Russia has drafted a program for colonization of the moon, and plans to send the first expeditions to build a permanent lunar base in 2030, the Russian Izvestia daily said Thursday, citing an official document. “The moon is a space object for the future exploration by terrestrial civilization, and a geopolitical competition for the Moon’s natural resources may begin in the 21st century,” said... 

Newly-released data show the industrial output in the UK and Italy, the second and the fourth largest European economies respectively, has fallen in March. The UK’s Office for National Statistics said on Friday that Britain’s industrial output declined by 0.1 percent for the month. The figure is considered a major drawback since the country saw a 0.8 percent growth in the previous month. This... 

Regional authorities in eastern Ukraine have admitted that they cannot stop pro-Russia activists from holding an independence referendum. On Friday, the mayor’s office in Donetsk published a statement, saying the upcoming referendum, due to be held on Sunday, cannot be prevented. The statement said there were not enough police forces against the voting polls that would be set up in public sites... 

Many Greek-Americans naively assume that the Greek Politicians running Greece are simply “mismanaging” Greece. They assume that what has happened to Greece is the result of “poor business decisions” rather than a calculated planned destruction of our national autonomy. They want to assume that every Greek means well regardless of these “mistakes”. This video will prove them wrong. This... 

President Vladimir Putin has overseen military drills on countering nuclear strike. The planned drills come ahead of the May 9 celebrations dedicated to victory in World War II. “We are carrying out tests of the readiness of the Russian armed forces. It was announced last November. The exercises will involve all branches of the armed forces across the country,” Putin told reporters at... 

Moldova has ordered the country’s borders to go on a state of alert due to worsening security and escalating violence in neighboring Ukraine. Moldova’s President Nicolae Timofti, Prime Minister Iurie Leanca and Parliament speaker Igor Coreman have announced in a joint statement that security forces had been ordered “to take all necessary actions to ensure public order inside the country.” The... 

The Bible teaches in Genesis 1:30 that in the beginning all animals, birds, and insects subsisted on a vegetarian diet. God created a perfect world in the beginning. There was no struggle for survival, no disharmony and fighting among God’s creatures. Suffering and death entered into the world only after man’s sin. If there were no meat-eating animals in the beginning, then how do you... 

A warship firing during a naval drill at Black Sea Some 1,600 Romanian sailors have started five days of war games in the Black Sea amid heightened tensions in neighboring Ukraine. Romania’s Defense Ministry said in a statement on Monday that the war games code-named “Vector 2014”, will run through Friday in the Black Sea. It said the drills are part of long-planned and regular naval exercises. The... 

A foreboding “urgent action bulletin” released by the Federal Security Services (FSB) states that President Putin this morning declared that a “State of Red War” now exists and has ordered an “immediate deployment” of the much feared and highly secretive Spetsgruppa A (Alpha Group) forces into Ukraine to counter the estimated 2,000 Takfiri terrorist fighters being deployed from Syria into... 

When Prime Minister David Cameron pulls a stunt, or indeed, announces a “ground breaking” new policy, it is pretty well guaranteed to back fire. Indeed, his coalition government policy U-turns are heading for encyclopedic. Felicity Arbuthnot Is he opportunistic, spineless – or a lethal combination of the two? In opposition, to prove his “green credentials” he headed for... 

Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence David S. Cohen The US Treasury Department says a top official is heading to Europe this week to discuss a possible new round of sanctions against Russia. Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, David S. Cohen will visit Germany, France and Britain to examine more severe sanctions against Russia in talks with European partners,... 

NATO’s three-week ‘Spring Storm’ drills, involving a record-breaking number of 6,000 troops, have begun in Estonia. For the first time, a cyber security team from France is participating in the military exercises. “This year’s Spring Storm brings together a record number of allied troops – infantry from the Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment, soldiers from Latvia, soldiers from... 

Russia has filed a lawsuit with the World Trade Organization (WTO) over the EU’s so-called ‘Third Energy Package,’ according to media reports. “This procedure is provided for in the rules of the Organization,” a source said, adding that “Russia sent a note to the EU Mission at the WTO and notified the WTO Secretariat thereof,” Itar-Tass news agency reported. A second news... 

Denmark’s strict immigration laws have saved the country 6.7 billion euros, a government report has claimed. Even though Denmark already has some of the toughest immigration laws in Europe, right-wing patriotic politicians are now trying to make them even more restrictive. Denmark’s strict immigration laws have saved the country billions in benefits, a government report has said. The Integration... 

Numerous US agents are helping the coup-appointed government in Ukraine to “fight organized crime” in the south east of the country, the German newspaper Bild revealed. According to the daily, the CIA and FBI are advising the government in Kiev on how to deal with the ‘fight against organized crime’ and stop the violence in the country’s restive eastern regions. The group also helps to investigate...