The Lithuanian authorities believe one-third of the Russian diplomats working in the country are spies, and fear that the Kremlin could test the readiness of NATO’s collective defense using unconventional tactics, according to the annual report of the Department of State Security of Lithuania, German broadcaster...
Australia has implemented new sanctions against Russia, announced in September 2014. This is reported by Coruption.world citing Herald Sun. The new restrictions are imposed on trade in arms, mining equipment, financial instruments, and infrastructure investment in response to Russia's ongoing aggression and threats to...
The co-pilot of the crashed Germanwings plane, Andreas Lubitz, had received treatment for suicidal tendencies before getting his pilot licence, investigators say, but not recently. Lubitz, 27, is suspected of deliberately crashing the plane in the Alps, killing all 150 people on board. Officials in...
Intensive talks have resumed in Switzerland ahead of Tuesday's deadline for a nuclear deal with Iran. Ministers from six world powers are expected to hold their first full session on Monday with Iran's foreign minister. The essence of an emerging deal is to keep Iran at least one year away from being able to produce...
The Benetton family has sold its controlling stake in World Duty Free to Switzerland's Dufry. The deal creates the world largest travel retailer, with a market share of 25% and projected annual sales of $9bn (€8.3bn; £6bn). Dufry is paying €10.25 a share for the 50.1% stake, valuing the group...
A spectator has died after a crash involving a British driver at the VLN Endurance Championship in Germany. Jann Mardenborough crashed his Nissan GTR Nismo in the first race of the season at the Nurburgring Nordschleife. The 23-year-old driver from Cardiff was taken to hospital for checks while several...
Uzbekistan has been voting in a presidential election all but certain to be won by long-term incumbent Islam Karimov. He faces three other candidates for the position but all come from parties supporting his presidency. Opposition activists are in jail or live abroad; independent challengers were not...
France will elect thousands of local councillors on Sunday as it holds the second round of departmental elections. These elections are seen as a test case ahead of 2017's presidential election. Former president Nicolas Sarkozy's UMP lead after last week's first round. Marine Le Pen's...
BOSTON — A suspect in a traffic stop opened fire on police on Friday evening and seriously wounded an officer before being killed by other officers at the scene, CBS Boston reported. An apparent bystander also was shot. The wounded officer, identified as 34-year-old John Moynihan, was shot just below his...
TUNIS, Tunisia — A leading suspect in a deadly museum attack on foreign tourists has been killed in anti-terrorist operations, Tunisia's prime minister said on Sunday. State news agency TAP cites Prime Minister Habib Essid as saying that Khaled Chaieb, also known as Abou Sakhr Lokman, was killed...
The head of NATO is dismissing the latest allegations by Russian President Vladimir Putin, who accused the West of trying to undermine his rule and destabilize his country. “It’s just another example of the type of propaganda that Russia is doing in many different frameworks,” NATO Secretary...
A U.S. astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut are headed for a year in outer space, the longest stay ever at the International Space Station. The two men and a second cosmonaut were aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket that blasted off Saturday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Russia's space launch facility....