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Ukraine parliament fires powerful security chief
Ukraine's parliament fired the powerful head of the SBU state security service after he fell foul of President Petro Poroshenko and became embroiled in a conflict with the nation's chief prosecutor.
19 June 2015
Charleston shooting suspect Dylann Roof arrested: police
The 21-year-old white gunman suspected of killing nine people at a black church in the southeastern US city of Charleston was arrested Thursday.
19 June 2015
Russia tries to shrug off crisis as West snubs investment forum
Russian officials tried to play down fears about the country's economic crisis as tensions with the West over Ukraine cast a pall over its showcase investment forum.
19 June 2015
YouTube plays to video game loving viewers
YouTube is wading confidently into turf dominated by Amazon-owned Twitch, with a service tailored for the hot trend of videogame play as a spectator sport.
18 June 2015
Russia to prolong embargo if EU extends sanctions: minister
Moscow will extend its embargo on European Union agricultural products but is unlikely to go further if the EU extends sanctions as expected.
18 June 2015
SCAT airplane catches fire in Aktau airport
SCAT airplane has caught fire in the airport of Aktau city in western Kazakhstan.
18 June 2015
'True Detective' back with new cast, same darkness
Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson are gone from "True Detective," but HBO's Emmy-winning cop anthology series is back for a second season with the same dark.
18 June 2015
The Spirit of Tengri becomes highly discussed on social media
The Spirit of Tengri, two-day open-air festival of contemporary ethnic music has become highly discussed event on social media
18 June 2015
US 'phenomenally thirsty' for wine: experts
The US wine market, already the world's biggest, still has "phenomenal" potential for growth if handled with care.
18 June 2015
Europe to mark Waterloo bicentenary with call for unity
European royals and officials will mark the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo with a call for reconciliation at the site where Napoleon Bonaparte's imperial ambitions ended in carnage.
18 June 2015
MERS sparks mask rush in Asia, but are they effective?
As South Korea scrambles to control an outbreak of the killer MERS virus, its fearful citizens have donned surgical masks en masse.
18 June 2015
US visa issuance halts in Kazakhstan
The US Embassy in Kazakhstan has suspended visa issuance.
18 June 2015
Pope to blame profiteers for killing the planet
Pope Francis will call on the world's leaders to pull together to fight global warming, publishing his hotly-anticipated thesis on the environment.
18 June 2015
Hungary to build border barrier as EU migrant crisis rages
Hungary said it was building a four-metre (13-foot) high fence on its border with Serbia to keep out migrants.
18 June 2015
NATO says implementing 'biggest' defence boost since Cold War
NATO head Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday the alliance was implementing its biggest defence reinforcement since the Cold War.
18 June 2015
Syria chlorine gas attacks renew calls for no-fly zone
Sickened by footage of doctors trying to help child victims of a gas attack, US lawmakers renewed calls for a US-led no fly zone over Syria.
18 June 2015
New Marie Curie film to shed light on women's struggles in science
Filming is underway in Poland on a new biopic about the life of Marie Sklodowska-Curie, the first woman ever to win not one, but two, Nobel prizes.
18 June 2015
Greece's Tsipras calls Juncker, first time since last week: official
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras called European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker, their first contact on the stand-off over a bailout deal since last week.
18 June 2015
Russian clash with West a ruse to keep elite in power: dissident
The Russia-Ukraine conflict has no short term solution and is part of a fabricated conflict with the West to distract everyday Russians from corruption and incompetence.
18 June 2015
Lithuania says can take in 250 refugees, migrants
Lithuania said it has decided to resettle up to 250 Syrian refugees, migrants and asylum seekers transferred from Italy and Greece.
18 June 2015