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A draft resolution that would expand sanctions against North Korea over its latest nuclear test will be submitted by the United States to the U.N. Security Council on Thursday, a

Personal safety is one of the key components of life. Each year, Mercer - one of the largest HR-agencies in the world - publishes its report Quality of Living Index,…

A coalition of security companies that jointly investigated the Sony case for more than a year have concluded after the investigations that the perpetrators of the 2014 cyber attack on

A national online poll conducted by Reuters found that nearly half of Americans support Apple Inc’s decision to oppose a federal court order demanding that it unlock a smartphone used

As the Assad government said it would accept a “cessation of hostilities” on the condition that attacks on Islamic State, al-Nusra and other UN-identified terrorist groups can continue, a preliminary

Netanyahu asked Berlusconi to help him to establish contact with Obama. Meanwhile, Sarkozy and Berlusconi discussed the poor state of the Italian economy, reports WikiLeaks.

US technology companies united against onslaught of the authorities, who want to get access to personal data of users. Before, Apple refused to satisfy a court order to aid the…

The suicide car bombing that killed 28 people in the capital Ankara has been blamed on a Syrian Kurdish militia fighter working with Kurdish militants inside Turkey by Turkish Prime

While saying that any militarization would be a concern, China has “challenged” reports that it deployed advanced surface-to-air missiles to a disputed island in the South China Sea, said Australian

François Hollande will lead the attack on David Cameron. French president believes that the European Council did extremely generous offer to London, yet Britain has too many demands, blackmailing the…

In an order that heightens a long-running dispute between tech companies and law enforcement over the limits of encryption, a U.S. judge on Tuesday ordered Apple Inc to help the

Even as U.S. President Barack Obama urged restraint in the region, China ratcheted tensions by deploying an advanced surface-to-air missile system to one of the disputed islands it controls in

Strong rejections of liabilities for e death of dozens of people killed in strikes on medical facilities and schools in rebel-controlled areas of Syria on Monday came from Russia on

List of European Union countries that have achieved their goals for the use of renewable energy continues to grow.

In an incident that marks the latest in an escalating series of attacks on medical facilities and workers in the five-year civil war, airstrikes have hit hospitals in two locations

As allied Russian jets kept up air strikes on rebel-held towns north of Aleppo, the Syrian government forces were poised to advance into the Islamic State stronghold of Raqqa province,

In order to provide rapid humanitarian access to besieged Syrian towns, major powers agreed on Friday to a cessation of hostilities in Syria set to begin in a week. However

Calling Seoul’s withdrawal from the jointly run plant a “dangerous declaration of war”, North Korea has ordered a military takeover of an industrial complex that was the last significant symbol

In the current year, consumers in China and India will increase demand for jewelry, coins and golden bars. The central banks of these countries are going to increase their purchases.…

European countries are increasingly promoting abandonment of traditional fuels and switch to alternative energy sources. This is primarily obliged to factors such as the desire reduce harmful gas emissions into…

Security agencies might use a new generation of smart household devices to increase their surveillance capabilities. This was acknowledged for the first time by the US intelligence chief. The so-called

Referring to the recent launch of a rocket by North Korea sources in the US said that the recently launched satellite has achieved stable orbit but is not believed to

In what is the first case of Zika virus detection in the country, China confirmed the contamination of a man who had recently travelled to South America. This was reported

A hacker group known as DotGovs on Twitter declassified contact details of 20 thousand employees of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

In a major offensive backed by Russia and Iran, the Syrian army advanced toward the Turkish border on Monday. This the rebels say has seriously jeopardized the future of their

A move that could further strain U.S.-China ties and also hurt relations between Beijing and Seoul, a buildup of U.S. missile defense systems in Asia could begin after North Korea’s

As part of a crackdown on one of the world’s most notorious financial hacking operations, Russian authorities in November raided offices associated with a Moscow film distribution and production company,

Intensifying an assault on rebel-held areas that has prompted tens of thousands more Syrians to seek refuge across the border in Turkey, Russian and Syrian government forces gained ground north

Even as heavy Russian bombardment continued, the northern countryside of Aleppo province was completely encircled by Syrian government forces and its allies, said the commander of a U.S.-supported Syrian rebel

A much awaited opinion of the UN panel has opined that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should be allowed to go free from the Ecuadorian embassy in London and be awarded

The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention ruled in favor of the founder of the site WikiLeaks Julian Assange, having declared his prisoning in the Ecuadorian embassy guarded round the…

A United Nations panel examining an appeal by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will rule on Friday that his three-and-a-half-year stay in the Ecuadorian embassy in London amounts to ‘unlawful detention’,

Even as Syrian rebels pounded by Russian air strikes expressed hope that the failure of Geneva peace talks would encourage their foreign backers to send better weapons, a Syrian army

A day after the World Health Organization declared an international public health emergency, the first known case of Zika virus transmission in the United States was reported in Texas on

As the World Health Organization launched a global response unit against the new medical emergency caused by Zika virus, the WHO warned that the Zika virus linked to a microcephaly

The Islamic State is threatening Libya and could seize the nation’s oil wealth even as an international coalition is pushing back the radical group militants in their Syrian and Iraqi

Primaries for Republican and Democratic parties started in the US state of Iowa on Monday evening. They results designate candidates for the presidential election by each party in each state.…

Facebook is taking steps to stop private individuals from advertising guns. Individuals would also no longer be allowed to sell and advertise guns on Instagram, the photo-sharing service owned by

New born Baby Pablo sent residents celebrating in a small town in northern Italy as it is the first baby in the town since the 1980s. The new arrival is

The visit of US Secretary of State John Kerry to Laos, Cambodia and China is proved unsuccessful. He failed to reach an agreement with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi to…

Alarmed at the “explosive” spread of the Zika virus, which has been linked to thousands of birth defects in Latin America, the World Health Organisation has convened an emergency committee

Although corruption is still rife globally, more countries improved their scores in the 2015 edition of Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index that declined. According to a new report by global

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has revealed that nearly 300,000 drones have been registered in the US in the last 30 days. All manner of remote control flying systems

Australian travelers returning from South America have been found to carry with the mosquito-borne Zika virus, linked to brain damage in thousands of babies in Brazil,, say Australian virologists. However

The king of Spain Felipe VI and any other representative of the Spanish monarchy was unanimously declared persona non grata at the plenary session of the Catalan municipality of Breda.…

Outbreak of an infectious disease, which is believed to cause children to be born with abnormally small heads, forced the governments of Latin America to advise women not to get…

After a former Australian professional tennis player pleaded guilty to match-fixing just hours after a top global bookmaker suspended betting on a suspicious match at the Australian Open, allegations of

Images and last statements of nine of the people who took part in the Paris attacks that killed 130 people on November 13 were shown in a video published on

With the support of their national government, Greek islanders who have been on the frontline of the refugee crisis are to be nominated for the Nobel peace prize. Those who