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Putin signs decree for Crimea to officially join Russia

Fri Mar 21, 2014 15:52:24

Russia has finalized the legal process of taking Crimea under its sovereignty, as Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law amending the Russian constitution to reflect the transition.

‘International events not working out to US favor’

Fri Mar 21, 2014 12:42:18

Leader of the Islamic revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says events worldwide are not working out according to US plans.

US senators back military aid to Israel despite budget cuts

Fri Mar 21, 2014 12:03:08

The United States will continue providing Israel with military aid after a current package worth some $3 billion a year expires in 2017, and the grants are unlikely to wane despite Washington belt-tightening, two US senators say.

Obama nixes meeting with Persian Gulf monarchs amid divisions

Fri Mar 21, 2014 10:58:25

The White House has canceled plans for a meeting later this month between President Barack Obama and Persian Gulf monarchs in Saudi Arabia based on tensions among US allies in the region.

Several militants killed fleeing famed Crusader fort: Syria army

Fri Mar 21, 2014 10:34:20

Syrian troops have killed several militants as they fled the village of Al-Hosn, home to famed Crusader castle Krak des Chevaliers, for the nearby Lebanese border, a military source says.

MH370 search covers one of world's harshest places

Fri Mar 21, 2014 10:19:34

The search for flight MH370 is taking place over one of the most harsh and isolated points on the planet, in a patch of southern Indian Ocean from where Antarctica beckons.

Topple SNC head Ahmad Jarba: Syrian activists demand

Fri Mar 21, 2014 09:36:22

Activists have called for nationwide demonstrations against the head of the so-called Syrian National Coalition, Ahmad Jarba, as a strong “message” to signal disappointment with the opposition-in-exile’s catalog of political failures.

Turkey’s prime minister threatens to eliminate Twitter

Fri Mar 21, 2014 08:19:20

Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has threatened to eliminate Twitter, building up on a similar earlier threat.

UN warns: Torture, cannibalism, gruesome lynching in CAR

Thu Mar 20, 2014 22:52:22

The United Nations Human Rights chief Navi Pillay has warned about level of atrocities being committed in the Central African Republic (CAR) where people are being killed on a daily basis.

‘Boomerang effect’; Russia sanctions back US lawmakers

Thu Mar 20, 2014 22:07:00

Russia’s Foreign Ministry has published a reciprocal sanctions list of US lawmakers, consisting of 10 names, including: House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner and hawkish republican Senator J. McCain.

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