Enormous statue of powerful pharaoh unearthed
2011-04-27 09:30:29
Archaeologists unearthed one of the largest statues found to date of a powerful ancient Egyptian pharaoh at his mortuary temple in the southern city of Luxor.
Hungary to ban smoking in indoor public places
2011-04-27 08:56:35
Hungarian parliament approved a proposal on Tuesday in support of a smoking ban in all indoor public places including workplaces, restaurants and pubs.
Mubarak still in Sharm el-Sheikh hospital
2011-04-27 08:32:02
Egyptian former president Hosni Mubarak can't be transferred out of Sharm el-Sheikh international hospital for health and security reasons, the Interior Ministry said Tuesday.
Russia successfully test-launches Sineva ICBM
2011-04-27 08:31:20
Russia's Northern Fleet on Tuesday successfully test-launched a Sineva intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) from the strategic nuclear submarine Yekaterinburg in the Barents Sea.
Mubarak's sons to be detained for 15 days more
2011-04-27 08:16:23
Egypt's top prosecutor Abel Maguid Mahmoud ordered Tuesday to renew the detention of former President Hosni Mubarak's sons Alaa and Gamal for another 15 days, according to General Prosecution's statement on its facebook.
US, British defense chiefs discuss Libya, Afghanistan
2011-04-27 08:14:51
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Tuesday met with his British counterpart Liam Fox, and the two focused their discussions on the situation in Libya, Syria and Afghanistan.
Effects of Chernobyl tragedy should be compensated
2011-04-27 08:13:52
Liechtenstein on Tuesday said that the effects of Chernobyl disaster must at last to some extent be compensated as the tragedy of such enormous proportions can never be erased from memories.
African countries 'seek more investment'
2011-04-27 07:59:05
Countries in Africa are more eager than ever, following the political turmoil in the wake of the Tunisian unrest, for economic development and foreign investment to raise living standards.
Libya urges Russia to call a UN meeting
2011-04-27 07:32:58
Libya urged Russia on Tuesday to call an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council to discuss what it called the "colonial and crusader aggression" against the North African country.
Berlusconi, Sarkozy meet on Libyan crisis, immigration
2011-04-27 07:14:36
Berlusconi met on Tuesday with Sarkozy to discuss military cooperation in Libya and to launch a joint handling of the immigration emergency that lately triggered a diplomatic row between the two countries
F-4 jet crashes in central Turkey
2011-04-26 22:37:45
The Turkish Air Forces Command said an F-4 jet crashed in central Turkey on Tuesday, Turkish media reported.
250 kg WWII aerial bomb defused in Austria
2011-04-26 22:36:28
Explosives experts defused a World War Two bomb discovered at a construction site in Austria's second-largest city on Tuesday.