Buenos Aires, Sep 26 (IANS) Copa Libertadores champions San Lorenzo will meet Italian giants AC Milan in a friendly at the San Siro stadium Nov 5, the Argentine club has confirmed. The teams will play off for the Luigi Berlusconi trophy, named in honour of the father of AC Milan’s president Silvio Berlusconi, reports Xinhua. “We […]
Gaborone, Sep 26 (IANS) The Botswana Football Association (BFA) has acknowledged receiving a proposal from their Zimbabwean counterparts requesting for a joint bid to host the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). “We received the letter from Zimbabwean Football Association (ZIFA) Monday and we have asked Keith Masters (CEO) to see if the government would buy […]
United Nations, Sep 25 (IANS) The UN Security Council Wednesday adopted a resolution addressing the threat posed by foreign terrorist fighters and expanding obligations on member states in responding to this threat. Unanimously approved by the 15-nation body at a special session chaired by US President Barack Obama, whose country holds the rotating presidency of the […]
Juba, Sep 25 (IANS/EFE) Authorities in South Sudan warned Wednesday of a looming humanitarian crisis and the possibility of a devastating famine if the factional conflict in the country were not resolved by next year. The agriculture ministry warned of a possible “food gap” in 2015 in the Greater Upper Nile region, which includes the Sudanese […]
United Nations, Sep 25 (IANS/EFE) British Prime Minister David Cameron Wednesday backed the inclusion of a “military” component in London’s fight against the Islamic State (IS) Sunni radical group, two days before the British Parliament is slated to debate whether the country should join other nations in attacking jihadi positions in Iraq. “Our strategy must work […]
Moscow, Sep 25 (IANS/EFE) Pro-Russian rebels acccused Ukrainian troops Wednesday of the deaths of two civilians in the eastern Ukraine’s conflict-torn Donetsk region. The military staff of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic said that a residential area in Novokuibishevski district came under attack by Grad rockets that killed two civilians and wounded four others, Efe reported. […]
The Hague, Sep 25 (IANS) The Dutch government Wednesday said that it will send a military mission to fight the Islamic State (IS) Sunni radical group in Iraq. “The Dutch contribution to the international mission is aimed at breaking the military strength and advance of IS,” Xinhua quoted a cabinet letter as saying. “Netherlands will deploy […]
Geneva, Sep 25 (IANS/EFE) The situation of more than 2 million people trapped in conflict zones in Iraq is “desperate and alarming”, but their plight is not attracting the international concern that it should, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) director general Bruno Jochum said Wednesday. The problem is that the crisis is being addressed in geopolitical terms […]
Paris, Sep 25 (IANS) French President Francois Hollande confirmed Wednesday the death of a French man abducted in Algeria by a group linked to Islamic State (IS) Sunni radical militants. At an UN General Assembly meeting in New York, Hollande affirmed that Herve Gourde, 55, seized by the Jund al-Khilafah group, was “cowardly and cruelly murdered”, […]
Washington, Sep 25 (IANS/EFE) More than six weeks after a white police officer shot and killed black teenager Michael Brown, protesters again poured into the streets of Ferguson, Missouri, overnight, with acts of vandalism and at least two arrests taking place, media reported. A fire destroyed a memorial to the unarmed 18-year-old black man killed by […]