Ukraine army calls on prez to take urgent steps to ease crisis

Last Updated: Friday, January 31, 2014, 18:58

Ukraine`s armed forces urged embattled President Viktor Yanukovych to take "urgent steps" to ease the crisis in the ex-Soviet country, entering the fray on the political crisis for the first time.

Soviet Union poured USD1bn in mind-control weaponry program

Last Updated: Saturday, December 28, 2013, 22:43

A new report has revealed that from 1917 to 2003, the Soviets spent about 1 billion dollars researching mind-controlling weaponry to compete with similar programs being undertaken in the US.

Putin says new post-Soviet union ready for 2015 launch

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 24, 2013, 20:23

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday the final pieces were in place for the 2015 launch of an economic union with Belarus and Kazakhstan that Moscow hopes can also be joined by Ukraine.

China deploys `Jade Rabbit` lunar rover on moon

Last Updated: Saturday, December 14, 2013, 23:42

China has deployed its lunar rover vehicle on the moon, state media said early Sunday, hours after carrying out the first soft landing on Earth`s satellite since 1976 in a major step for Beijing`s ambitious space programme.

Russia offered New Zealand fighter jets for butter: Book

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 15, 2013, 17:13

Fighter jets and nuclear submarines for milk! The extraordinary offer was made by Russia to New Zealand in 1993, a new book has claimed.

China debates Soviet fiasco lessons as economy dips

Last Updated: Monday, August 5, 2013, 20:20

"China's own history proves that the country cannot afford to fall into chaos. Unrest will only be accompanied by war and blood," it said.

Canada PM hails Thatcher as `giant among leaders`

Last Updated: Monday, April 8, 2013, 20:29

Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher was a "giant among leaders" who defined "contemporary conservatism itself," Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Monday.

Gorbachev denies USSR collapse as his fault

Last Updated: Sunday, March 31, 2013, 11:12

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has condemned attempts to blame him for the Soviet Union`s breakup.

Extremism in Pakistan started during Soviet-Afghan war: Rehman Malik

Last Updated: Sunday, December 16, 2012, 19:22

Extremism in Pakistan has its roots in jihad during war between Soviet Union and Afghanistan, Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik said his country had brought down frequency of suicide bombings.

`US planned to blow up Moon with nuclear bomb`

Last Updated: Monday, November 26, 2012, 17:47

The US had planned to blow up the moon with a nuclear bomb in the 1950s.

Raul Castro bets on Cuban travel amid reforms

Last Updated: Sunday, October 21, 2012, 22:45

Raul Castro has decentralised industries, expanded private entrepreneurship and farming, legalised home and car sales and is about to enter an experimental phase with medium-size cooperative businesses.