Sergei Chirikov / ReutersPresident Putin struck a peaceful note in Yalta, Crimea, on Thursday compared with rabble-rousing speeches by politicians including Zhirinovsky (left). Against a backdrop of saber-rattling statements made by leaders of State Duma ...

Israel's Foreign Minister, Avigdor Lieberman, has made his reputation telling what he imagines to be hard truths that others shrink from. He says that he sees the world “bli ashlayot”—without illusions. In 2001, he said that if Egypt stationed troops in the Sinai, ...

SummaryCAS said that Uruguay forward Luis Suarez had lost his appeal against his four-month ban for biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini during a World Cup match. He will, however, be allowed to train with his new club Barcelona.

This article was jointly written with Mark McDonald, deputy head of Mansfield Chambers and founder of Labour Friends of Palestine. As of today, over 1,900 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces. Almost a quarter of the dead are children. Overall the ...

Sir Cliff Richard has today vehemently denied allegations that he committed a sexual offence with a boy under the age of 16 in the 1980s. The 73-year-old's luxury apartment in Sunningdale, Berkshire, was searched today for five and a half hours hours by ...

President Barack Obama speaks about developments in Iraq, Monday, Aug. 11, 2014, in Chilmark, Mass., during his family vacation on the island of Martha's Vineyard. Obama welcomed new leadership in Iraq as "a promising step forward" Monday amid a ...

BEIJING, CHINA - AUGUST 14: A Chinese Catholic woman arranges religious items at a shop at the government sanctioned Xishiku Catholic Church on August 14, 2014 in Beijing, China. In his first visit to Asia, Pope Francis sent a rare message of goodwill to ...

BEIJING, CHINA - AUGUST 14: A Chinese Catholic woman arranges religious items at a shop at the government sanctioned Xishiku Catholic Church on August 14, 2014 in Beijing, China. In his first visit to Asia, Pope Francis sent a rare message of goodwill to ...

(ST. JOSEPH, Mo.) As training camp at Missouri Western concluded Thursday morning, Andy Reid had one last challenge before he could make the drive back to Kansas City -- that challenge included a bucket of ice water. Reid completed the ALS Ice Bucket ...

(ST. JOSEPH, Mo.) As training camp at Missouri Western concluded Thursday morning, Andy Reid had one last challenge before he could make the drive back to Kansas City -- that challenge included a bucket of ice water. Reid completed the ALS Ice Bucket ...

BERNE Switzerland (Reuters) - Uruguay forward Luis Suarez's four-month playing ban for biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini has been upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) although he will be allowed train with his new club Barcelona.

The family of an unarmed African American teen killed by police appealed for calm and justice on Thursday (Aug 14) after another night of protest saw authorities lob tear gas at demonstrators and arrest reporters. PHOTOS. A march organised by area ...

The family of an unarmed African American teen killed by police appealed for calm and justice on Thursday (Aug 14) after another night of protest saw authorities lob tear gas at demonstrators and arrest reporters. PHOTOS. A march organised by area ...

(CNN) -- British singer Richard has denied an underage sex allegation dating from the 1980s as "completely false." South Yorkshire police searched Richard's home in Sunningdale, Berkshire, on Thursday as part of an investigation into the alleged offense.

Paris and London have agreed to coordinate their actions on both humanitarian aid and arms, the office of President Francois Hollande said. By Associated Press and Reuters August 14, 2014. close. Displaced people from the minority Yazidi sect, who fled ...

All district assemblies will soon be provided with waste collection equipment to address the nation's sanitation challenges. Local Government and Rural Development Minister, Julius Debrah, says plans are afoot to procure more waste collection equipment for ...

Russia's President Vladimir Putin with German Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel during official visit to Brazil. © kremlin.ru. Tweet. SEE ALSO. Putin: 'We will do all we can... to stop the bloodshed in Ukraine' · Lavrov, Klimkin discuss aid delivery to ...

Wall Street markets edged higher on Thursday after conciliatory comments by the Russian president, Vladimir V. Putin, eased concerns about the country's tense situation with Ukraine and overshadowed signs of weakness in the European economy.

Abuja: African football`s governing body has rescheduled qualifying matches in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone over concerns about the deadly Ebola virus, which has killed more than 1,000 people this year. "CAF will maintain its schedule of matches on ...

MOSCOW Aug 14 (Reuters) - The foreign ministers of Russia and Ukraine spoke on Thursday about a Russian humanitarian aid convoy heading toward eastern Ukraine, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. It said the telephone conversation between Russian ...