breakingnews
06.11.2008, 08:55
Barack Obama’s election victory will herald a new era for international relations across the world. Alexey Sazonov examines what changes are in store.
10.11.2008, 12:44
The U.S. military has been using pre-approved permission to carry out at least twelve concealed attacks on al-Qaeda forces in non militant countries like Syria and Pakistan since 2004, according to a report in the New York Times. American officials told t
26.11.2008, 16:07
Piracy is the new terrorism, word has it. Or is it, as it has been suggested by the Pentagon, simply a new branch of the old terrorism which is the leading issue for US security concerns?
28.11.2008, 10:38
The financial crisis has hit Dmitry Medvedev’s plans as outlined in the Presidential address to the Federal Assembly. The downturn has turned out to be much deeper than first thought and the consequences are already being felt in the real economy.
29.11.2008, 07:47
Shops and businesses are closing down across the U.S. as the global recession deepens. Unemployment is rising and ordinary Americans are making financial sacrifices to stay afloat. This often means cutting down on life’s luxuries, like eating out and goin
16.10.2010, 01:30
15 comments
The tide of fear against Socialism is on the rise in America. At a time when the economy is so rough, why this debate over capitalism vs. socialism?
21.10.2010, 22:14
3 comments
The European Parliament has voted for a budget increase that would cost UK taxpayers an additional 900 million pounds next year.
03.03.2010, 00:49
75 comments
Violence breaks out as students at the flagship school of the University of California protest stiff tuition hikes.
23.10.2010, 00:52
7 comments
Finance ministers from the G-20 nations will meet in South Korea to address the global financial crisis. US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is expected to push his plan aimed at rebalancing the world economy.
23.10.2010, 02:59
5 comments
The US has long regarded itself as an exceptional nation, a beacon of democracy and progress throughout the world. Yet the statistics don’t exactly match the rhetoric.
Published: 28 November, 2008, 15:40
Al-Qaeda is indirectly responsible for the financial crisis, one of the terrorist group’s leaders has said in a video posted on the internet. According to Reuters, Ayman al-Zawahiri said American taxpayers were paying the price for the U.S. military campa
