French President Francois Hollande was set to sign a gay marriage and adoption bill into law after it was cleared by the Constitutional Council which turned down a challenge by the right-wing opposition. France will become the 14th country to legalize same-sex marriage, joining a club of eight other European nations — the Netherlands, Belgium, [...]
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Moscow reaffirmed ongoing supplies of weapons to Syria even as U.S. reported new Russian missile deliveries. Russia had delivered a new shipment of “killer” missiles to Syria. The 290-km Yakhont missile is the Russian prototype of the Indo-Russian Brahmos supersonic anti-ship missiles. U.S. President Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan insisted that Syrian government [...]
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The General Assembly (UNGA) passed a non-binding resolution condemning the government of Syria and calling for political transition. Moscow repeatedly cautioned that the resolution drafted by Qatar, which Mr. Assad charged with arming the rebels against his administration, undermines U.S.-Russia efforts to organize a peace conference that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said may [...]
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The Arctic, which is melting and thereby creating new shipping routes and access to minerals, poses a foreign policy challenge for the United States and other nations — particularly in the warmer months when once-impassable seas become open. The Arctic Council includes the eight countries with territory bordering the Arctic: Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, [...]
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On the eve of a major international donors’ conference, the European Union announced it was pledging €520 million ($674.8 million) over the next two years to help rebuild the West African country of Mali as a functioning state. Until a military intervention by France, followed by the engagement of other African countries, many international officials [...]
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South Korea and a U.S. strike force led by the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz kicked off a joint naval drill slammed by North Korea as a “wanton” provocation and rehearsal for war. The two-day exercise began with the departure of the 97,000-tonne Nimitz, one of the world’s largest warships, from the southern South Korean [...]
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The recent incidents should be seen as a one-off case, even as the country and the industry continue to strengthen capabilities to thwart cyber-attacks and cyber-crimes that are rising globally. Unlike in more developed economies, mandatory disclosures of breaches are not enforced in India, denying others in the industry the ability to be on guard [...]
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Euro-area data this week may reveal economic scars of the sovereign debt crisis confirming that the region is now suffering the longest recession since the single currency’s creation. While a European Central Bank pledge to backstop the euro has eased financial-market tensions, economic confidence at a four month low and record unemployment highlight the risk [...]
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With the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz Sharif) establishing an insurmountable lead over other parties in the Pakistan National Assembly, the interest was primarily on who would emerge runner-up — Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) or cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
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Russia and the United States have agreed to work together to bring the warring sides in Syria to the negotiating table, raising hopes for an end to carnage in the war-torn country and a thaw in frosty relations between Moscow and Washington. Emerging from hours-long talks with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry that stretched, [...]
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President Bashar al-Assad’s regime has given a Palestinian militant group the go-ahead to set up missiles to attack Israel in the wake of recent Israeli airstrikes on the Syrian capital, a spokesman for the group said. Syria has hinted at possible retribution against Israel since the Jewish state carried out the air strikes over the [...]
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China has been willing to compromise with and even offer concessions to its neighbours in recent territorial disputes, the Pentagon’s annual report to US Congress on Chinese military capabilities has said, even as it virtually accused China of waging a cyber war against America. Except for that brief observation about Chinese engagement and restraint, the [...]
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Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny dismissed Roman Catholic leaders’ concerns over a new abortion bill, saying it was his government’s duty to legislate for limited abortion according to the people’s wishes. “Everybody is entitled to their opinion here but as explained to the Cardinal and members of the church, my book is the constitution and the [...]
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As Nepal finally goes ahead with long-overdue plans to examine the feasibility of launching its first satellite before 2015, the country may turn to China, which has in recent years helped a number of developing countries, including some of India’s neighbours, with financial and technological assistance for their satellite programmes. Officials in Kathmandu told China’s [...]
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Saudi Arabia has given girls at private schools the right to play sport, the education ministry said on Sunday, in a step aimed at easing restrictions on women in the ultra-conservative kingdom. The measure appears to have left out the majority of students at state schools. The ministry has, however, requested the schools ensure girls [...]
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