Afghanistan's Ashraf Ghani leads in early vote count

07-07-2014 • bbc.com

Former Afghan Finance Minister Ashraf Ghani is leading the race to replace Hamid Karzai as president, according to preliminary results.

Dubai to build climate-controlled 'city', largest mall

07-07-2014 • yahoo.com

Dubai is planning to build a temperature-controlled city featuring the world's largest mall and an indoor park, as well as hotels, health resorts and theatres, the developer said.

Soviet defector's trove of KGB secrets made public

07-07-2014 • Associated Press

The papers spent years hidden in a milk churn beneath a Russian dacha and read like an encyclopedia of Cold War espionage.

Police Arrest Suspect in Murder of Shelly Dadon

07-06-2014 • Arutz Sheva

Arab taxi driver confesses to murder of Afula teenager 'for nationalistic reasons'; reconstructs the act.

Six 'Jewish Extremists' Arrested over Murder of Arab Teen

07-05-2014 • Arutz Sheva

Arrests come as police sources say murder of Mohammed Abu-Khder almost certainly 'nationalistic' in nature.

Why are Danes celebrating the Fourth of July?

07-05-2014 • csmonitor.com

To celebrate American independence, thousands of Danes have gathered annually at a scenic national park on a slope in Jutland – for more than 100 years. And it's not just expats who attend.

The Arab Spring Just Got Serious Again - Kuwait Is Burning

07-04-2014 • zerohedge.com

Same stuff... different country.

Enemy Ahoy: China and Russia Strive for Naval Supremacy

07-04-2014 • newsweek.com

Few in China knew the truth two years ago, when then-president Hu Jintao travelled to a naval base in the northeastern city of Dalian to mark a signal moment in the rise of Chinese power: the unveiling of the Liaoning, the first aircraft carrier comm

Ebola virus: Can nations stop deadliest ever outbreak from spreading?

07-03-2014 • edition.cnn.com

African ministers and health experts are meeting in Ghana with one thing on their minds: how to stop the biggest ever outbreak of the Ebola virus from extending its deadly reach still further.

New Russian law punishes online 'extremism'

07-01-2014 • theregister.co.uk

Terror propaganda, spreading non-Russian values, can earn you trip to labour camps

Ukrainian Prez: Ceasefire Is Done, 'We Will Attack'

07-01-2014 • newser.com

Rebels didn't disarm or give up key border crossings

France's Sarkozy held in custody over campaign inquiry leaks

07-01-2014 • Reuters

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was held for questioning on Tuesday over suspicions he used his influence to secure leaked details of an inquiry into alleged irregularities in his 2007 election campaign.

Polish city's new statue cuts a urinating Lenin down to size

07-01-2014 • france24.com

A Lenin statue has returned to a onetime model communist city in Poland but the monumental hero of Soviet days is now a small, lurid green man urinating from atop a black plinth.

Thumbing Its Nose at U.S., Russia Sends Military Experts to Iraq

06-30-2014 • the wire

After the United States delayed a sale of fighter jets to Iraq, Russia sold planes to the Iraqi government. Now they've sent military experts to Baghdad. Gen. Anwar Hama Ameen, who heads the Iraqi air force, explained that the

Ribeirao Preto, the 'Brazilian California'

06-30-2014 • france24.com

During the World Cup, the French football team is staying in Ribeirao Preto, in the southeast of Brazil.

Ukrainians crowdfund to raise cash for 'people's drone' to help outgunned army

06-30-2014 • theguardian.com, Oksana Grytsenko, Luke Harding

With Ukrainian soldiers buying their own uniforms, volunteers are now stepping in to equip the troops facing rebels in the east

How Prince Charles influenced key policies:

06-30-2014 • dailymail.co.uk

Ex-Labour ministers reveal how heir to the throne 'consorted' with government to push his own agenda on climate change and GM crops behind closed doors

Bulgaria Has Resources to Stop Run on Banks, President Says

06-30-2014 • bloomberg.com, By Elizabeth Konstantinova

Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev said the eastern European nation has the resources to fight attempts to destabilize its financial system as it grapples with the worst run on banks in 17 years and prepares for early elections.

Experiencing the Least-Connected Country on Earth

06-30-2014 • http://www.newser.com, By Matt Cantor

Eritrea, the United Nations says, is the planet's least-connected country.

EXCLUSIVE: Secret service infiltrated paedophile group to 'blackmail establishment'

06-29-2014 • http://www.express.co.uk, Tim Tate and Ted Jeory

BRITISH security services infiltrated and funded the notorious Paedophile Information Exchange in a covert operation to identify and possibly blackmail establishment figures, a Home Office whistleblower alleges.

Russia warns Europe over re-selling gas to Ukraine

06-27-2014 • Associated Press

Russia's state-controlled gas company, Gazprom, warned its European customers Friday that it could limit supplies to countries that intend to re-sell the natural gas on to Ukraine.

Bosnian Serbs erect statue to man who ignited WWI

06-27-2014 • Associated Press

Marking the eve of the centennial of the beginning of World War I in their own way, Bosnian Serbs on Friday unveiled a monument in their part of Sarajevo to the man who ignited the war by assassinating the Austro-Hungarian crown prince on June 28, 19

Dropping the bomb

06-27-2014 • economist.com

America's fierce campaign against tax cheats is doing more harm than good

Thousands flee Ukraine for Russia; truce nears end

06-27-2014 • AP

Thousands of Ukrainians in cars stuffed with belongings lined up Thursday at the eastern border to cross into Russia, with some saying they felt betrayed by their government and vowing never to return.

Ukraine set to sign EU pact that sparked revolution

06-27-2014 • theguardian.com

Kiev to sign association agreement with European Union, which Viktor Yanukovych backed away from in November

Brazilian helicopter caught spying on Chile training

06-27-2014 • goal.com

Thursday's session was halted by coach Jorge Sampaoli to stop the hosts' national broadcaster from transmitting live images of their preparations for Saturday's last-16 clash

World View: Saudi Arabia's Armed Forces on High Alert as ISIS Approaches

06-27-2014 • http://www.breitbart.com, by John J. Xenakis

Assad struck at positions held by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) along the border between Syria and Iraq. Maliki:

UK's Cameron braces to go down fighting as EU chooses new leader

06-26-2014 • csmonitor.com

The prime minister's relentless opposition to Jean-Claude Juncker's nomination has cost him almost all his European allies. Many worry it will help drive the UK out of the EU.

In socialist Venezuela, a threat from the left

06-26-2014 • Associated Press

Already grappling with street protests led by the right, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is facing a new threat from an unlikely place: old-school leftists who accuse him of betraying the socialist legacy that carried him to power.