POLITICS & POLICY

Airlift rescue operations continue on the burning Norman Atlantic off the island of Corfu.

Russia's borders and interests are ready to be defended by Chechnya as its leader pledges military support for Vladimir Putin.

Air Asia Flight QZ 8501 made headlines yesterday when the aircraft went missing en route to Singapore and now rescuers believe that the plane is now on the ocean floor.

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott is expected to keep his promise on bringing down the cost of childcare but new figures suggest a rising trend by 2018.

North Korea is fuming over the fact that despite the outrage, the controversial movie has been released.

Russia will not have second thoughts in using military force against NATO and its allies.

Russia has offered its sympathy to North Korea over the Sony Pictures Entertainment hack, criticising U.S. for its "counterproductive" threats.

The Algerian army killed three of the militants responsible for the beheading on Tuesday, Dec. 23.

Russia's economic crisis may push President Vladimir Putin to take an unexpected action as Western sanctions remain.

At the start of 2015, there would be a new kid on the economic bloc as the newly former Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) officially starts to function. The EEU is Russian President Vladimir Putin's response to the western sanctions which has caused the rouble to depreciate by 50 percent since January.

Part of the hazards of trade of heads of state and other politicians is being booed by a disbelieving crowd like what happened recently to Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott when he attended the memorial service for a former Labor prime minister

Ukraine's central bank has lost some 11kg of gold bullion worth by almost £270,000.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott's unpopularity with Australian voters was recently proven by polls which forecast that he would not win in the 2016 election, while Opposition leader Bill Shorten has overtaken him as preferred PM.

These are acts to enhance transparency in the functioning of democracy.

Russia boosted its gold reserves for the eighth month now in a row, while Ukraine slashed its bullion holdings for a second straight month.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's allies appear to be distancing themselves as they strengthen ties with Ukraine and support its territorial integrity.

Striking the ISIL facilities was utterly important because it "disrupts their ability to plan and mount offensive attacks," Canada's Department of National Defence said.

Putin's vision of a resurgent Russia is hitting too many road blocks.

The Middle East needs liberation from the irrational radicalism promoted by ISIS.

Spent radioactive fuel in reactor number 4 of the Fukushima nuclear power plant had been cleared.

The United States government is consulting with Australia, New Zealand, UK, China and other countries in the fight against international cyberattacks.

The move is wise as multi war head missiles can breach radar detection to hit the targets.

Russia plans to commission eight Borei-class submarines that will be at the disposal of President Vladimir Putin by 2020. The Kremlin characterises the subs as “the backbone of Russia’s naval strategic forces for the coming decades.”

Brand campaigns should not be entirely tourism-centric.

As ISIS sets out to "conquer the world," it will eradicate all other religions that what will be left will only be the Jews and Christians, described as the original "people of the book."

There's a looming storm for Canada this week.

Repeated sanctions are looking iike a testimony that previous sanctions were not effective.

Russia may be planning to ignite a war in Israel with the help of Hezbollah. A French official who refused to be named revealed the alleged plot.

After last week's fall of the Russian rouble, international economic experts are now predicting that Russia would undergo a recession in the coming year 2015 as more economic sanctions are imposed by the west.