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The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 54 people died in Wednesday's explosion which struck their bus as they were preparing to return home at the end of their shift, and the number could rise further.
The Observatory said 11 of the victims from the bombing in Buraq, about 10 km (six miles) south of the city ofHama, were women. The workers were from cities of Homs, Hama and the town of Salamiyah.
Voice of Russia, Reuters
A man has been hacked to death in broad daylight in Woolwich, south-east London. The two attackers were shot by police responding at the scene. Witnesses reported the two attackers as being of 'Muslim appearance' and shouting "Allahu akbar" (God is great). VoR's Tim Ecott spoke to Sam Nicholson, a local resident.
The FBI confirmed that a special agent was conducting “official duties” when he shot and killed a man whom FBI interviewed in recent weeks about his ties to Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the deceased Boston Marathon bombing suspect.
United States Attorney General Eric Holder has told Congress that four American citizens have been killed in Yemen and Pakistan by US drones since 2009.
United States Attorney General Eric Holder has told Congress that four American citizens have been killed in Yemen and Pakistan by US drones since 2009.
Moscow hopes the international conference on Syria proposed by Russia and the US will successfully build on the efforts taken at last June’s Geneva conference to persuade the Syrian government and the opposition to cease hostilities and sit down for talks.
A man believed to be a soldier has been beheaded in a barbaric attack by two men on a street outside Woolwich, London South East area army barracks. In the shocking scene caught on video, one of the killers addressed witnesses saying "you will never be safe".
Ibragim Todashev, shot dead early Wednesday by the FBI in Florida, was "directly involved" in a 2011 triple homicide in Waltham, Massachusetts, a law enforcement official told CNN Wednesday.
A man has been hacked to death in broad daylight in Woolwich, south-east London. The two attackers were shot by police responding at the scene. Witnesses reported the two attackers as being of 'Muslim appearance' and shouting "Allahu akbar" (God is great). VoR's Tim Ecott spoke to Sam Nicholson, a local resident.
Giving a press conference alongside President Francois Hollande on a planned trip to France, Cameron said that people of "every community" in Britain will "utterly condemn" the killing. (VIDEO)
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.
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin believes that the authorities should care more about the welfare of scientists, teachers and students. This would raise the prestige of the professions of a scientist and a teacher, Mr. Putin says.
EU leaders agreed Wednesday that the automatic sharing of individuals' bank account data, a key measure to prevent tax evasion, should come into effect by the end of the year, European President Herman Van Rompuy said.
The summit of the European Union that has opened in Brussels is expected to be focused on addressing tax evasion by relaxing bank secrecy rules beginning with January 2015.
The Internal Revenue Service official who this month revealed the US tax agency's targeting of conservative groups asserted her constitutional right not to answer questions before a US congressional committee on Wednesday.
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)
Is it really possible to control dual technologies that can be used in nuclear arms production? Answers to this and other questions are being sought in Montreux, Switzerland, within the framework of the International Luxembourg Forum on Preventing Nuclear Catastrophe.
Grumpy Сat is recognized as the 17th Annual Webby Awards "Meme of the Year". The award ceremony took place on May 22.
The Freedom of the Press Foundation has published an article in which they detail how almost everything that was done to WikiLeaks is now being done to the mainstream media. This includes the recent revelations of U.S. government spying on the Associated Press, which has almost always stayed close to the official government line and even Fox News, the beloved biased propaganda tool of the far right and neo-conservatives, an outlet which has publicized calls for the assassination of Julian Assange.
Man killed by FBI agent 'directly involved' in a triple murder in Massachusetts, knew Tsarnaevs
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