President Barak Obama announced Mar. 20 the US will be imposing a second wave of sanctions on Russia. The US sanctions target 20 members of Putin’s inner circle, as well as Bank Rossiya, an institution […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin says he will back Egypt’s military chief Abdul Fattah al-Sisi if he runs for president. Sisi has not officially declared himself a candidate in Egypt’s 2014 presidential election, but BBC News reports he’s […]
Sixty-five Afghan prisoners were released from Afghanistan’s Bagram Detention Centre Feb. 13. The decision was made by Afghan President Hamid Karzai who says there was not enough evidence against the prisoners, reports BBC News. The move […]
Hundreds of elderly Koreans, anxiously hoping to reunite with long-lost relatives on Feb. 20, are now left to the mercy of north-south relations. North Korea released a statement Feb. 6 threatening to cancel the reunions, […]
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