DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranian authorities have blocked the use of most "digital private networks", a tool that many Iranians use to get around an extensive govt Web filter, Iranian media quoted an legitimate as saying on Sunday. A well-liked executive Web filter prevents Iranians from gaining access to many sites […]
STANLEY, Falkland Islands (Reuters) – Residents of the Falkland Islands began voting on Sunday in a sovereignty referendum that seeks to counter Argentina's an increasing number of assertive declare over the British-dominated territory. Diplomatic tension between Britain and Argentina has flared up after greater than three a long time because […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush regarded on five morning talk presentations on Sunday to plug his new ebook on immigration, however stated his heightened visibility does no longer imply he is re-getting into politics or planning a White House run – now not but, anyway. The talk-convey […]
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Chinese language security forces fired tear fuel and beat protesters in a village in southern China on Sunday to quell a grassroots protest movement over a land dispute, residents mentioned. Dozens of villagers had been taken to hospitals in Mianhu city and Jieyang metropolis and five […]
ROME/ATHENS (Reuters) – Seven international hostages kidnapped ultimate month by way of a Nigerian Islamist staff from a development firm’s compound have been killed, the Italian and Greek Foreign Ministries mentioned on Sunday. Al Qaeda-affiliated crew Ansaru said on Saturday it had killed the hostages seized on February 7 in […]
AMMAN (Reuters) – Syria's opposition has postponed a gathering to type a provisional executive, within the newest setback to opposition efforts to create an administration to take over if President Bashar al-Assad is ousted, coalition sources stated on Sunday. The Syrian National Coalition meeting to opt for a provisional prime […]
MIAMI (Reuters) – Argentine developer Jose Luis Melo watched as Miami's real property market reeled from the U.S. housing crash and lots of the city's condominiums sat unsold — and decided it was once time to build. It was late 2010 and Melo, who runs the Melo Crew actual estate […]
KABUL (Reuters) – The top U.S. basic in Afghanistan expressed dismay on Sunday at remarks by President Hamid Karzai, who prompt that Washington benefited from Taliban assaults on his usa. Karzai's remarks, delivered all over the first discuss with through new U.S. Security Secretary Chuck Hagel, further strained already fraught […]
When you’ve ever tried to shield the validity of global warming to anyone who doesn’t consider in it, you’ve almost definitely heard them say, “The Earth thawed itself out of an Ice Age once sooner than and no person known as that global warming!”
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela's charged election race kicked off on Sunday with throngs attending mass on the coffin of deceased leader Hugo Chavez and vowing to again his most popular successor, Nicolas Maduro, over probably opposition contender Henrique Capriles. The pair have except Monday to register their candidacies for the […]
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Tons of of Pakistani Christians took to the streets across the united states on Sunday, annoying higher protection after a Christian nearby used to be torched within the metropolis of Lahore a day past in reference to the usa's controversial anti-blasphemy law. Police fired into the air […]
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York Metropolis Council Speaker Christine Quinn, regarded as a front-runner to be New York's subsequent mayor, officially launched her candidacy on Sunday for the job that would make her the city's first feminine and first openly homosexual mayor. The Democratic Quinn, forty six, made her […]
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Top Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened his outgoing cabinet on Sunday for what he stated was once most definitely the ultimate time, signaling he was on the subject of finishing the formation of a brand new govt. Netanyahu's closing date to current a governing coalition is on […]
KISUMU/MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) – Strongholds of defeated presidential candidate Raila Odinga have been peaceable on Sunday, it sounds as if reflecting a need with the aid of Kenyans to avoid a repeat of the bloodshed that adopted the ultimate election five years in the past. Odinga has refused to concede […]