All necessary emergency situation units were formed in the Russian Republic of Crimea, advanced training courses were provided for emergency workers and reequipping of technicians was launched, Russian Minister of Emergency Situations Vladimir Puchkov said in this Russian Far East city on Tuesday.
Afghan officials said Tuesday that five NATO soldiers who were killed in the south of the country died in a "friendly fire" error during an air strike.
Paris (dpa) - Around 128 anti-Muslim acts were reported in France in the two weeks after the terrorist attacks in Paris by Islamist gunmen, almost as many as in all of last year, a watchdog said on Friday.Of those, 33 were acts against mosques and 95 took the form of insults or threats against Muslims, the National Observatory Against Islamophobia reported.
Five law enforcement officers were killed Thursday in a sniper attack in downtown Dallas as they patrolled a protest against recent police-involved shootings. Here is what we know about the victims who have been identified as Dallas police officers Lorne Ahrens, Michael Krol, Patrick Zamarripa, Michael Smith and Dallas transit officer Brent Thompson.
Oil prices were mixed in Asian trade Tuesday, weighed by the prospect of a return of iranian supplies after a landmark deal to curb Tehran's disputed nuclear programme takes effect January 20
The release from prison of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and two members of the feminist punk group Pussy Riot drew worldwide attention to complaints about political prisoners in Russia. Although none of the three were convicted of political crimes, the taint of political vengeance hung strongly on all their cases.
Oil prices were mixed in Asian trade Tuesday as concerns over a sudden glut in Iranian supply eased amid scepticism over an international agreement on its controversial nuclear programme.
The United States and the European Union were Monday readying fresh sanctions against Russia amid rising tensions over the kidnapping of international observers by pro-Russian militants in Ukraine.
Tehran, YJC. -- Today, April 29, 2014, delegation from Islamic capital market visit Iran Mercantile Exchange. Based on this report, IME international affairs experts explained the benefits of trades in IME and especially in the export trading floor and the listed commodities of both spot and derivatives market of IME as well as orders, clearing, delivery and risk management were explained in this session.
Lithuania's president says that Russia, in an effort to maintain influence over territories that were once part of the Soviet Union, has set out to make the Baltic states "unreliable partners" for NATO and the European Union.
Tehran, YJC. Last night's state TV news program raised some eyebrows saying Iranian nuclear negotiators were going to call off the talks for a few days.
BEIRUT: Russian warplanes have mounted a new wave of air strikes since Thursday night in northwestern and western Syria, a Syrian military source and state TV said on Friday. The source said the 18 air strikes were in the provinces of Idlib, Hama and Aleppo and were against Islamic State targets.
Four people suspected of helping recruit jihadists to fight in Syria were arrested in the Paris region and the south of France on Monday morning, French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve has told Europe 1 radio.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. State Secretary John Kerry were planned to meet in The Hague, a Russian Foreign Ministry source confirmed to Itar-Tass on Saturday. "Such a meeting is planned," he said.
Russia on Saturday expressed hopes for the success of the OSCE monitoring mission in Ukraine, while stressing the observers were excluded from Crimea after its takeover by Moscow.
Ukraine's interim leaders were set to join prayers for peace Saturday on the eve of a crucial presidential vote that Russian President Vladimir Putin has pledged to respect.
Tehran, YJC. Iran's foreign ministry has denounced Wednesday's terrorist attack in the French capital in which 12 press and security staff were killed.
