24.8.2017 7:48 Russian Deputy PM Says Supports Cryptocurrencies, Would Welcome Cryptoruble

Igor Shuvalov said that that he supported cryptocurrencies and would welcome the appearance of the cryptoruble.

24.8.2017 7:36 UK Court Jails Man for 18 Years Over Plotting Blast on Passenger Jet

A UK court has sentenced Nadeem Muhammad to 18 years in jail convicting him of plotting a terror attack on board of a Ryanair flight departing from Manchester Airport, local media reported Wednesday.

24.8.2017 7:8 Typhoon Hato Kills 12, Injures Hundreds in South China

At least 12 people have lost their lives and over 270 have been injured after a powerful storm hit southern Chinese territories, state media reported Thursday.

24.8.2017 6:54 Cambodian Authorities Expel Foreign Staff of US Non-Profit Organization

Cambodia's Foreign Ministry decided to forbid activities of a US non-profit organization, on the country’s territory.

24.8.2017 6:39 German Central Bank Brings Gold Back From France Ahead of Schedule

Bundesbank has brought back the gold reserves it kept in Paris vaults ahead of schedule.

24.8.2017 5:48 Chinese Leader Wants to ‘Properly Address’ Differences With South Korea

Chinese President announced he wanted to make concerted efforts to properly address differences with South Korea.

24.8.2017 5:30 Consider the Lobster: Nearly 5-Foot Crustacean Discovered in China

A gorgeous giant lobster was recently caught by a fisherman in Fuding, southeastern China’s Fujian province. Weighing more than 3 kilograms, the creature is 1.4-meters-long in antennae.

24.8.2017 5:18 Iraqi Army Retakes 3rd Neighborhood of Daesh-Held District of Tal Afar

Iraqi military retook another neighborhood of Tal Afar district within the operation aimed at liberation of Northern Iraq' district from Daesh.

24.8.2017 5:2 Russia Sends 68th Convoy With Relief Aid to Southeast Ukraine

Russian Emergencies Ministry convoy with humanitarian aid was sent to Ukraine.

24.8.2017 4:47 Palestinian, Turkish Presidents to Discuss Temple Mount Crisis

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will hold a meeting with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan next week.

24.8.2017 4:0 Knock, Knock: Filipino Police Conduct ‘Terrifying’ Door-to-Door Drug Testing

Civil liberties groups in the Philippines cried foul Wednesday as police went door-to-door in poor neighborhoods, encouraging residents to take drug tests on the spot. Accompanied by community officials, officers carrying drug tests asked residents if they were willing to submit urine samples.

24.8.2017 3:55 Young California Sailor’s Death Caused by Sepsis – US Navy

The loss of a 23-year-old sailor aboard the USS Ronald Reagan in the Yellow Sea last October has been attributed to sepsis, the US Navy said Wednesday.

24.8.2017 3:51 Right-Wing Rhetoric in Arizona Speech Shows Who Trump Really Is

On Tuesday evening US President Donald Trump gave a campaign-style speech in Phoenix, Arizona, in which he both attempted to whitewash his tepid and broadly condemned response to the right-wing terrorist attack in Virginia the previous week and managed to reiterate exactly the offensive tone that earned him so much rebuke.

24.8.2017 3:50 Super-Fast, Super-Strange Star May Be Evidence of New Type of Supernova

A new study from Czech researchers suggests that a strange dead star is the remnant of a recently-discovered and poorly-understood ‘miniature’ supernova type.

24.8.2017 3:34 At Least 5 People Injured in Train Collision in Austria’s Linz

Five people were wounded after passenger train collides with freight train in Austria.

24.8.2017 3:20 Pray with Pepper, Japan’s New Robotic Buddhist Priest

In Japan, robots have many functions, whether performing as sexual partners or helping the elderly – or, hell, both – but now SoftBank’s humanoid robot, “Pepper,” has taken on an unprecedented role: a Buddhist priest that can be hired for funerals.

24.8.2017 3:16 ‘The Policies Are Incoherent’: Why Did Washington Suddenly Cut Aid to Egypt?

Two sudden announcements this week introduced discord in the formerly harmonious relationship between Washington and Cairo.

24.8.2017 3:7 ‘We Should Do More’: Merkel Calls For New Approach to Resolving DPRK-US Standoff

Berlin and the EU need to reinvigorate their approach to the North Korea-US standoff, German Chancellor and reelection candidate Angela Merkel said on Wednesday.

24.8.2017 2:47 Barcelona's Authorities Boost Security in Tourist Areas After Deadly Van Attack

Barcelona's authorities decided Wednesday to ramp up police presence at airports, railway stations and other strategic points, as well as increase the use of movable obstacles in major tourist locations in the wake of two van attacks in the country's autonomous Catalonia region, local media reported.

24.8.2017 2:35 Twenty Israeli Nationals to Be Stripped of Citizenship for Links to Daesh

Israel’s Interior Minister Aryeh Deri said Wednesday that Tel Aviv will strip 20 people of their Israeli citizenship for leaving the country to fight with Daesh.