World NewsPutin shows he has his supporters
Jordan News.Net
A conspicuous show of support has been made for Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
Around 140,000 people attended a rally on Saturday in which placards were raised announcing Putin as a man ...
Washington police close camp near President
Jordan News.Net
Police in Washington have closed down a large camping area containing members of the "Occupy" movement.
The encampment, one of the biggest protest areas in the United States, was only a few ...
Mitt Romney way ahead of Gingrich in Nevada primary
Jordan News.Net
Voting is underway in the western U.S. state of Nevada's Republican presidential caucuses, with members of the party choosing the candidate they want to see take on President Barack Obama in ...
U.S. Army orders Bradley Manning to face cout martial
Jordan News.Net
A private in the U.S. Army is to face a court martial after leaking classified documents to WikiLeaks.
Private First Class Bradley Manning, 24, has been in prison since his arrest one-and-a-half ...
Food crisis persists in Somalia despite good harvest
Jordan News.Net
NAIROBI, Kenya - A good harvest and food aid inflows have improved the situation in Somalia, the United Nations said Friday declaring that the country is out of "famine" situation, while underlining ...
Russian gas supply to EU via Ukraine drops
Jordan News.Net
BRUSSELS - Several countries in Europe are facing gas supply crunch with severe cold weather driving up demand and drop in Russian supplies via Kiev, raising fears of a repeat of the 2009 ...
UN's highest court overrules Italy on Nazi war claims
Jordan News.Net
AMSTERDAM - The International Court of Justice has ordered Italy to annul all compensation claims against Germany for Nazi war crimes, saying Rome had breached international laws when its courts ...
J’lem and Berlin sign contract for sixth submarine
Jerusalem Post
The Jerusalem Post has learned.The Defense Ministry initiated talks with Germany last year about buying a sixth submarine but Chancellor Angela Merkel's government initially balked when Israel ...
Blast hits Egypt gas pipeline to Israel for 11th time
Jerusalem Post
CAIRO - An explosion hit a gas pipeline running from Egypt to Israel on Sunday, witnesses and state television reported.The pipeline, which also supplies gas to Jordan, has come under attack at ...
'UNSC inaction on Syria reaffirms unreliability'
Jerusalem Post
Russia and China's veto at the UN Security Council blocking a resolution condemning Syrian President Bashar Assad reaffirms Israel's belief that the UN cannot be relied on to prevent war ...
New traffic enforcement cameras switched on
Jerusalem Post
Drivers beware. Dozens of traffic enforcement cameras situated at accident-prone roads and junctions are due to be switched on Sunday.Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch approved the final ...
Britons' blunders over Seven Wonders
Daily Mail
And some are simply impossible - such as the quarter of Britons who have claimed to have visited ancient Wonders of the World which have not existed for hundreds of ...
Occupy DC protesters arrested
Channel News Asia
WASHINGTON: Police moved in Saturday to clear the Washington offshoot of Occupy Wall Street, arresting at least seven protesters in a sometimes chaotic day-long raid on the tent colony near the ...
International Students Pay Top Dollar at U.S. Colleges
International Herald Tribune
SEATTLE - This is the University of Washington's new math: 18 percent of its freshmen come from abroad, most from China. Each pays tuition of $28,059, about three times as much as students from ...
Anti-Putin protest makes a splash
The Independent
Tens of thousands of Muscovites endured icy temperatures of around minus 20 degrees to attend a protest march against Vladimir Putin ...
Britain joins the European single weather zone
The Independent
Drivers were warned to take extra care and planes were grounded, including at London Heathrow where one-in-three flights scheduled for today are expected to be cancelled. A host of sporting fixtures ...
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