Senior US diplomat 'unwelcome' by BahrainBahrain has told a senior US diplomat, who has met with representatives of the country's opposition, that he was "unwelcome" in the kingdom and should "leave immediately."
08 июля 2014
Trapped Indian nurses on way home from IraqA group of 46 Indian nurses who were trapped in an area of Iraq seized by Islamic militants were set to be welcomed home by anxious relatives Saturday after being freed from the rebel-held city of Mosul.
05 июля 2014
Billionaire conservative donor Richard Mellon Scaife dies, 82Richard Mellon Scaife, a generous donor to US conservative causes and heir to a sizeable banking fortune, died according to The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, a newspaper that he owned. He was 82.
05 июля 2014
Anger over reports German double-agent spied for USGerman authorities have arrested a suspected double-agent accused of spying for the US on a parliamentary panel investigating NSA surveillance, media reports said.
05 июля 2014
In California, US town fears migrant invasionDays after things nearly turned ugly here, several residents kept up their protest against a surge of undocumented migrants near the border with Mexico.
05 июля 2014
US eaters weigh in for New York dog chowing contestAmerican world-record holders and pretenders to the crown of hot-dog chomper of the year weighed in for the hugely popular annual July 4 Coney Island competition set to draw thousands.
04 июля 2014
India nurses in Iraq conflict 'to be freed'A group of 46 Indian nurses trapped in Iraq are to be freed, one of them told AFP Friday, in a rare piece of positive news in a crisis threatening "Syria-like chaos".
04 июля 2014
US grounds entire F-35 fleet for engine probeThe United States military is grounding its entire fleet of F-35 fighter jets as it completes additional engine inspections following a fire aboard an aircraft in Florida last week.
Google hit by 70,000 'right to be forgotten' requestsMore than 70,000 people have already asked Google to delete links about them under Europe's "right to be forgotten" ruling, with some of the world biggest news sites the first to be hit.
04 июля 2014
Hurricane Arthur makes landfall on US East CoastHurricane Arthur made landfall on the North Carolina shore late Thursday, as millions of Americans braced for its impact along the East Coast on the eve of the Independence Day holiday.
04 июля 2014
Scarlett Johansson wins French novel lookalike caseHollywood actress Scarlett Johansson won damages against a French author whose novel features a character resembling the starlet who is treated as a sex object.
04 июля 2014
Oil extends losses on return of Libyan suppliesOil extended losses in Asia Thursday on prospects that Libya will begin exporting more crude into a global market flush with supplies, while easing concerns about the Iraqi crisis also weighed on prices.
03 июля 2014
NSA surveillance led to 100 arrestsThe US National Security Agency's electronic snooping led to "well over 100 arrests" and helped smash numerous terrorist plots, a privacy review panel said.
03 июля 2014
'Clinton: the musical' to hit New York stageIt's tough being Hillary Clinton. Her book's a flop, she's angered ordinary Americans with crass remarks about money and now her husband's sex life is a New York musical.
03 июля 2014
US-based scientist makes potent version of H1N1 fluA US-based Japanese scientist said he has succeeded in engineering a version of the so-called swine flu virus that would be able to evade the human immune system.
03 июля 2014
Toshiba nearing deal on Bulgarian nuclear reactor dealToshiba's US unit is nearing a deal estimated at almost $5 billion to build a nuclear reactor in Bulgaria, a report said Thursday, as Japanese firms eye atomic contracts overseas after the Fukushima crisis erased demand at home.
03 июля 2014
US director-writer Paul Mazursky dead at 84Oscar-nominated filmmaker and writer Paul Mazursky, whose credits include "An Unmarried Woman" and "Down and Out in Beverly Hills," has died at age 84, his agent said.
02 июля 2014
Bill Clinton, Blair back Colombia peace effortsFormer world leaders Bill Clinton and Tony Blair attended a special summit in Colombia in support of the country's bid to forge peace with FARC rebels.
02 июля 2014
Twitter buys mobile ad firm Tap CommerceTwitter announced that it has cut a deal to buy mobile ad firm Tap Commerce to bolster money-making tools at the popular one-to-many messaging service.