia, saying the programme would start small but be a long-term arrangement.

MOSCOW, Sept 23, 2014 (AFP) - The prime minister of the self-proclaimed People's Republic of Donetsk said Tuesday that rebels have removed artillery from frontline areas where Ukraine had also withdrawn, in line with a peace plan signed Saturday.

Iran former intelligent minister has said that Iran has known and warned the world about plans of a chemical attack on Syria since two months ago.

Commons expected to approve plans to hold a referendum on the alternative vote system

As a part of the plan to fix the $42 billion budget deficit, the California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is urging the legislature to back his proposed cuts to the three largest areas of the state's budget - prisons, education, and health care.

President Barack Obama's job approval rating has slipped since the spring among California voters, but he gets good marks for his handling of the economy and his plans to overhaul the nation's health care system.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and lawmakers failed to reach final agreement on ways to solve the state's water problems Sunday,

US forces will complete their withdrawal from Afghanistan by the end of 2016, President Barack Obama has said, unveiling a plan to end America's longest war.

Tehran, YJC. Majlis Speaker consultant says Iran should very well import raw uranium, enrich it, and export it as nuclear fuel.

The Japanese government expressed concern over the launch by North Korea of two ballistic missiles that fell into the Sea of Japan, but was not planning to suspend bilateral intergovernmental talks because of that, Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said on Wednesday.

Tehran, YJC. Political commentator says the Kurdistan President is following a plan to form an independent Kurdistan.

President Obama and Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke Monday, just hours after Secretary of State John Kerry announced plans to "accelerate" talks with Iran over a nuclear deal.

TEHRAN, YJC. Reactor number one of the Bushehr nuclear power plant in southern Iran has reached its full capacity after a scheduled fuel reload and planned maintenance, an affiliated company of the Russian contractor of the facility says.

Tehran, YJC. Supreme Leader says Iran's science needs a jihadist management to cope with enemies' schemes.

Oslo, Nov 7: "Israel's recent announcement that it will continue to build new settlements in East Jerusalem is completely unacceptable" said Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs Børge Brende.

The president's man in Tehran was feeling the pressure and needed reassurance. On 12 January 1979, General Robert "Dutch" Huyser wrote to Harold Brown, US secretary of defense, and General David Jones, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to make sure he knew what they wanted him to do.

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

Key goal of undertaking the 'Yatra' campaign is to connect the end-user community with our range of products, says Vivek Naidu, Vice-President, Information Management (India Cluster), Kodak Alaris. In an interview with Poulami Chakraborty of Elets News Network (ENN), Naidu talks about the company's new products and their future expansion plans.

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan predicted on Sunday that the jobless rate will pass 10 percent and stay there for a while, and a second stimulus plan is not needed now.

Sixty years after the Bay of Pigs invasion - the failed attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro's regime in Cuba - the island continues to celebrate its victory while the invaders who survived live on in the US with the satisfaction of having done their duty. BBC Mundo examines the military plan and the reality of what unfolded. Johnny López de la Cruz feels deprived of air. Locked up in a lorry with more than 100 other prisoners, he can barely breathe. Inside the vehicle, the detainees are getting desperate. They sweat. Several faint.