American officials speaking to the New York Times say U.S. President already offered Yemen-style transfer of power to Russia PM Medvedev, to bring up the issue with President Putin. By Haaretz Tweet Barack Obama pausing as he speaks at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, April 24, 2012.

AP | May 27, 2012, 09.16AM IST | | ATLANTIC CITY: Michelle Obama is with the single ladies this weekend: The First Lady is at a Beyonce concert in Atlantic City. Obama is at Revel Resorts with daughters Sasha and Malia where Beyonce is set to perform Saturday night.

The bespoke, hand-knotted rug bears the Queen's crest in the centre. A stunning bespoke knotted rug created by a Maltese company will hang in the sleek royal barge Gloriana, which will lead more than 1,000 ships down the River Thames during the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations. The Rug Company - owned by Suzanne and Christopher Sharp - was commissioned to create the floor covering designed by British interior designer Emily

0 (Photo: Reuters) A recent bottleneck which appeared with the US Congress's foot dragging over selling armed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or armed drones, to Turkey is not a serious liability for Turkey in its counterterrorism struggle, according to Turkish experts. Turkish defense policy experts have maintained, rather, that Turkey should depend on itself in finding a solution to its terrorism problem, be it an armed or non-armed solution.

The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press. The local newspapers all carry reports on the Eurovision Song Contest. In other stories:The Sunday Times reports how the National Bank could have been rescued by Dom Mintoff. The Malta Independent says lawyers have claimed that minister Chris Said was unfair on the profession in comments about court failures . It also quotes Franco Debono saying he was treated worse than labour as his motion

Modified May 26, 2012 WASHINGTON - Your parents spill a few secrets as they get older. One night at dinner with my mom, I ventured that the rhythm method had worked well for her, given that there were six years between my sister Peggy and my brother Kevin, and six more between Kevin and me.

Russian President Vladimir Putin presented Russia's new cabinet on May 21 after weeks of intense speculation. Putin appears to have kept loyalists in key posts, which may block any reformist agenda.

Wikimedia Commons By Lorne Cook Egypt holds its first free elections in generations. Serbians vote in a nationalist president.

May 26, 2012 (KHARTOUM) - The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is planning to increase aid operations at a displacement camp on South Sudan's tense borders with Sudan in response to a hike in the rate of new arrivals. Thousands of people displaced by conflict in Kordofan State have sought refuge in an area secured by UNMIS (UN News Center) UNHCR already reported earlier this month that the number of refugees

By Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - Michelle Obama is with the single ladies this weekend: The First Lady is at a Beyonce concert in Atlantic City. Obama is at Revel Resorts with daughters Sasha and Malia where Beyonce is set to perform Saturday night.