At Sunday’s opening of the 2017 AIPAC conference in Washington DC, hundreds of protesters formed a human chain blocking access to the event, chanting phrases to bring attention to illegal seizures of Palestinian land by Israel, and what is increasingly referred to as a state of apartheid in the country.
The four baskets at the intra-Syrian talks, given by UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura to all parties of negitiations, are governance and political transition, constitution, elections and counterterrorism, according to a source in opposition.
Despite the recent recovery in US manufacturing, demand-side setbacks and slow expansion in the non-defence industries have rendered the entire industrial sector sluggish, supporting the view that the broader US economy will be slowing down throughout the first half of the year.
A group of right-wing critics of Angela Merkel in the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) have joined forces in an effort to sway the party towards more conservative values.
Crash of Ukrainian Mi-2 military helicopter in eastern region of Donetsk killed at least five people, according to local media.
Syria’s largest Tabqa Dam located on the Euphrates river partially has collapsed on Sunday as a result of the fighting between armed units of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and militants of Daesh near the city of Raqqa.
The art of graffiti permeates all spheres of our life, and organically embraces politics as well. Legendary figures are immortalized by street artists which underscores their role in history.
The US Embassy in Belarus is demanding that Belarusian authorities release all protesters detained at Saturday's unauthorized rally in Minsk. The request comes just days following revelations that US aid agencies have increased their spending on 'democracy promotion' initiatives in Belarus to the tune of several million dollars.
Talal Barazi, the governor of the Homs province, stated that a total of 15 armed groups are controlling al-Waer district, and only one of them is part of the Nusra Front.
Moscow became one of 150 Russian cities which participated in the global Earth Hour event on Saturday.
Within last 24 hours, the Russian party of the Russia-Turkey Commission on violations of the Joint Agreement has registered 12 ceasefire violations in Syria, according to the statement of the Russian Defense Ministry.
PACE President Pedro Argamunt called the participation of a Russian parliamentary delegation in Madrid meeting of the PACE Standing Committee "move forward on the path towards full co-operation" between Moscow and PACE.
A young Turkish student named Mazlum Sürmeli has managed to build a robot out of scrap material that’s capable of performing 11 different tasks.
The second group of militants will leave Al-Waer district of the Syrian city of Homs on March 27 and move to Idlib, according to Homs Governor Talal Barazi.
EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker is seeking to protect the bloc from threats to its existence by warning about the risks of undoing European integration, which according to the EU chief include the potential for war in the Balkans.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed a decree to scrap the unfinished Soviet-era missile cruiser 'Ukrayina' ('Ukraine'), which has been sitting for nearly thirty years at the docks of a shipyard in the port city of Mykolaiv, local media reports. Observers suggest that the decision is highly symbolic.
It seems that the Tibetan leader, the Dalai Lama, is poised to play a more active role in public policy, which may tarnish ties between China and its immediate neighbors, Russian expert on China Andrey Karneyev told Sputnik.
According to media reports, NATO Resolute Support Mission Commander Gen. John Nicholson plans to request more troops in Afghanistan to prevent the country from becoming terrorist safe haven.
Professional rally racer and stuntman Mark Higgins tried a Subaru WRX STI on an Olympic bobsled track in Switzerland.
Iran imposed sanctions against 15 US companies "supporting terrorism" responding to new US sanctions against Tehran, according to local media.
Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, 59, has been elected Hong Kong’s first female chief executive, local media reported Sunday.
According to an official of Russian Energy Ministry, Iran will present new oil contracts to Russian companies in Moscow on Monday.
According to reports, Iraqi Oil Minister plans to visit Moscow in June.
Bulgaria is holding early parliamentary election on Sunday following the resignation of Prime Minister.
A total of six people reportedly were killed and at least 43 injured as two explosions hit the Bangladeshi city of Sylhet during an army operation.