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Video of thunderbolt striking a moving car

Sun Jun 8, 2014 15:15:01

This video footage shows a bolt of lightning striking a moving vehicle during a thunderstorm in Canada’s Alberta Province. The rare incident was captured by a traffic camera installed on the roadway in the area.

France snubs Obama plea to halt Russia warship deal

Sun Jun 8, 2014 09:10:31

France has decided to move ahead with its delivery of two amphibious warships to Russia as planned, ignoring a plea by US President Barack Obama to forgo the $1.6 billion deal and sell the ships to NATO instead.

China’s new weaponry may strike US forces: Pentagon

Sat Jun 7, 2014 20:08:36

China's military has advanced a program modernizing an arsenal of drones, warships, jets, missiles and cyber weapons, said the Pentagon, warning that the such arms could target US interests.

Hillary Clinton admits her Iraq war vote was “wrong"

Sat Jun 7, 2014 18:05:43

In her upcoming book, Hard Choices, former US senator and secretary of state Hillary Clinton for the first time admits that she made a mistake by voting to authorize the US war on Iraq in 2002.

US-released Afghan captive vows to fight US troops

Sat Jun 7, 2014 15:32:47

A recently released Taliban captive in notorious US military prison and torture camp at Guantanamo, Cuba has vowed to return to Afghanistan and fight invading American troops in the country.

'West has no right to determine legitimacy of Syria vote'

Sat Jun 7, 2014 13:06:50

Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad media advisor has blasted persisting Western efforts to undermine the nation’s recent presidential election, insisting that Syrian election process does not need Western endorsement its legitimacy since Syrian people are the only source of legitimacy for the balloting.

Rice says US supplying lethal aid to Syria insurgents

Sat Jun 7, 2014 09:00:57

A top US national security official now says Washington is supplying the foreign-backed insurgents in Syria with both “lethal and non-lethal” aid in its continued ‘regime change’ foreign policy towards governments no subservient to its regional agendas.

Obama suspends Iran oil sanctions for six months

Thu Jun 5, 2014 19:07:54

The White House says President Barack Obama suspended sanctions on Iran’s oil sector for six months.

Russia threatens shutting Ukraine gas supply

Mon Jun 2, 2014 14:41:12

The Kremlin has announced a deadline for the Ukrainian government to pay part of its fuel debt to Moscow or the flow of Russian gas to its neighboring country would be halted.

US hails prisoner swap with Taliban as ‘new opening’

Mon Jun 2, 2014 09:22:38

Top American officials have defended a prisoner swap deal with Taliban militants in Afghanistan, describing it as a new opening to the terrorist group fighting the Afghan government and the same group that Washington claimed it invaded the country to root out.

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