Israel rejected on Friday international proposals for a ceasefire in its fight against Islamist militants in Gaza, but is discussing changes to the truce plan with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, a government source said. Mediators hope that a truce could come into force ahead of a Muslim festival that starts early next week, […]
WASHINGTON: Western powers are prepared “to go to the hilt” to isolate Russia for its military incursion into Ukraine, “an incredible act of aggression” that may lead to visa bans, asset freezes, trade and investment penalties, and a boycott of a Russian-hosted economic summit of global powers in June, secretary of state John Kerry said […]
An al Qaeda affiliate based in Iraq and Syria has vowed to crush opposition groups it has been confronting in the worst outbreak of infighting among rebels since the start of the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad. Heavy fighting between rebels in Syria has killed hundreds of people over the last five days and rattled […]
South Africa held a state funeral for Nelson Mandela on Sunday, closing one chapter in its tortured history and opening another in which the multi-racial democracy he founded will have to discover if it can thrive without its central pillar. The Nobel peace laureate, who was held in apartheid prisons for 27 years before emerging […]
Los Angeles — A suspect has been shot and is in police custody after Friday’s shooting at Los Angeles International Airport, a law enforcement source close to the investigation tells CNN’s Miguel Marquez. A person with a firearm at the airport approached a checkpoint at Terminal 3 and opened fire Friday morning at a Transportation […]
ROME – Demonstrators clashed with Italian police on Saturday as tens of thousands marched through Rome to protest against unemployment, government cuts and big construction projects they say take money away from social services. Hooded protesters turned over garbage bins in front of the Economy Ministry and set several of them on fire. Using sticks […]
After protracted negotiations over the last few days, the U.S. Senate finally saw a deal between the Democrats and Republicans over the country’s debt ceiling. The result also paves the way for government to be fully reopened, but disaster has only been averted for now. Speaking from the floor of the U.S. Senate, Senate Democrat […]
Bombings in Iraq killed 20 people Sunday and brought the year’s toll to more than 5,000 dead in a surge in violence that authorities have failed to curb, officials said. Violence in Iraq has reached a level not seen since 2008, when the country was just emerging from a brutal sectarian conflict. The spike in […]
At least 64 people were killed and more than 100 injured in a stampede after a bridge collapsed near a remote Hindu temple in India’s central state of Madhya Pradesh, a senior police official told Reuters on Sunday. A large number of devotees gathered to celebrate the holy festival of Dussehra at the Ratangarh temple, […]
Washington – President Barack Obama sounded a stern warning Tuesday about the consequences to the nation if Congress fails to raise the debt ceiling. He also urged members of Congress to end the partial government shutdown. “We’re not going to pay ransom for” America paying its bills, he told reporters, placing the blame on the […]
The European Union reached outline agreement on Friday to impose the first economic sanctions on Russia over its behavior in Ukraine but scaled back their scope to exclude technology for the crucial gas sector. The sanctions on access to capital markets, arms and hi-tech goods are also likely to apply only to FUTURE CONTRACTS, leaving […]
Posted by: Latief on July 26th, 2014
Vishal Bhardwaj’s Haider, which will be released in the autumn, includes graphic scenes of torture in Indian ARMY camps Ophelia is a young journalist, Polonius a sinister policeman and Laertes works for a multinational. The climactic duel is a firefight in a snowy graveyard, and the famous “play within a play” features rows of synchronised […]
Posted by: Latief on July 26th, 2014
President Barack Obama on Friday called Afghanistan’s presidential candidates who are fighting over who won a June 14 election and urged them to maintain national unity during a vote recount and transition, the White House said. Preliminary results from the runoff election put Ashraf Ghani, a former World Bank official, well ahead. But his rival, […]
Posted by: Latief on July 26th, 2014
Iraq’s most influential Shi’ite cleric urged political leaders on Friday to refrain from clinging to their posts – an apparent reference to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, who has defied demands that he step aside. Speaking through an aide who delivered a sermon after Friday prayers in the holy city of Kerbala, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani […]
Posted by: Latief on July 25th, 2014
On 22 October 1947 tribesmen launched attack on Kashmir. Indian forces entered Kashmir on 27 October to resist them. Ever since Kashmir become a region of tragedies. In the meanwhile, people continued their struggle against foreign forces and their local supporters. The struggle consumed lives of thousands of Kashmiris. Two contesting countries fought many wars […]
Posted by: Latief on July 25th, 2014
Iraq’s parliament elected senior Kurdish lawmaker Fouad Masoum as president on Thursday, a long-awaited step in creating a new government capable of countering a Sunni Muslim insurgency. Iraq’s politicians have been in deadlock over forming a new government since an election in April. The NEXT step, choosing a prime minister, may prove far more difficult. […]
Posted by: Latief on July 25th, 2014
Israeli forces shelled a U.N.-run school sheltering Palestinians in the northern Gaza strip, the Gaza health MINISTRY said on Thursday, killing at least 15 people and raising the conflict’s death toll to nearly 750. Israel Radio said, without citing a source, that most of those killed at the United Nations school were children. The Israeli […]
Posted by: Latief on July 25th, 2014
Ukraine’s prime minister tendered his resignation on Thursday, berating parliament for failing to pass legislation to take control over an increasingly precarious energy situation and to increase ARMY financing. Earlier on Thursday, two parties quit the government coalition, forcing new elections to a parliament whose MAKE-UP has not changed since before the toppling of pro-Russian […]
Posted by: Latief on July 25th, 2014
An Air Algerie FLIGHT crashed on Thursday en route from Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso to Algiers with 110 passengers on board, an Algerian aviation official said. There were few clear indications of what might have happened to the aircraft, or whether there were casualties, but Burkina Faso Transport MINISTER Jean Bertin Ouedrago said it asked […]
Posted by: Latief on July 25th, 2014
Brussels: Google’s handling of “right to be forgotten” requests from European citizens came under fire by regulators after the search engine firm restricted the removal of Internet links to European sites only, a person familiar with the matter said. The European Union’s top court in May ruled that people have a right to request that […]
Posted by: Latief on July 25th, 2014
Moscow: A Russian court sentenced two protest leaders to 4.5 years each in jail on Thursday on charges of inciting mass riots against President Vladimir Putin, in a case the opposition sees as part of a clampdown on his foes while all eyes are on Ukraine. Sergei Udaltsov, who shouted ‘Freedom!” as he was led […]
Vienna Time
Recent Comments