A few days ago, Germany’s Ministry of Justice exposed the draft amendments to the legislation to legalize gay marriage in the country. In fact, sexual minorities enjoy complete freedom in the country. In 2001, their freedom became official: their relationship was called a “civil partnership”. Something like a civil marriage or live-in relationship. Nowadays, according to the proposed... 

A file picture taken on April 13, 2006 shows Azerbaijani army officer Ramil Safarov listening to the verdict, a conviction of life imprisonment for hacking to death an Armenian lieutenant while attending a NATO-sponsored training course in Budapest. Armenia has announced that it is cutting all its diplomatic relations with Hungary after Budapest released an Azeri soldier convicted of killing an Armenian... 

For the first time ever, scientists have given a previously blind woman sight by way of a bionic eye. The Australian-designed implant, which resembles the model worn by Arnie in The Terminator, is likely to transform the lives of millions worldwide. Dianne Ashworth, who is suffering from the incurable condition retinitis pigmentosa, had lost almost all vision when surgeons at the Royal Victorian Eye... 

US President Barack Obama walks with Gen. Lloyd Austin, vice chief of staff of the US Army (right) at Biggs Airfield at Fort Bliss, Texas, Friday, Aug. 31, 2012. President Barack Obama says after spending the past decade fighting wars, the United States is now stronger and more respected around the world. “We’re winding down a decade of war, we’re destroying terrorist networks that attacked... 

Devastation: The shattered remains of the truck, and another behind it, show the force of the impact when they hit the ground China’s economy is continuing to grow at breakneck speed but – as these pictures show – the giant nation’s infrastructure is quite literally buckling under the strain. At least three people were killed and five injured when this motorway bridge in Heilongjiang... 

When a huge airship emerged over the beaches of New Jersey, it could be mistaken for filming of a historical movie about the events of 1930s. However, this was in fact the first flight of the new giant military airship LEMV. The era of giant airships is making a slow comeback. That day airship Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle (LEMV) created by Hybrid Air Vehicles and Northrop Grumman completed... 

In June of 2012, Eric Bloom, former chief executive, and Charles Mosely, head trader of Sentinel Management Group (SMG) were indicted for stealing $500 million in customer secured funds. Both Mosely and Bloom were accused of “exposing” customer segregated funds “to a portfolio of highly risky derivatives.” These customer funds were used to “back up personal investments” which were part... 

President Vladimir Putin congratulated the Russian Hajj Mission on its 10th anniversary, and said that Islam has become integral to Russia’s religious, cultural and social fabric. “Traditions of Islam are based on eternal values of kindness, mercifulness and justice. Millions of people in our country practice this ancient religion,” Putin wrote in a telegram published on the Kremlin’s website. The... 

Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (R) and Egypt’s President Mohamed Morsi shake hands during their meeting in the Iranian capital city, Tehran, on August 30, 2012. Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his Egyptian counterpart, Mohamed Morsi, have described the two key Middle Eastern countries as “strategic allies.” At a Thursday meeting with Morsi in the Iranian capital, Tehran,... 

Brandon Raub makes first public comments following ordeal. In his first public comments since being kidnapped by authorities over political posts on Facebook, former Marine Brandon Raub tells John Whitehead of the Rutherford Institute that he is scared for his country. Raub’s case went viral on the Internet earlier this month when on August 16, the former Iraq and Afghanistan veteran was kidnapped... 

The police detain a university student during a protest in Montreal on June 9, 2012. Administrators at the University of Montreal (UdeM), the most prestigious French-speaking University in North America, have been forced to cancel dozens of classes for the rest of the week for fear of fresh protests. The university issued a notice in Tuesday evening, saying that it had suspended classes in the departments... 

China is considering buying more EU government bonds amid a worsening European debt crisis in order to support its biggest trading partner, according to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao. “China is willing, on condition of fully evaluating the risks, to continue to invest in the eurozone sovereign debt market, and strengthen communication and discussion with the European Union, the European Central... 

On Monday, August 27, 2012, in a meeting in Brussels, NATO military leaders in consultation with “telephonic liaison” with officers of military forces in several former Soviet Republics, major African states, Israel, Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf states came to a combined decision to act against Syria. Two issues were on the agenda: 1. How climate change in Greenland will effect geopolitics,... 

South African workers arrested after a shooting at a platinum mine have been charged with killing 34 of their colleagues, despite confirmation that police committed the murders. The officers, who did not deny using guns, face no charges. ­The Lonmin platinum mine in Marikana, in the country’s North West province, made headlines on August 16, when protesters, who demanded their wages be raised... 

Arctic sea ice reaches the lowest level ever recorded, NASA says. The sea ice in the Arctic Ocean has melted to the lowest level ever recorded since it was first measured in 1979, the NASA space agency says. According to NASA, the sea ice fell to 4.9 million square kilometers as it was observed on Sunday, which is about 80,000 square kilometers less than the earlier record charted on September 18,...