At least two soldiers were killed in a suicide bombing Saturday at an army checkpoint in Lebanon’s Hermel town, Xinhua reported. According to LBCI TV, a suicide bomber tried to cross the checkpoint towards Hermel when the soldiers became suspicious and asked for his identification paper. The bomber then blew himself up.
An Egyptian court Saturday postponed till Feb 24 the trial of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi and 130 others for storming the Wady al-Natroun prison and killing police officers during the 2011 uprising that toppled president Hosni Mubarak. Morsi and 21 other defendants were detained in the case, while the rest of the defendants were […]
Senior UN officials Saturday welcomed a resolution on Syria’s humanitarian crisis, calling for boosting aid access across the war-torn country and easing the suffering of millions of people in desperate need. The UN Security Council, in a meeting Saturday, unanimously adopted the resolution to urge an immediate and unhindered access of humanitarian aid in Syria, […]
At least six people died in Spain Saturday following a fire in a house in Burgos province, Xinhua reported. The six victims, who all come from the same family, were staying in a holiday home in Tordomar village when the tragic incident took place, thought to have been caused by a spark from a chimney, […]
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski Saturday tweeted that there was no coup d’etat in Kiev, in response to Ukrainian President Victor Yanukovych’s claims of a coup, Xinhua reported. The Polish minister said the government buildings in Kiev were abandoned. The speaker of the Rada (parliament) was elected legally. He underlined that President Yanukovich had 24 […]
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto confirmed the capture of the world’s most wanted drug lord, Joaquin Guzman Loera, known as El Chapo, in the Pacific resort of Mazatlan Saturday morning. “I recognise the work of the Mexican state’s security institutions for detaining Joaquin Guzman Loera in Mazatlan,” Pena Nieto tweeted after the drug lord’s arrest, […]
Ukrainian former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, freed Saturday from prison by parliamentary vote, arrived here Saturday and addressed a huge crowd of tens of thousands of opposition demonstrators gathered at Independence As soon as the 53-year-old politician was released from prison in the eastern city of Kharkiv, she announced that she would run in early […]
Turkish riot police Saturday evening dispersed more than 1,000 protesters in Istanbul against new internet censorship law. The demonstrators took to the streets in Istanbul to protest against Turkish President Abdullah Gul’s approval of the new law tightening internet censorship, Xinhua reported. Backed up by armoured water cannon trucks, thousands of riot police were deployed […]
South African authorities Saturday launched a crackdown on illegal initiation, rescuing over 80 initiates. In the operation jointly conducted by police and a team of local government officials, an illegal initiation school in the Sannieshof area of North West province was swooped upon, Xinhua reported. More than 80 initiates were rescued. Many of them, including […]
Leaders of the Venezuelan Opposition and students’ representatives led a massive demonstration here and announced a list of demands for the government that includes freedom for political detainees. Opposition leader Henrique Capriles, governor of Miranda state, led a march during which he denounced violence, called on people not to protest at night or block the […]