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With Nato assessments that there are some 40,000 Russian troops massed on the Ukrainian border ready to move at a few hours’ notice, the heightening war of words between Moscow and Kiev raises a genuine prospect of conflict.

A couple in New Zealand are hoping to claim back a unique engagement ring, which has reportedly been found six years after it was lost in the sea.

Hospitals and medical clinics around Indonesia have been told to get ready to receive depressed losing candidates after parliamentary elections on Wednesday, it’s been reported.

Political speculations and analyzes about the Indian electoral battle are mainly revolving around the prospects of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) possible victory.

Residents of the Falkland Islands have ridiculed claims from the Argentinian president that nuclear weapons were deployed in the area, joking that they were in fact penguins, not missiles.

EurActiv– The UN’s secretary-general has called on EU leaders to set an example and agree on an ambitious 2030 target at a Council Summit in June, that can be taken to a UN conference in Lima three months later, and…

Argentina has launched a new 50-peso currency note featuring a map of the Falkland Islands to commemorate the 32nd anniversary of the invasion of the British archipelago.

The veteran leader of the Crimean Tatars has called on the UN Security Council to send peacekeeping forces to Crimea.

Altitude sickness is two illnesses, according to Edinburgh scientists.

(RFE/RL) — Russian-language media have launched a blistering attack against Crimean Tatar businessman Lenur Islyamov, owner of the independent ATR television channel in the Crimean capital, Simferopol.

Burma’s seemingly unending cycle of internal conflict is perhaps closer to a resolution than at any other point in recent memory.

The European Union and non-member countries in the region are supporting diplomatic efforts to put an end to the Ukrainian crisis and ensure a peaceful settlement of what many say is the worst impasse since the fall of the Soviet…

It was almost ten years ago when, before the House International Relations Committee, I objected to the US Government funding NGOs to meddle in the internal affairs of Ukraine.

Iranian and EU foreign policy heads ended their two-day round of nuclear talks in Vienna on Wednesday March 19 with a press conference.

President Abdullah Gul has dismissed suggestions that outside forces are conspiring against Turkey, openly contradicting Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s assertions that a corruption scandal shaking the country is part of a foreign-backed plot, Reuters reported.

The Dubai metro system is going to turn into an art gallery on the orders of the emirate’s ruler, it’s been reported.

Do you get the feeling that Flight 370 has literally fallen off the radar? Five days later except for the anguish and agony of the next of kin of the 239 on board and the ripple effect of that loss,…

Alternative driving days are being introduced in the French capital, Paris, in an attempt to tackle dangerous levels of air pollution.

A US grand jury has re-indicted an Indian diplomat whose arrest strained US-India relations.

Berlin is about to become the first city in the world with its own internet domain name, it appears.

An app developed at Sweden’s KTH Royal Institute of Technology makes it possible for skiers with smartphones to find people buried in the snow after an avalanche.

The speed at which events in Ukraine are unfolding is astounding.

Iraq’s Council of Ministers should withdraw a new draft Personal Status Law and ensure that Iraq’s legal framework protects women and girls in line with its international obligations. The pending legislation would restrict women’s rights in matters of inheritance and…

Shahneawz Khan Sumon Jhenaidah: Father get 15 days jailed and mother one thousand taka penalty for arranging their minor girl’s marriage, by mobile court led by upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) at Sundorpur village under Kaliganj upazila in Jhenaidah Thursday morning.

A gel that can be used by women after sex to protect against HIV is a step closer, according to researchers.

A newly recruited hangman in Sri Lanka has resigned in shock after being shown the gallows for the first time.

Search teams are scouring waters off both sides of the Malaysian peninsula, amid confusion over a missing Malaysia Airlines plane’s last known location.

A VIP mobile number has sold for more than two million dollars at a charity auction in Abu Dhabi, it appears.

Global mass surveillance conducted by the US and other governments is “setting fire to the future of the internet”, Edward Snowden told a packed auditorium of technology innovators via video link in Austin at the South by Southwest Interactive conference…