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Russia appears to be massing troops and large numbers of weapons and military vehicles to a makeshift base near the Ukraine border.  Hundreds of rocket launchers, tanks and artillery have been spotted in eastern Ukraine […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree which makes the deaths of Russian troops during peacetime a secret.  The amendment bans any information surrounding the deaths of Russian forces during “special operations” in peacetime. […]

A French bar owner has been found guilty of killing his customer after serving him 56 shots of spirits in one sitting. Landlord and bartender Giles Crepin from Clermont-Ferrand escaped jail with a four-month suspended […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused the U.S. of “meddling” outside of its jurisdiction by arresting officials from Fifa.  Putin said that the arrests were an attempt to prevent the re-election of Sepp Blatter as […]

Bill Gates has said that the world needs to prepare for a future “war” against a global disease capable of killing over 33 million people in under a year.  Speaking at a conference in Berlin, […]

The death toll from India’s heatwave has risen to 1,100 as people battle to contend with conditions so hot that roads are beginning to melt. Road surfaces in New Delhi have started melting as temperatures […]

Turkeys top administrative court has declared the construction of a $615-million, 1,150-room palace for the Turkish President, as illegal. Press TV report: Ankara’s Fifth Administrative Court overturned a previous ruling that permitted an exception to […]

Nato’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said that Russia’s provocative rhetoric and expansion of nuclear bomber flights are “deeply troubling and dangerous”.  Stoltenberg warned that the security of Europe was under threat if Russia’s plans to […]