An ambitious three-year mission to bring back a soil sample from Mars' moon Phobos has been launched by Russian scientists. Spacecraft was to visit Martian moon of Phobos and bring back soil sample but looks like joining list of failed red planet missions. Russia’s probe to the Mars moon Phobos has gone missing soon after takeoff, failing to fire the rockets that would have boosted it out... 

Mexicans soldiers guard Juan Francisco Sillas Rocha, a top operative of the Arellano Felix drug cartel, in Mexico City, on November 7, 2011. Mexican army troops have arrested a top operative of the once-powerful Arellano Felix drug cartel in the northwestern state of Baja California. Juan Francisco Sillas Rocha, alias “El Sillas”, and three associates were arrested over the weekend in the... 

The Russian administration is concerned about NATO’s plans to redeploy the vessels armed with guided missiles in northern seas. Dmitry Rogozin, Moscow’s NATO envoy, stated that Russia was very concerned about the USA’s intention to temporarily redeploy platforms with guided missiles in the northern seas. It goes about the North, the Baltic and possibly the Barents seas. Brussels... 

A Patriot missile is fired in a 2005 joint Israeli-US exercise. With Iran said to be on its way to obtaining a nuclear weapon, Israel and the United States plan to hold the largest-ever joint exercise aimed at testing their defense against ballistic missiles. The drill, dubbed “Austere Challenge,” is scheduled to take place in May 2012, and will simulate Israel’s ballistic missile... 

From left to right: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi and Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin lashed out on Monday at “arrogant world powers” as he hosted his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao for a regional security summit Moscow bills as a counterpart to Nato. Russia’s likely new head of state after... 

French Prime Minister Francois Fillon delivers a speech during a press conference at Matignon, in Paris, Monday, Nov. 7, 2011. The French Prime Minister announces the country’s second austerity package in less than three months with the aim of protecting France from the widening eurozone crisis and avoiding credit rating downgrade. “The time has come to adjust France’s efforts. With... 

One of Saaremaa marathon's organizers, Tonu Vaher (#13) Estonia’s human rights commissioner has launched a criminal case against the organizers of a three-day running marathon on Saaremaa Island, Estonia, accusing them of racial prejudice and discrimination. ­According to DELFI.ee, commissioner, Mari-Liis Sepper, has demanded an explanation of the reasons behind rejecting the applications of... 

The comments have only just emerged French President Nicolas Sarkozy called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a “liar” in remarks to US President Barack Obama overheard by journalists. “I can’t stand him any more, he’s a liar,” Mr Sarkozy said in French. “You may be sick of him, but me, I have to deal with him every day,” Mr Obama replied. The... 

Germany's Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle Germany’s Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle has warned against “dangerous” consequences of debating about a military strike against Iran, insisting that such efforts would strengthen Tehran’s standing rather than weakening it. “I warn against floating the idea of military options,” Westerwelle told Hamburger Abendblatt newspaper. “These... 

The brutal gang rape of a British woman by five Afghan refugees has sparked a massive protest against illegal immigrants in a Serbian spa town. The 38-year-old woman – who bravely managed to film the attack on her mobile phone – was repeatedly raped after befriending a group of Afghan men in a park in Banja Koviljaca. Despite handing the video footage to police, only one alleged attacker... 

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard The Australian senate has endorsed a controversial pollution tax as part of policy adjustments aimed at reducing the country’s carbon emissions. On Tuesday, the senate passed the Clean Energy Act, which requires Australia’s coal-fired power stations as well as other major emitters to “pay to pollute” from July 1 next year. The move was... 

The Iranian nuclear power plant in Bushehr, southern Iran - a site that may be targeted in a mooted military strike. Russia and China have expressed growing concern about a possible American military strike against Iran over its nuclear programme. And this week the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is to publish a damning report with ‘compelling evidence’ that Iran is secretly building... 

The Obama Administration’s strategy for re-election is to start wars, but if the US were to “attack Iran,” it would “end up in a World War III,” a political analyst has told Press TV. Edward Spannaus, editor of the weekly US-based news magazine Executive Intelligence Review (EIR), told our channel from Washington on Saturday that “his [US President Barack Obama’s] puppet masters,... 

Celebrating the muslim festival Eid al-Adha in Moscow The four-day Eid al-Adha religious festival is underway, with millions of Muslims traveling around the world to visit family and loved ones. The holiday is also widely celebrated across Russia. Known as Kurban Bairam in Russia, the festival marks the end of Hajj, the annual Mecca pilgrimage, and commemorates Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice... 

Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul A US Republican presidential candidate has reproached Washington’s policy toward Iran, saying more sanctions against Tehran over its nuclear program is a mistake. Ron Paul added, Iran is not a threat to the United States. The Texas congressman opposed the bill passed by the House Foreign Affairs Committee last week that would toughen sanctions against...