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They claim that Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki and his Shiite-led government discriminate and marginalize Sunnis.
In Iraq’s second largest city of Mosul protesters attempted to capture the central square but were forced out by the police which also dispersed protests in other regions.
Voice of RUssia, TASS
British politician George Galloway compares London machete attack to U.K. policy in Syria. “This sickening atrocity in London is exactly what we are paying the same kind of people to do in Syria”.
Lithuanian security forces have detained a 46-year-old Russian national on the warrant issued by the US Department of Justice. Alexander Mamayev, consul general at the Russian embassy in Lithuania, has shared details in an interview with the Voice of Russia.
The Voice of Russia is to host a third video conference between Moscow, London and Washington on the Islamic Republic of Iran titled Iran: The Growing Shadow today, May 23 at 7:00 PM MSK (3:00 PM GMT). Listen LIVE at http://english.ruvr.ru/.
The White House is content with the progress on its Russia talks to replace the obsolete Nunn-Lugar program, also called the Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) program, which expires this June.
The Voice of Russia is to host a third video conference between Moscow, London and Washington on the Islamic Republic of Iran titled Iran: The Growing Shadow today, May 23 at 7:00 PM MSK (3:00 PM GMT). Listen LIVE at http://english.ruvr.ru/.
Syria's main opposition National Coalition opened a fresh round of talks Thursday in Istanbul, where dissidents will discuss a US-Russian proposal to bring rebels and regime officials to the negotiating table, an opposition official told AFP.
The view emerged as the Government discussed bombing a rumoured hiding place of the Nazi leader two weeks after the launch of the D-Day landings. MI6 had also been asked to draw up a hit list of key German and French figures ahead of Operation Overlord to ensure the landings were a success, previously secret intelligence files reveal today.
King Edward VIII was bugged by the government at the height of the 1936 abdication crisis, files released by the National Archives show. The Home Office ordered "interception of telephone communications" between royal residences and "the continent of Europe".
Ways of strengthening European security will top the agenda of a two-day defense conference opening in Moscow on Thursday. The meeting is entitled “Military and Political Aspects of European Security” and was organized by the Russian Defense Ministry.
A state of emergency has been declared in the western Russian region of Tula after a microburst, which is a localized column of sinking air, hit the town of Yefremov, severely damaging homes and community facilities.
President Vladimir Putin believes Russia’s spectrum of ethnic groups, cultures and faiths is a great boon for the country’s development.
Ford Motor Co (F.N) announced it is closing its two Australian auto plants and will cease production in the country in October 2016.
The Ukrainian government on Wednesday approved a memorandum applying for observer status in the Customs Union, a Moscow-based trade bloc comprising Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, Prime Minister Nikolai Azarov said.
This year is likely to bring a draft agreement, first proposed in 2008, for the EU countries to share information about interest accrued on deposits held in banks.
Bitcoin, the digital cryptocurrency, is starting to attract the attention of the US government. It seems that the American authorities would like to destroy the digital currency before it could become a widespread alternative to the US dollar.
David Cameron's woes are continuing this week with plans to legalize same-sex marriage to be debated in Parliament today and tomorrow. The issue is hugely divisive, not least within the Tory Party which seems to have been in open rebellion in the last couple of weeks over everything from the E.U. to the next election. And on Sunday 34 current and former local party chairmen delivered a letter to Downing Street opposing the policy as "flawed, un-Conservative and costing us dearly in votes and membership". Gay marriage is causing a heated row across the political and public spheres.
A white-tailed deer crashed through the windshield of a public bus in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. It was filmed by a surveillance camera. (VIDEO)
One of the suspected killers of the Woolwich incident, who is being kept at the hospital, is thought to be of Nigerian descent. Still both men are believed to be from Britain.
Israeli archeologists recently discovered a large structure at the bottom of the Sea of Galilee. This find may reveal answers to how life was like years ago in the Middle East. Even though the find is exciting, scientists must wait for it to be excavated before they can start thoroughly exploring the new piece of history.
Eminent American philanthropist Susan Lehrman has been bestowed the exclusive Fulbright Award for her great personal contribution to US cultural diplomacy and first of all to furthering cultural relations with Russia. The award was presented by the One to World public organization.
Suspects in London cadet murder identified as UK nationals
