Barack Obama has heaped praise on Myanmar for its reforms during his landmark visit. But the US President also called for more progress to be made. It is the first time a sitting American president has visited the country and he met with pro-democracy opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Obama's...
The lawyers of Tengiz Gunava, former Head of General Inspection of Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) will appeal at the prosecutor's office today. They demand punishment of the people who participated in the Gunava's arrest. Tengiz Gunava, former Head of General Inspection of Ministry of...
Data Akhalaia, former Head of CSD will be charged in absence presumably today. Akhalaia is accused of exceeding of authority. Archil Kbilashvili, Chief Prosecutor says that some testimonies clearly indicate that certain crimes were implemented by Akhalaia's direct instructions and in...
Lawyers of former senior officials of the interior ministry Shota Khizanishvili and Vazha Leluashvili plan to appeal the ruling of the Tbilisi City Court. The appeal will be sent to the Tbilisi City Court, which will be afterwards sent to the Appeals Court within the next 48 hours. The lawyers are...
The members of the special monitoring group set up by the Penitentiary Ministry have visited the former authorities of the Constitutional and Special Operative Departments of the Ministry of Interior last night. The monitors rule out physiological or physical pressure on the inmates. They said after...
Bystanders worked frantically to pull survivors from the rubble of a house in Gaza destroyed by an Israeli missile. But it was more about recovery than rescue. At least 11 people including five women and four children were killed when the two-storey dwelling was flattened. This is single deadliest...
Early elections have been called in Japan by the country's sixth prime minister in six years. Yoshihiko Noda has been forced to dissolve parliament after his government ran out of money and needed support from the opposition LDP to approve the issuing of bonds. Noda's DJP party lost its...
As the funeral was held for one of the three Israelis killed by a Hamas missile, world leaders called on the Palestinian militant group to stop its rocket attacks. The US Senate unanimously passed a resolution expressing solidarity with Israel, supporting its right to act in self-defence. Washington...
There has been no let-up in the fighting overnight between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip, with both sides launching strikes into the other's territory. There is speculation over a possible Israeli ground offensive in Gaza: with reports of a build-up of troops near the border. Israel's...
The CIA has announced it is to launch an "exploratory" investigation into the conduct of its former director David Petraeus. Petraeus resigned last week over allegations of an extramarital affair with his biographer, Paula Broadwell. US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has requested the...
Russian ministry of defense is conducting large-scale military trainings of Russian border-guards and so-called Abkhazian army in Georgia`s remote Kodori Gorge, currently occupied by the Russian Federation. According to the instruction, the united forces have to destroy an armed gang of 30 gunmen, which...
Tbilisi City Court will send the appeal of the lawyer of former minister of interior and defense Bacho Akhalaia, to the Tbilisi Appeals Court, which in its turn has 72 hours for discussing the document. Davit Dekanoidze is appealing the ruling of the Tbilisi City Court, which sent former minister to...
Chief Prosecutor of Georgia, Archil Kbilashvili held a special briefing today to report the details of the cases of detention senior law enforcers, one of which is the former deputy minister of interior, who was the deputy mayor of Tbilisi recently. Archil Kbilashvili spoke about the kidnapping and...
Minister of Justice of Georgia rules out political revenge in the investigation of the cases tied with the former senior authorities. Tea Tsulukiani says any person accused of committing a crime, must be punished regardless of their current or previous positions. `The minority is concerned about these...
Philip Gordon, Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasian Affairs will holding meetings in Tbilisi, Georgia's capital today. Philip Gordon is slated to meet with Bidzina Ivanishvili, the Prime Minister of Georgia , Davit Usupashvili, Chairman of the Georgian Parliament and Davit...
