Two people have died and thousands of people have lost their homes in Venezuela, after heavy rainfall hit different regions of the country causing massive landslides, Press TV reports. Almost 2,000 people have been forced to leave their homes due to the landslides during the past days, which also killed two people in the Capital Caracas, a Press TV correspondent reported on Thursday. Authorities are... 

US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey says the European Union faces potential breakup and civil unrest. “The eurozone is at great risk,” the top US officer told reporters on Friday, expressing doubt about the practicality of the measures taken by European leaders. Dempsey said it was not clear if the measures... 

Secret CIA prison revealed in Romania One of CIA’s secret prisons was probably located in the capital of Romania, Bucharest. Reporters of two Western media companies visited the European country, to take a look at the place, where the CIA could keep its Afghan POWs. The subject of CIA’s secret prisons has surfaced again after an anonymous agent of US special services unveiled information... 

Ron Paul stopped in Ames, Iowa on the campaign trail on Thursday, and used some harsh words to explain President George W Bush’s reaction to the September 11 terrorist attacks. Specifically, the Texas congressman said that the former president was pretty happy about the events. After all, said Paul, the attacks served as pretext to finally put American troops overseas in what instantly became a... 

Iran has released video footage of the most advanced US reconnaissance drone which was downed by the Iranian Army in the eastern part of the Islamic Republic earlier this week. On Sunday December 4, the Iranian Army’s electronic warfare unit downed with minimum damage the US RQ-170 Sentinel stealth aircraft which was flying over the Iranian city of Kashmar, some 140 miles (225km) from the Afghan... 

More than three decades after launching, NASA’s workhorse spacecraft is inching closer to leaving the solar system behind. Currently 11 billion miles away from the sun, Voyager 1 has been exploring the fringes of the solar system since 2004. On Monday, the spacecraft entered a new region, known as the ‘stagnation zone’ – an area close to the very edge of our solar system, affording... 

Russia provided an original response to the Kosovo Serbs who asked Russia for citizenship in a desperate attempt to find at least some protection from the Albanian militants. Instead of Russian passports or military assistance Russia sent to northern Kosovo blankets and food. On December 7 a convoy of 25 cars of MOE Russia set off to the Balkans from the city of Noginsk located in Moscow region. Residents... 

Occupy protesters block the intersection at 15th and K Streets in Washington, DC December 7, 2011 Up to 70 arrests have been made in Washington DC after the police dispersed a mass demonstration only walking distance away from the White House. “Occupiers” blocked downtown streets to protest against high unemployment and corporate bailouts. ­Hundreds of protesters from Occupy DC and other groups... 

The Jewish community in the U.S. is one of the largest in the world with over 5.5 million people. The majority of them are business people and those who have “white collar” jobs, though it was not always the case. There is no wonder that there is a powerful U.S. Jewish lobby that supports Israel. However, the relations of Israelis and American Jews have certain issues. For historical reasons,... 

Mitt Romeny (L) Jon Huntsman (R) U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said on Tuesday that he will not attend the debate that Donald Trump is moderating. Mr Romney joins fellow candidates Ron Paul and Jon Huntsman in rejecting the invitation to the controversial December 27 debate. Mr Romney told Fox News’ Neil Cavuto that he will not participate in the Iowa debate, but did not... 

A grim Ministry of Defense bulletin issued to Prime Minister Putin and President Medvedev today states that President Hu has “agreed in principal” that the only way to stop the West’s aggression led by the United States is through “direct and immediate military action” and that the Chinese leader has ordered his Naval Forces to “prepare for warfare.” Hu’s call for war joins Chinese... 

Samsung has said that it will start to ship ‘bendy screened’ gadgets in the first half of 2012 – with the first ‘flexible’ gizmos on the market certain to be mobile phones. At technology shows, the Korean company has also demonstrated flexible screens just 0.3mm thick. But its latest video demo shows off truly out-there technology – a ‘tablet of the future’... 

Republicans press Pentagon for long-range interceptors. New intelligence indicates that North Korea is moving ahead with building its first road-mobile intercontinental ballistic missile, an easily hidden weapon capable of hitting the United States, according to Obama administration officials. The intelligence was revealed in a classified Capitol Hill briefing last month. Its existence was made public... 

Attack: Three of the young women can be seen setting upon Rhea Page, 22, in the centre of Leicester. Despite leaving her traumatised, they were handed suspended sentences A gang of Muslim women who attacked a passer-by in a city centre walked free from court after a judge heard they were ‘not used to being drunk’ because of their religion. The group – three sisters and a cousin – allegedly... 

Chinese President Hu Jintao on Tuesday urged the Navy to prepare for military combat, amid growing regional tensions over maritime disputes and a US campaign to assert itself as a Pacific power. The Navy should “accelerate its transformation and modernisation in a sturdy way, and make extended preparations for military combat in order to make greater contributions to safeguard national security,”...