Hollande, Merkel to mark 150 years of German centre-left
Germany's opposition Social Democrats mark their 150th birthday Thursday, with French President Francois Hollande as the only foreign speaker and conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel in the audience.
Man killed by FBI links Tsarnaev to triple murder: media
A friend of Tamerlan Tsarnaev implicated himself and the Boston bombing suspect in an unsolved triple homicide before FBI agents killed him in a violent altercation Wednesday.
Kazakhstan to attract technologies Apple-style
Availability of a special environment is vitally important for development of innovations, attraction of technologies, startups and talented people from around the globe: Asset Issekeshev.
Hungary moves to ease tensions after Orban Nazi slur Hungary has sought to ease tensions with Berlin after Prime Minister Viktor Orban asked Germany not to "send in the tanks again" in a recent interview on state radio.
22 May 2013
EU leaders look to energy for growth boost EU leaders, desperate to give growth a boost, target energy policy Wednesday amid concerns a US-led revolution in shale oil and gas development will reshape the global economy and leave Europe far behind.
N. Korea names hawkish general new military chief North Korea has appointed as its new military chief a hawkish general, widely believed to have directed the 2010 shelling of a South Korean border island.
22 May 2013
US slams Iran's disqualification of candidates The United States on Tuesday condemned Iran's disqualification of hundreds of would-be presidential candidates, accusing the "unaccountable" clerical leadership of seeking to tighten its grip on power.