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Syria conflict: Russia and France meet amid tensions over air strikes
French President Francois Hollande heads for talks with his Russian counterpart on Friday, amid fears Russia is carrying out "indiscriminate" air strikes on Syrian militants. The White House says Russia is carrying out random air strikes against the Syrian opposition. But Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov...
Droneports: Revolutionary cargo drone delivery system to be tested in Rwanda (IMAGES)
Drones have been getting a bum rap in recent years, but this could soon change: Rwanda has been chosen as a test site for a revolutionary aid delivery system for remote areas. One British architect believes cargo drones could change the aid landscape forever. This could be the change aid agencies (and drone apologists) are...
Russia cannot do without Visa, MasterCard security system
The Russian national payment card system handles Visa and MasterCard online payments with 3D Secure technology, using services owned by these international payment systems, Russian newspaper Vedomosti reported, citing sources in the banking sector. The Russian national payment card system (NPCS) is not able to provide ehnanced...
50 countries to beef UN peacekeeping up, committing extra 40,000 troops
More than 50 world leaders have pledged to increase the UN peacekeeping force by 40,000 troops and police, with China committing 8,000 troops and $1 billion, Deutsche Welle reported. The pledges represent a major boost to the UN "blue helmet" operations as "the demand for peacekeeping has never been...
Syrian opposition accuses Russia of aggression against civilians
Syrian opposition condemns Russia for bombing residential areas, according to an independent journalist Reza Afshar citing Syrian opposition leader Khaled Khoja. Khaled Khoja condemned Russia’s actions, speaking at a press conference on Wednesday. He said, Syrian people have right to resist Russian aggression....
EU: agreement on small-caliber weapons withdrawal in Donbas «positive step»
The European Union called the agreement reached within the Trilateral Contact Group on withdrawal of small-caliber weaponsin the ATO zone a positive step forward, and urged to fulfill other Minsk agreements, in particular those regarding local elections. "The agreement on the withdrawal of tanks, artillery under 100mm and...
CNN: Russia conducts first airstrike in Syria (Video)
Russia has conducted its first airstrike in Syria, near the city of Homs, a senior U.S. official told CNN on Wednesday. The Russians told the United States that they should not fly U.S. warplanes in Syria, but gave no geographical information about where they planned to strike, CNN reports. The senior official said U.S....
Ocean sanctuary size of France announced by New Zealand in landmark deal
New Zealand will build an ocean sanctuary the size of France – one of the largest on Earth, in order to preserve marine life in a vast stretch of the South Pacific making up 15 percent of the country’s exclusive economic zone. The zone, announced by Prime Minister John Key, will be twice the size of the...
Luxury ice cubes? Greens slam ‘insane’ plan to carve Norway glacier
A controversial plan to harvest ice cubes from a melting Norwegian glacier and sell them in luxury bars across the globe has drawn criticism from the head of WWF Norge, who said that such an idea proves the world has gone completely insane. “To me, this is an example of the world’s complete...
Pentagon opens lines of communication with Russia on Syria Read
Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter has directed his staff to "open lines of communication with Russia on de-confliction," Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said, DPA reported. Carter's order made it clear that the two nations have common ground when it comes to fighting Islamic State, and the goal should be to take...
BREAKING: Russia approves use of military force in Syria
Vladimir Putin request to Russian parliament required under country's law immediately approved, paving the way for open Russian intervention in Syria, according to The Telegraph. Syrian president Bashar al-Assad asked Russia's Vladimir Putin for military aid, the Kremlin's chief of staff Sergei Ivanov said on...
Poroshenko about Putin’s statement: «Cool story, but hard to believe!
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says he can hardly believe in the sincerity of statements made by his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at the UN General Assembly regarding the establishment of an anti-terrorist coalition. "In the past few days, we've heard conciliatory statements from the Russian side in which,...
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