In the fourth part of his pre-election manifesto published in Kommersant daily on Monday, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin touts the internet as an electronic means for making democracy more responsive to the people. The premier is running for president in next month’s election. Expressing the importance of “indispensable” democratic principles, Putin stresses at... 

Syria could get another chance at a diplomatic escape route from its continuing political crisis as the Russian delegation has arrived on Tuesday to hold talks with President Assad. A last-ditch delegation to Damascus bearing a personal message for Bashar al-Assad from President Medvedev has been welcomed by thousands of people lining the streets of the Syrian capital. Russian... 

It took researches 30 years of drilling through a four-kilometer-thick ice to reach the renowned subglacial lake. Most importantly, million years-old secrets will be unveiled without causing harm to the lake’s ecosystem. ­“Yesterday [on Sunday] our scientists at the Vostok polar station in the Antarctic completed drilling at depths of 3,768 meters and reached surface... 

Gendarme forces move toward protesters in Piata Universitatii square, Bucharest January 19, 2012. Romania’s Prime Minster Emil Boc has resigned following weeks of public protest against IMF-backed austerity measures amid the debt crisis sweeping the European Union. Announcing his resignation on Television on Monday, Boc said that he wanted to “defuse political... 

Brazilian police officers block an area during a demo. Nineteen people have died on the third day of clashes between Brazilian government forces and striking police officers in the northeastern city of Salvador, Press TV reports. Large shops and supermarkets were looted during the clashes and riots on Friday. Meanwhile, the authorities have dispatched around 2,000 army... 

Team El-Ahly football players get away from the field during a football match riot at a stadium in Port Said of Egypt on Feb. 1, 2012. The death toll from a football riot in Egypt's Port Said rose to 79, state TV reported on Wednesday night. A riot in the Egyptian city of Port Said has left 79 dead and hundreds wounded after football fans stormed the pitch before... 

A large number of US-based organizations plan to hold a national day of action to demand "No war, no sanctions, no intervention, no assassinations against Iran." A large number of US-based anti-war organizations have planned a nation-wide demonstration to demand Washington stop its warmongerings against Iran. According to the StopWarOnIran website, “No war,... 

As a warrior for Internet freedom, you helped defeat the Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA by supporting Web black outs by sites like Wikipedia and by contacting your lawmaker to voice your displeasure. So loud was your voice that even the president of the United States sided with you in opposing it. But don’t take a deep sigh of relief because, after all, we’re... 

Police in Oakland, California, have used tear-gas and flash-grenades as a 2,000-strong Occupy Oakland march turned violent, with some protesters claiming that rubber bullets were also fired into the crowd. At least 400 people were arrested. Initially, authorities had said 200-300 people were detained. But later the figure was revised to over 400 arrests, reports Reuters... 

Senegalese demonstrators protest against the decision to allow President Abdoulaye Wade to run for a third term in Dakar on January 27, 2012. Senegalese police have clashed with demonstrators protesting against a constitutional court ruling that allows President Abdoulaye Wade to run for a third term in the upcoming presidential election. On Friday, police in Dakar used... 

A massive demonstration has shaken the Damascus suburb of Saqba, that has fallen under the control of the Free Syrian Army. RT’s Sara Firth traveled to the rebel-controlled area to explore how the fighters managed to overcome superior forces. ­Clashes between Assad’s armed forces and the Free Syrian Army continue in many parts of the country including the capital.... 

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov says Moscow will not support a Western-Arab drafted UN Security Council resolution on Syria. Moscow says the new draft, due to be discussed on Friday, does not take into account the Russian position on Syria. The draft proposed by the US,... 

Ron Paul has long opposed the TSA and has campaigned for its abolishment for years. Following an episode on Monday that left his son, Sen. Rand Paul, stranded in a Nashville airport, the presidential hopeful is asking for help to finally end the TSA. Early Monday, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul triggered a false alarm while passing through a Transportation Security Administration... 

Billionaire investor George Soros has a new prediction for America. While it might be as dire as it gets for the financial wiz, this bet concerns more than just the value of the buck. According to Soros, there’s about to be an all-out class war. Soros, 81, previously bet against the British pound in the early 90s and made $1 billion off its collapse. In the years... 

Protesters waving Romanian flags shout anti-president slogans atop a monument in the central University Square in Bucharest on January 22, 2012. Romanian protesters have taken to the streets of the capital Bucharest for a tenth consecutive day to demand the resignation of the government over its austerity measures. Scores of protesters again gathered in the capital’s...