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The Russian leader praised long-lasting ties with Lebanon and congratulated President Suleiman on winning a prize of the Foundation of the Unity of Orthodox Nations.
Mr. Suleiman, on his part, highly assessed Russia’s peacemaking efforts in the Middle East and confirmed that the two countries share a stance on the Syrian conflict.
Voice of Russia, RIA, TASS
British Prime Minister David Cameron is to chair an emergency response committee meeting, after a knife attack in London left one person dead.
US President Barack Obama yesterday joined National Security Advisor Tom Donilon’s meeting with Russia’s SecurityCouncil Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, NSC spokesperson Caitlin Hayden has said, adding the American leader had reaffirmed his intent to strengthen US-Russia partnership in various spheres, including economy.
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.
The West has preserved its one-sided view of the missile shield issue, head of Russian president’s administration Sergei Ivanov said today. The former defense minister has stressed Moscow is not going to tolerate this stance, VoR correspondent Grigiry Milenin reports.
US Secretary of State John Kerry flew in to Israel Thursday as he kept up a push to bring Israelis and Palestinians back to peace negotiations amid a growing scepticism over his efforts.
The Syrian conflict will be high on the international agenda of a Russia-European Union summit in Yekaterinburg on June 3-4, Moscow's envoy to the EU Vladimir Chizhov told Interfax.
Israel's government is divided on the issue of peace with the Palestinians, its top negotiator and Justice Minister Tzipi Livni said Thursday ahead of a meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry.
British Prime Minister David Cameron is to chair an emergency response committee meeting, after a knife attack in London left one person dead.
On Wednesday the Chicago Board of Education voted to close 50 schools and programs, an ambitious plan that has sparked protests and lawsuits and could help define — for better or worse — Mayor Rahm Emanuel's term in office.
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.
Anti-immigration sentiment is nothing new in the West, and now it is also on the rise in Russia, as the country has to make up for its demographic shortfalls by importing guest labour from former Soviet Central Asia. Polls suggest anti-immigrant rallies and even riots may be around the corner. In the meantime, a report issued by the agency Interfax raises the specter of an even more sinister threat.
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)
Health officials in Alabama are keeping a watchful eye on a sickness which is affecting a person’s respiratory tract, in the southeast part of the state. Bunches of patients have already been sent to the hospital for medical care for this aliment of unknown origin.
An 80-year-old Japanese mountain climber who has had four heart surgeries reached the top of Mount Everest on Thursday becoming the oldest person to conquer the world's highest mountain.
American short story writer Lydia Davis won the fifth Man Booker International Prize for fiction on Wednesday for a body of work that includes some of the briefest tales ever published.
Russia bashes the West over ‘one-sided’ view on missile defense
