According to British intelligence agency MI5 the 25-year-old ‘Russian Spy’ Katia Zatuliveter is a ‘sleeper agent’ for Russian intelligence. The woman was an aide to Liberal Democrat Mike Hancock, MP in Portsmouth, where there is a large naval base. Mr. Hancock is also a member of House of Commons Defense Select Committee. It is assumed [...]
President Obama commended US troops last Friday in a surprise visit in Afghanistan, saying that the Taliban has been weakened due to the military surge this year. In front of about 2,000 troops in the Bagram air base, the president said “I wanted to make sure I could spend a little time this holiday with [...]
Swedish authorities have issued a new warrant, the second in recent days for arresting the founder of the controversial website Wikileaks Julian Assange. He is accused of rape, sexual molestation and unlawful coercion during his encounter with two women in Sweden earlier this year. The previous warrant had a procedural error, because of which, according [...]
A senior State Department official admitted last Wednesday that the publishing by controversial site WikiLeaks of sensitive diplomatic cables from US embassies worldwide has done considerable damage to American international ties. He articulated that it would probably take a long time and a lot of effort to rebuild trust, as the diplomatic cables revealed that [...]
The United Nations talks on climate change held in Cancun, Mexico failed to reach a strong resolution regarding binding legislation to reduce emissions. There was disappointment at the reticence of both the United States and China to commit to tough measures especially since these countries are the world’s largest emitters. The South African bloc has [...]
Heavy snowfall and unusually cold weather in several countries across Europe have brought major airports, vehicular and rail transport almost to a standstill. On Wednesday, December 1, hundreds of flights were canceled at airports in London, Edinburgh, Warsaw, Munich and Amsterdam. At Frankfurt airport over 300 flights were canceled. Passengers departing from London are advised [...]
In another series of ‘revelations’ by the website Wikileaks, a number of newspapers have been provided with the official documents of American diplomats. The documents are quite capable of causing an international scandal as they contain unflattering remarks about leaders of key European countries, reported France Press on Monday. Earlier, the internet resource had said [...]
More than 2.6 thousand soldiers from Special Forces, marines and army commandos are storming into the last stronghold of drug mafia in the vicinity of Rio de Janeiro using even tanks, report agencies. Authorities decided to go for a military solution to the problem, after Rio de Janeiro faced a wave of violence. Over the [...]
Russian space capsule Soyuz TMA-19 successfully landed Friday morning at Baikanur from International Space Station four days before it was scheduled to return. “The landing was successful. The crew is feeling well… It was the ideal scenario,” said A. Perminov, head of Russian Space Agency ROSKOSMOS. The capsule landed at 1.5 km from the target [...]
Fishermen have rescued three teenagers, who were lost for 50 days adrift on their boat in the Pacific Ocean, report agencies. These 14-15 year boys went missing in a small aluminum boat after an annual sporting event on October 5 from Atafu atoll, Tokelau Islands – a New Zealand administered territory. Even search operations conducted [...]