Putin’s grip: Turn your head and Khodorkovsky
A decade after his arrest, the jailed former oil tycoon remains a potent symbol of Putin’s Russia.
A decade after his arrest, the jailed former oil tycoon remains a potent symbol of Putin’s Russia.
At least 99 people were injured when a train failed to stop at the Once station in Argentina where 51 people died in an accident last year.
A former rebel group claimed it had ‘arrested’ PM Ali Zeidan for allowing US special forces to capture a Libyan terror suspect in Tripoli at the weekend.
Russian officials claim that the Syrian government has passed on new evidence that rebels, not the regime, were responsible for a chemical weapons attack last month.
Although he probably won’t become mayor, Alexei Navalny’s campaign may leave a lasting legacy.
President Vladimir Putin says Russia would support military action in Syria so long as there was conclusive proof that the Syrian government had used chemical weapons against civilians.
The US has withdrawn all non-emergency staff from its consulate in Lahore and advised Americans to avoid travel to the whole of Pakistan.
All flights to and from Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport were canceled or diverted Wednesday after a massive fire at east Africa’s biggest transport hub.
The US and UK governments have ordered all non-emergency staff to leave their embassies in Yemen immediately.
The whistleblower has reportedly left Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport.
Opposition activist Alexei Navalny was convicted of embezzlement in a case he claims is politically motivated.
A court in Moscow has declared late lawyer Sergei Magnitsky guilty, in a case that has galvanized Western anger at alleged Russian rights abuses.
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has accused the military of a “massacre” after more than 40 of its supporters were shot dead during a sit-in in Cairo.
Wanted US whistleblower Edward Snowden booked a seat on a flight from Moscow to Havana on Monday, but wasn’t on board when it took off.
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s AK party says the Turkish government might call a referendum to decide whether to proceed with controversial plans to develop Istanbul’s Gezi Park.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told lawmakers that the Pentagon originally recommended arming Syria’s rebels.
An explosion outside the US embassy compound in Ankara killed and wounded several people.
New supplies and falling prices are speeding European moves to wean itself from Russian energy.
The billionaire’s threat to bring down the government has fizzled, but his influence remains deep.
Abdullah Mahmoud al-Khalidi, a senior general in the Syrian air force, was reportedly shot dead by rebels in Damascus.
By Global Post News Desk
Oct. 24, 2013