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IAEA report Iran expands nuclear technology
Herman Nackaerts, left, Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Safeguards of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, shakes hands with Iran's Ambassador to the IAEA, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, after their talks at the permanent mission of Iran in Vienna, Austria, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. U.N. nuclear agency officials are meeting with Iranian counterparts in a renewed attempt ...
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Man Booker prize goes to one liner
An author who pens stories the length of a sentence has scooped this year's Man Booker International Prize.American writer Lydia Davis has written some short stories of conventional length, but most range from one to three pages, while others are just a paragraph or sentence long.Davis was picked from a short list of 10 names to win the fifth Man Booker International Prize, which is ...
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President Mujica Begins Tour to China Spain Italy and Vatican
Montevideo, May 22 (Prensa Latina) Uruguayan President Jose Mujica, on Saturday will begin a four-day official visit to the Republic of China. Accompanied by a government and a business delegation, the president, who left here at 14:00 hours (local time) to Paris, where he will make a stop over for Beijing, he will Sunday travel by train to the city of Tianjin to hold meetings with Chinese ...
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Religious groups condemn barbaric act
Britain said the killers' use of "Islamic slogans" indicated they were motivated by their faith.A statement from the council said: "This is a truly barbaric act that has no basis in Islam and we condemn this unreservedly. Our thoughts are with the victim and his family."We understand the victim is a serving member of the Armed Forces. Muslims have long served in this ...
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Readout of Secretary Hagels Meeting with the Netherlands Minister of Defence Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert
Pentagon Press Secretary George Little provided the following readout: Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel hosted the Netherlands' Minister of Defence Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert at the Pentagon today. Secretary Hagel strongly emphasized the importance of the Netherlands as both a bilateral partner and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) ally and, on behalf of the Department of ...
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PSGs Ibrahimovic misses Italy
."All the times [in the past] that I have said that I would be staying, at the end I changed clubs. This time I am not going to say anything."I still have two more years left on my contract but anything can happen. I have changed teams several times and then I planned to stay at a single club for a long time but it did not happen."I miss Italy. It's my second home. The clubs ...
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US Lawmakers to Visit Russia to Probe Boston Bombings Mend Relations
WASHINGTON, May 22 (RIA Novosti) –A group of US lawmakers is set to travel to Russia to investigate the Boston Marathon bombings, and try to boost cooperation between the former Cold War rivals, the office of Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, who is leading the delegation, said Wednesday. "As Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia and Emerging Threats, ...
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Russia Hosts European Security Conference
MOSCOW, May 23 (RIA Novosti) – An international conference on European security opens on Thursday in Moscow with Russia hoping to discuss approaches to the new pan-European security architecture in an open dialogue with the European Union and the NATO. The two-day conference, titled Military and Political Aspects of European Security, brings together senior defense officials from Russia, ...
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Sweden to summon former Saab chairman in tax inquiry -report
STOCKHOLM | Wed May 22, 2013 5:28pm EDT STOCKHOLM May 22 (Reuters) - A Swedish prosecutor wants to question Victor Muller, former chairman of bankrupt carmaker Saab, for an inquiry into suspected tax offences, a Swedish newspaper reported on Wednesday. Swedish prosecutors on Tuesday questioned Saab's former Chief Executive Jan-Ake Jonsson and two other executives as part of its tax ...
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London terror attack leaves 1 dead near barracks
LONDON (AP) -- In a brutal daylight attack which raised fears that terrorism had returned to London, two men with butcher knives hacked another man to death near a military barracks Wednesday before police wounded them in a ...
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UPDATE 1-UK France to join resource transparency initiative
Wed May 22, 2013 5:22pm EDT * Britain accused of hypocrisy for not signing up * Body agrees tougher disclosure measures in Sydney By Emma Farge and William James GENEVA/LONDON, May 22 (Reuters) - The UK and French governments will join a global initiative that will require oil and mining firms to comply with new disclosure measures aimed at tackling corruption, British Prime Minister David ...
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France boosting security at facilities abroad amid shifting terrorist threats
PARIS - France's Foreign Ministry says it is strengthening security measures, hiring more guards and buying new equipment to help protect French facilities abroad amid shifting threats. Ministry spokesman Philippe Lalliot said Wednesday that the measures are being applied primarily in Africa and the Middle East, but did not name a specific threat as a reason for the move. France has been ...
