Cairo, Nov 28 (IANS) Two people were killed Friday in clashes between Egyptian police and Islamist protestors in the capital Cairo. Two protestors were shot dead during the demonstrations in Matariya district and a number of others were also injured in the clashes, Xinhua reported. The protests were called for by the little-known Salafi Front […]
Damascus, Nov 28 (IANS) Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem said Friday that the Syrian government is coordinating with Russia for launching a dialogue with the Syrian opposition. In an interview with the pan-Arab al-Mayadeen TV, al-Moallem, who has been on an official visit to Moscow, said that the Syrian government was coordinating with Moscow for […]
Kiev, Nov 26 (IANS) A new round of intense fighting between government troops and independence-seeking insurgents has killed at least three people and wounded five others over the past one day in eastern Ukraine, the authorities and media reports said Wednesday. “Over the past 24 hours, we lost two soldiers, and two others were wounded,” […]
Beijing, Nov 24 (IANS/EFE) A music video that tells the story of the deep love between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan has gone viral on the internet with more than 22 million views in a week, the People’s Daily reported Monday. The couple’s glances of complicity and small shows of affection […]
Kiev, Nov 24 (IANS/EFE) A train carrying the wreckage of the Malaysia Airlines passenger plane that crashed in eastern Ukraine in July arrived Monday in the city of Kharkiv, which is controlled by Ukrainian government forces. “The train with the wreckage of flight MH17 has arrived at its destination in Kharkiv,” the Dutch Safety Board […]
Tehran, Nov 24 (IANS) Iran and the world powers agreed Monday to extend the deadline of nuclear talks to July 1 next year in an attempt to secure a comprehensive deal over Tehran’s controversial nuclear programme, media reported. Based on the agreement, the interim Geneva deal sealed Nov 24, 2013, will also be extended by […]
Gaza, Nov 24 (IANS) The UN has notified the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) that construction raw material to rebuild some 24,000 destroyed houses will be allowed soon into Gaza Strip, a senior official said Monday. Mufied Hassayna, the Palestinian unity government’s minister of housing and public work, told reporters in Gaza that UN representatives officially […]
Nairobi, Nov 22 (IANS) Somalia-based militant group Al-Shabaab Saturday claimed responsibility for the killing of 28 bus passengers in Kenya. Al-Shabaab spokesman Sheikh Ali Mohamud Rage said the dawn attack on the Nairobi-bound bus, which was carrying 60 passengers, in the border town of Mandera was in response to the killings and arrests of Muslims […]
Jakarta, Nov 22 (IANS) At least five people were killed and many houses damaged in landslides in Indonesia’s North Sumatra Saturday, an official said here. Heavy downpour caused the landslides in Sibio Bio village of Tapanuli Tengah district, damaging five houses located on the slope of a hill, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman of the national […]
Marrakech, Nov 22 (IANS) Nine agreements were signed between the Moroccan General Confederation of Enterprises (CGEM) and several small and medium enterprises (SMEs) as well as between major Moroccan banks and start-ups at the 5th Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES 2014) held in Morocco. The GES 2014 wrapped up Friday night in Marrakech after three days […]