Government troops shelled residential areas in central Syria on Sunday, activists said, two days after the bombardment of a string of villages in the same region killed more than 90, many of them children. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development announced on Saturday that it had approved an investment of 1.0 billion euros ($1.28 billion) for expansion into North Africa and the Middle East. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
Southern Europe will be gripped by fierce heatwaves, drought in North Africa will be more common, and small island states face ruinous storm surges from rising seas, according to a report by UN climate scientists. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Residents living around the regions of the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano rest at a temporary shelter after being evacuated from their homes in Lago Ranco town, June 8, 2011. The volcano, dormant for decades, erupted in south-central Chile... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Farmers from different regions of the country take part in a demonstration to demand that the government build them more houses, on Reforma Avenue in Mexico City May 31, 2011. REUTERS/Jorge Dan Lopez (MEXICO - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST ... [Full Article]
(AFP/File) - Wealth in Asia-Pacific grew faster than in other regions around the world in 2009, according to a new global study. Singapore saw the highest growth in millionaire households, up 35 percent, followed by 33 percent for Malaysia, 32 percen... [Full Article]
(AP) - Presidential candidate and head of the Regions party Viktor Yanukovych, center, greets his supporters in Luhansk, northwest of Donetsk, Ukraine, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010. Ukrainian opposition leader Yanukovych and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenk... [Full Article]
(AP) - Supporters of Presidential candidate and head of Regions party Viktor Yanukovych greet their leader during Yanukovych’s campaigning rally in the town of Yenakiyevo, some 50 km (31 miles) north-west of Donetsk, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2... [Full Article]
(AP) - Supporters of Party of Regions rally in the center of Kiev, Ukraine, Friday, April 3, 2009. Thousands of Ukrainians are protesting government polices amid a worsening financial crisis and demanding early parliamentary elections. More than 15,0... [Full Article]
(AP) - Elderly supporter of the opposition Party of Regions, listen to leaders during a rally at Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, Friday, April 3, 2009. Thousands of Ukrainians are protesting government polices amid a worsening financial crisis... [Full Article]