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 […]
The Hague, Sep 25 (IANS) As many as 1,027 people were arrested in a large-scale police operation against drug and human traffickers across Europe this month, the Hague-based European police organisation Europol announced Wednesday. Law enforcement officers from 34 countries took part in the largest-ever coordinated operation against organised crime in the European Union (EU), Xinhua […]
Jerusalem, Sep 25 (IANS/EFE) At least 20 Palestinians and four Israelis were injured Wednesday when clashes broke out at the entrance to Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, a holy place to Jews and Muslims. Palestinian youths battled with Israeli police following the visit of Israel’s ultranationalist Housing Minister, Uri Ariel, to Temple Mount early Wednesday. The Jewish New […]
Sanaa, Sep 25 (IANS/EFE) The toll in last week’s heavy fighting between Shia Houthi rebels and government forces in Yemen’s capital Sanaa has risen to 270, as rescue teams recovered more bodies, authorities said Wednesday. At least 270 bodies of civilians and military personnel have been recovered in the neighbourhoods of north and west Sanaa where […]
Beijing, Sep 25 (IANS) China Wednesday voiced firm opposition after the US state department slammed the life sentence given to a scholar from Uygur ethnic group for separatism in China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. “Ilham Tohti’s crime is clear, with solid evidence,” Xinhua quoted Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying as saying, adding that the case […]
Baghdad, Sep 24 (IANS) At least 59 people were killed in separate airstrikes and clashes with the Islamic State (IS) militants across Iraq Wednesday, while the militants blew two archeological and religious sites in Salahudin province, security sources said. In Iraq’s eastern province of Diyala, Iraqi security forces backed by Shia militias recaptured two villages of […]
Washington, Sep 24 (IANS/EFE) US President Barack Obama Tuesday announced measures to help other countries fight climate change, saying that it is necessary to adopt an ambitious worldwide accord in which all countries are involved. “We recognise our role in creating this problem, we embrace our responsibility to combat it. We will do our part, and […]