After Tbilisi cuts diplomatic ties with Moscow
Russia will close its embassy in Georgia
MOSCOW/TBILISI (Agencies)
Russia will have to close its embassy in Tbilisi after Georgia decided to cut diplomatic ties with Moscow, Russia's RIA news agency quoted a Foreign Ministry source as saying on Friday. "We regret this step from the Georgian side. It will not assist our bilateral relations," Russian foreign ministry spokesman...More
Georgians burn a former Soviet flag as they demonstrate in front of the Russian troops
Names Alaska Governor Sarah Palin in surprise choice
McCain picks young female as running mate
Republican White House hopeful John McCain on Friday named Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his vice presidential running mate, U.S. media reported. Fox and CNN said that campaign sources confirmed the surprise choice of Palin, 44, just minutes away from the start of a rally here where the Republican will make the official...More
Egyptian composer writes Arabic lyrics
Shakira defends Islam in duo with US singer
Famous Colombian pop star Shakira has agreed to perform a duo with Arab-American singer Dania Youssef, with the lyrics of the song focusing on defending Arabs and Islam, in addition to promoting world peace, according to press reports. Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, simply known as Shakira, will write the English lyrics herself....More
Says she was served apricot juice and forced to wear vest
I was drugged, strapped with a bomb: Iraqi girl
Rania is only 15-years old, but in the past week the softly spoken Iraqi girl has been drugged, strapped with explosives, arrested by men she nearly blew up...More
Reports say the group thought it was an Israeli copter
Hezbollah hands over army helicopter shooter
Hezbollah handed over to the Lebanese authorities on Friday the gunman who shot at an army helicopter and killed its pilot, security sources said. The...More
Former leader refused to plea slams "bastardized" tribunal
Karadzic plea entered as 'not guilty' by tribunal
The U.N. tribunal for the former Yugoslavia entered a plea of not guilty on behalf of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic for war crimes and genocide...More
Accuses Govt. of tracking their position
We shot down spy plane: Darfur rebels
Darfur rebels said they shot down an unmanned spy plane over the war-torn region on Thursday, accusing the Sudanese government of using it to track their...More
Promises to ‘change America’
Obama accepts nomination, assails McCain
Barack Obama launched his historic campaign for the White House with an outdoor extravaganza Thursday, promising more than 84,000 cheering supporters an end to...More
Iraq's Sadr suspends militia operations
Iraqi Shiite leader Moqtada al-Sadr on Thursday ordered a halt to armed operations by his 60,000-strong Mahdi Army militia, blamed by Washington for some of the worst sectarian killings of Sunni...More
EU considering sanctions against Russia: France
EU states are considering imposing sanctions on Russia over the crisis in Georgia, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, whose country holds the European Union presidency, said...More
Israeli peace pioneer Abie Nathan dies at 81
Abie Nathan, an Israeli peace activist who blazed trails to Egypt and the Palestinians that his country would eventually follow, died on Wednesday. He was 81. Nathan famously piloted a private...More
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