Egypt’s President Mohamed Morsi promoted military commanders on Thursday in show of support for the army amid rumours of tensions between the Islamist leader and the once ruling generals.
The promotions come after the Egyptian press and Britian’s Guardian newspaper reported that a fact finding committee Morsi had appointed found evidence of military abuses...
President Vladimir Putin on Friday unveiled a new $50 billion drive for Russia to preserve its status as a top space power, including the construction of a brand new cosmodrome from where humans will fly to space by the end of the decade.
Fifty-two years to the day since Yuri Gagarin became the Soviet Union’s greatest hero by making the first human flight into space,...
A startling photo of a plane passenger who wrapped himself in a plastic bag for his flight has hit the internet.
The man dressed entirely in black beneath folds of plastic, sightly bows his head beneath the tied ends seen piled on his head. The passengers behind him strain to catch a look.
The photo was posted to Reddit on Thursday amid suggestions that the man is a Kohein,...
Vahe Aghabegians, a founding member of the Board of the Civilitas Foundation arrived in Armenia on April 6, and immediately thereafter, on April 8, was called for questioning by Armenia’s National Security Service within the framework of the ongoing investigation relating to the Civilitas Foundation. Vahe Aghabegians has not been a member of the board since February...
The French Senate has voted to legalize same-sex marriage in France, putting a landmark bill on track to become law by summer.
The vote in the upper house of parliament — led by President Francois Hollande’s Socialists — comes despite boisterous protests. Opponents — mostly conservatives and fervent Roman Catholics — have sought to defend traditional marriage.
Both...
On 7 April, 2013 under the leadership of the Head of the Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church in Georgia, His Grace Bishop Vazgen Mirzakhanyan, and with the participation of Vicar-General of Javakhk Supreme Archimandrite Babken Salbiyan, priests serving in the region Ter Tadeos, Ter Tatev and Ter Tigran Surb Astvatsatsin Church in Merenia village of Javakhk...
Egypt’s state minister of antiquities says a Franco-Egyptian exploration team has discovered a Red Sea port dating back about 4,500 years to Great Pyramid builder King Cheops of the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom.
Mohammed Ibrahim said Thursday the port was discovered at Wadi el-Jarf, nearly 180 kilometers (110 miles) south the coastal city of Suez.
In a statement,...
A fisherman enjoying a fishing trip with his friends was savaged to death by a beaver.
The man was at Lake Shestakov in Belarus with two friends when they spotted the aquatic mammal by the side of the road.
As he inched towards the animal to take a picture, it pounced on him, sinking its sharp teeth into the man’s thigh and severing a major artery, reports Sky News.
His...
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