News Archive - 26 May 2014

Ikechi Anya: No regrets over Scotland choice Watford winger Ikechi Anya insists he has no regrets about choosing to play for Scotland even though he… via Emag.co.uk

Nigeria begin a set of pre-FIFA World Cup friendlies when they battle an in-form Scotland at Craven Cottage in London on Wednesday.

A World Cup warm-up match between Iran and Montenegro has ended in a nil-all draw, the second straight goalless match for the Iranian team.

At 15, I tried to teach my mother a lesson by returning to our home country. What happened was a nightmare instead

(CNN) — For incoming Prime Minister Narendra Modi, securing India’s energy needs over the next decade ranks among his greatest challenges and one that will likely see him both compete and cooperate with China, the United States and Russia. These three are the world’s biggest energy consumers, with India in...

Far-right scion Marine Le Pen triumphed in elections for European Parliament, and with François Hollande weakened, some are already dreading a 2017 showdown for the French presidency.

Bob Dole on May 16 said, "I consider myself an Eisenhower-Reagan conservative Republican." He is historically hilarious.

Russia started their World Cup countdown with a 1-0 win over Slovakia while Australia were held to a 1-1 draw by South Africa as the finalists began their preparations in earnest on Monday with the start of the tournament just 17 days away. Belgium, tipped by many to make a...

>Mehafarid Amir-Khosravi, described as a self-made tycoon, was hanged in Tehran's Evin Prison on Saturday after the supreme court upheld the four death sentences, the reports said. There was no word on the fate of the other three.Exposed in 2011, the 30 trillion-rial ($2.7 billion) scandal involved embezzlement,...

>The move came after months of negotiations between Turkey and Israel to end a diplomatic crisis over the Israeli commando raid in 2010 on the Mavi Marmara, a Turkish ship challenging Israel's naval blockade of the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian enclave run by the Hamas Islamist group.Eight Turks and...

>Tehran and six world powers made little progress in the latest round of talks earlier this month in Vienna on ending their stand-off, raising doubts about the chances of a breakthrough by July 20.Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, speaking in Tehran before a visit to Turkey for talks with...

>VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog appears no closer to finding out what happened at a military site at the center of its investigation into suspected atom bomb research by Iran, despite signs Tehran is becoming more cooperative. A confidential report by the International Atomic Energy Agency said...