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Mafia boss gunned down in Moscow

A reputed top criminal kingpin was killed in a contract hit in Moscow on Wednesday, police said. Aslan Usoyan, ...

Hundreds of thousands rally againts gay marriages in Paris

Hundreds of thousands of people on Sunday marched through the streets of the French capital Paris to protest President ...

Actress Bardot threatens to become Russian if French authorities `kill` elephants

French actress Brigitte Bardot has threatened to follow her colleague Gerard Depardieu and apply for Russian ...

Russia to build two new radar stations in 2013

Russia will start building two new radar stations in east Siberia`s Krasnoyarsk Territory and in the south Siberian ...

NATO extends an-124 airlift contract until 2015

NATO will continue chartering Antonov An-124 Ruslan heavy lift transport planes until at least December 31, 2014, ...

Italian PM Monti says will resign

Italy's Prime Minister Mario Monti announced on Saturday his plans to resign after former premier Silvio Berlusconi`s ...

Three foot tidal wave follow Japan quake

A three-foot (one-meter) high tidal wave came ashore near the city of Ishinomaki in Japan`s Miyagi prefecture on ...

Iran: No talks with US

Tehran dismissed media reports about secret talks with Washington on Tuesday, saying that the alleged talks were an ...

Russia urges joint action to fight child porn

Russia`s Interior Ministry has called on police in over 50 countries to join an operation it launched to combat child ...

World leaders hail Obama victory, pledge cooperation

World leaders on Wednesday hailed President Barack Obama`s sweeping re-election, with allies pledging to deepen ...

Top Syrian air force general assassinated in Damascus

A top Syrian Air Force general, Abdullah Mahmud al-Khalidi, was shot dead in northern Damascus on Monday night as he ...

Israel, US start largest ever air defence exercise

The Israeli and United States armed forces started their largest-ever joint air defense and anti-missile exercise on ...

50 police injured in Kabul protest

About 50 police were injured in violent demonstrations in Kabul on Monday over a recent U.S.-made film considered ...

MiG-29 fighter jet crashes in Siberia

 A Russian Air Force MiG-29 fighter crashed on Thursday near Chita, in Siberia, the Defense Ministry ...

Arctic sea ice at record low

The Arctic sea ice extent has fallen to 4.21 million square km, its lowest level since satellite observation began in ...