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17 November 2014 • 14:07 AMT
Russia, Poland confirm expelling diplomats over spying

The people they had cultivated or recruited were mostly let off with a warning, and perhaps shunted to other jobs,” Lucas said.

17 November 2014 • 13:47 AMT
Belgium accuses HSBC private banking arm of tax fraud

These companies, which are based in Panama and the Virgin Islands, exist for the sole purpose of tax evasion, they said.

17 November 2014 • 13:44 AMT
UK PM offers bleak assessment of global economic prospects

David Cameron also suggested that austerity measures might not be loosened despite Britain’s growing economy.

17 November 2014 • 13:35 AMT
Reduction of corruption risks discussed in Armenia

The training focused on the principles of integrity in civil service, accountability, ethics, conflict of interest, public relations, etc.

17 November 2014 • 13:28 AMT
Google to spend $250mln to boost online advertising

The shareholder lawsuit, filed in 2011, alleged that Google breached its fiduciary duty to shareholders by accepting the ads.

17 November 2014 • 13:12 AMT
France says its citizen likely on IS hostage beheading video

The French and British governments have said that any citizen participating in executions would face consequences for their acts.

17 November 2014 • 13:03 AMT
S. Korean collector pays 1.9mln euros for Napoleon’s hat

The South Korean buyer eventually paid 1.5mln euros, with added fees bringing the final price almost 1.9mln euros.

17 November 2014 • 12:44 AMT
C$150,000 raised in Canada for Genocide centenary commemorations

About C$150,000 was raised in Montreal for the organization of events commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Genocide.

17 November 2014 • 12:05 AMT
Apple strikes deal with China’s UnionPay to make app buying easier

The iPhone maker has been facing questions of how it will expand into payment systems in China, a major market.

17 November 2014 • 11:56 AMT
Car bombs targeting commercial areas kill 14 in Baghdad

The second car bombing took place in Baghdad’s western Amiriya district, also hitting a commercial street and killing at least 6.

17 November 2014 • 11:34 AMT
EU Foreign Ministers discuss new sanctions against Russia

Vladimir Putin said he believed there was a way out of the crisis, but Russia feared “a drift towards neo-Nazism” in Ukraine.

17 November 2014 • 11:08 AMT
Parliament passes bill to change government structure

Besides, Abrahamyan announced plans to optimize the structure of the government, as 19 ministries “is too much for Armenia.”

17 November 2014 • 09:46 AMT
Interpol seeks public help in catching environmental criminals

The public appeal follows an inquiry by 23 officers into the whereabouts of 139 suspects wanted by 36 countries.

17 November 2014 • 09:23 AMT
Heavy shelling reported in Ukraine’s Donetsk

“According to residents, powerful volleys and explosions of heavy weapons can be heard in many districts,” a statement said.

17 November 2014 • 08:53 AMT
Pink Floyd’s “The Endless River” album debuts at No 1 in UK chart

In a statement, Pink Floyd said they were “thrilled and surprised” by the commercial interest in The Endless River.

17 November 2014 • 07:25 AMT
China, Australia seal major free trade agreement

Josh Frydenberg said the agreement meant that “up to 95% of our exports over time will enter the Chinese market tariff-free”.

17 November 2014 • 07:12 AMT
U.S. State Department shuts down unclassified email system

That incident was made public in late October, but there was no indication then that the State Department had been affected.

17 November 2014 • 06:27 AMT
Russia to start deploying its own orbital space station in 2017: report

“As much as 90 percent of Russia’s territory and the Arctic offshore area will be visible from the station,” the source said.

17 November 2014 • 06:20 AMT
Portugal’s interior minister resigns amid corruption scandal

Miguel Macedo said he was not implicated in the scandal but was resigning to preserve the credibility of state institutions.

17 November 2014 • 06:04 AMT
Landslides kill 4 in Switzerland, Italy

High volumes of water gushed down the Ticino river, seen here in the town of Giornico in southern Switzerland, last week.

17 November 2014 • 05:49 AMT
U.S. speeds up training and advising of Iraqi forces

According to plans, the U.S. expects to train nine Iraqi security forces brigades and three Kurdish Peshmerga brigades.

17 November 2014 • 05:37 AMT
Islamic State militants behead U.S. aid worker

U.S. officials authenticated a 16-minute video, released on various social networks by the militant group earlier in the day.

17 November 2014 • 05:22 AMT
Highly infectious strain of bird flu detected in Netherlands

The authorities were to perform testing at 16 other farms in the area and new restrictions were being set up for visitors.

17 November 2014 • 04:47 AMT
Romanian provincial mayor beats PM in presidential polls

Ponta had led opinion polls throughout the campaign and comfortably beat Iohannis in the first round election on Nov 2.

17 November 2014 • 04:32 AMT
Japan economy unexpectedly falls into recession

Gross domestic product (GDP) fell at annualized 1.6% from July to September, compared to forecasts of a 2.1% rise.

15 November 2014 • 16:59 AMT
UAE formally designates Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist group

So far efforts by members of the GCC, an alliance that also includes Oman and Kuwait, to resolve the dispute have failed.

15 November 2014 • 16:47 AMT
Sanctions against Russia could backfire, Putin warns

“We want to have normal relations with our partners, including in the United States and Europe,” the Russian President said.

15 November 2014 • 16:33 AMT
Erdoğan says America was discovered by Muslims, not Columbus

“In his diaries, Christopher Columbus referred to the presence of a mosque on top of a mountain in Cuba,” Erdoğan said.

15 November 2014 • 14:24 AMT
Iran inaugurates new gold-processing plant to boost production

This is part of Iran’s “economy of resistance” to counter sanctions imposed over Tehran’s contested nuclear program.

15 November 2014 • 14:16 AMT
Oil prices likely to continue falling well into 2015: IEA

It is likely that oil and gas explorers will become increasingly worried that falling prices will make exploration uneconomical.