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Turkish-American relations to grow in trade
US Ambassador to Turkey: "Turkish-American relations to grow in trade, too" ISTANBUL - US Ambassador to Turkey, Francis Ricciardone pointed out on Tuesday that the accustomed strong Turkish-American relations will grow in the trade sector, too.Ricciardone, attending 11th International Defence Industry Fair (IDEF' 13) and opening the American booths there, stated that the booths ...
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European center to coordinate hunt for asteroids near Earth
The European Space Agency says a new research hub will strengthen Europe's contribution to the global hunt for asteroids that may strike Earth. Located at the European Space Research Institute near Rome, the center will take part in the search for Near-Earth Objects, or NEOs, asteroids or comets that orbit the sun and whose orbits come close to that of Earth. The NEO Coordination Center ...
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UK officials Radical Islam drives London attack
Two U.K. government officials say a brutal attack that left one man dead near a London military barracks appears to have been motivated by radical Islam. Two men apparently attacked another man near ...
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Shakhtar overwhelm Chornomorets to complete double
FC Shakhtar Donetsk underlined their domestic dominance as a 3-0 win against FC Chornomorets Odesa in the Ukrainian Cup final wrapped up Mircea Lucescu's side's third successive ...
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Kesslers Wolfsburg aim to parry Lyon punch
Having already beaten Olympique Lyonnais in the 2010 final, VfL Wolfsburg captain Nadine Kessler says they have a plan to upset the favourites but "don't want to focus on defending ...
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Playing experience helps referee Albon
Teodora Albon will referee the UEFA Women's Champions League final and as she spoke about her pre-match preparation she said her high-level playing experience is a huge ...
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Personal glory second for Lyon midfielder Abily
Player of the match in the last two finals, Camille Abily told UEFA.com she would settle for someone else taking the personal glory - as long as Olympique Lyonnais earn a third straight ...
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UK man murdered in terror attack
A man believed to be a serving British soldier has been brutally murdered near a London barracks in what Prime Minister David Cameron says appears to be a terrorist attack. Cameron called the attack "appalling" and said there are "strong indications it is a terrorist incident." Armed police shot and wounded the two suspected attackers. One broadcaster showed footage of one ...
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July trial for Costa Concordia captain
The captain of the Costa Concordia, which ran aground off the Tuscan coast killing 32 people, has been ordered to stand trial for ...
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Concept flu vaccine may be breakthrough
Scientists have unveiled a concept vaccine against flu they say may protect against various strains with a single jab.Tested in ferrets, considered good human models, the synthetic vaccine uses nanotechnology to attack parts of the influenza virus that different strains have in common, they wrote in the journal Nature."It provides a basis for development of universal influenza vaccines and ...
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You will never be safe UK killer
One of the men behind a barbaric terror attack on the streets of London has been filmed wielding a bloodied meat cleaver and saying, "We swear by almighty Allah we will never stop fighting you."The black man, dressed in a grey hooded jacket and black woolly hat, apologises to members of the public, who witnessed the horrific scenes before making a number of political statements.A man ...
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Imams pray at Auschwitz for Holocaust dead
Muslim leaders from across the globe have knelt in prayer for the Holocaust dead at the Auschwitz's notorious Wall of Death in an emotional visit to the Nazi German death camp in southern Poland.Imams from Bosnia, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the United States offered traditional Muslim "salat" prayers facing south towards their holy city of Mecca, ...
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First UK terror attack since July 2005
The killing of a man in broad daylight is thought to be the first terrorist attack on British streets since the 2005 London bombings when 52 people were killed by four suicide bombers on London's transport network.Since then, there have been a number of other plots, the first coming just two weeks after July 7, when another group of four bombers attempted to replicate the earlier attack but ...
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US nuclear missles in Europe remain poised for a war that will never come
The United States and Russia recently signed a new landmark nuclear non-proliferation treaty called START in March and the US in early May followed up its non-proliferation goals by making the unprecedented step of publicly declaring how many nuclear weapons it had – just over 5,113 in total, though many of them are in storage and would take time to be deployed.
That is a vast reduction compared to the total arsenal the country possessed at the height of the Cold War in 1967, the number at that time was 31,225, according to reports by European news media. Read more
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