Iran Parliament Approves First Ever Woman Minister
Iranian MPs have approved the first woman minister in the 30-year history of the Islamic republic.
Iranian MPs have approved the first woman minister in the 30-year history of the Islamic republic.
Greece's PM Costas Karamanlis has called a snap general election, although no date has yet been set.
Rescuers in Indonesia are searching the rubble of collapsed buildings for survivors after a powerful earthquake, with the toll expected to rise.
Serbian prosecutors have begun proceedings to confiscate assets derived from criminal activities of up to 384 people, including Balkan drug lord Sreten Josic aka Joca Amsterdam.
More than two months after his death, the pop singer will be interred in a private ceremony Thursday evening at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California, the Jackson family said, as cited by CNN.
Macedonian police have detained a 29-year-old businessman from Montenegro who is suspect of laundering USD 30 B through his company in the country.
At least 15 people have been killed after a powerful earthquake struck near the Indonesian island of Java, BBC reported.
A powerful earthquake has struck Java in Indonesia, damaging several buildings on the west of the island.
Afghanistan's deputy chief of intelligence, Abdullah Laghmani, has been killed in a suicide attack on a mosque east of Kabul, officials say.
The Abkhazia leader, Sergei Bagapsh, has threatened to destroy any Georgian ships entering Abzhazia's Black Sea territorial waters because of Georgian "acts of piracy.
Opium poppy cultivation and production in Afghanistan has decreased sharply, according to a United Nations report.
An explosion outside the Athens stock exchange has caused minor damage to the building, Greek police said.
Polish President Lech Kaczynski has voiced his anger at the Soviet role in World War II at commemorations marking the beginning of the global conflict.
Russian Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, declared Tuesday in Poland's city of Gdansk that the Ribentrop-Molotov Pact of 1939 was not responsible for the outbreak of World War II.
Iran has prepared a new nuclear proposal and is ready to resume talks on its nuclear program, according to media reports.
EBay is set to announce a deal Tuesday to sell its Skype Internet phone unit, according to a report in the New York Times.
A day of commemorations has begun in Poland to mark the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II.
Nearly 60% of black and African people living in Russia's capital Moscow have been physically assaulted in racially motivated attacks, says a new study.
Entertainment giant Walt Disney is to buy Marvel Entertainment in a shares and cash deal valued at USD 4 B.
A top US general in Afghanistan has called for a revised military strategy, suggesting the current one is failing.
Greece's position on the Macedonia name dispute has hardened, which makes it likely that it will veto the EU entry of the Republic of Macedonia.
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