United Nations, Sep 24 (IANS) All measures to fight terrorist groups operating in Syria must be fully in line with the Charter of the United Nations and strictly in accordance with the international humanitarian law, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday. Ban made the remarks in his opening address here on climate change, after the United […]
Tripoli, Sep 24 (IANS) Libya’s pro-secular militias from Zintan counterattacked the Islamist militants Tuesday near capital Tripoli, military sources said. Zintan militia commander Jilani Aldahish said their fighters were engaged in deadly fighting with militants from the Islamist armed alliance Libya Dawn around the area of Wadi al-Aziziyah, Xinhua reported. Aldahish said their manoeuvre was meant […]
Damascus, Sep 24 (IANS) Syrian President Bashar al-Assad Tuesday reiterated that his administration was moving forward in battling terrorism in the region. The president made the remarks during his meeting with the visiting Iraqi National Security Adviser Faleh al-Fayad, in which Assad said his country “was with any international effort that aims at fighting terror”, Xinhua […]
Washington, Sep 24 (IANS/EFE) A son-in-law of Osama bin Laden was Tuesday sentenced to life in prison after being convicted on terrorism charges. US district judge Lewis Kaplan sentenced Suleiman Abu Ghaith, a 48-year-old Kuwaiti imam, for conspiracy to murder Americans and conspiracy to provide material support to a terrorist group. Abu Ghaith, who was extradited […]
Kiev, Sep 24 (IANS) Ukrainian foreign ministry Tuesday said it has lodged a protest against Russia over delivery of a third batch of humanitarian aid to Ukraine’s eastern regions without Kiev’s permission. “The Ukrainian side considers such actions as a provocation,” Xinhua quoted Foreign Ministry spokesman Eugene Perebiynis as saying. Perebiynis said Russia delivered the third […]
Washington/Beirut/Damascus, Sep 23 (IANS) At least 58 people were killed Tuesday, including 50 jihadis, as the US-led alliance launched airstrikes on Islamic extremists in Syria as US President Barack Obama called for further coalition efforts to strike Islamic State (IS) militants. Among the 58 people killed, 50 were members of the Nusra Front, affiliated to the […]
United Nations, Sep 23 (IANS) The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has been stepping up assistance to the Turkish government to aid an estimated 130,000 Syrian Kurds who have crossed into Turkey since last Friday, the United Nations spokesman said Monday. “The Turkish authorities and UNHCR are preparing for the possibility of hundreds of thousands more refugees […]
Paris, Sep 23 (IANS) A French national was kidnapped in Algeria’s Tizi Ouzou region Sunday, the French foreign ministry said Monday. “A French national was kidnapped on Sunday in Algeria, in the region of Tizi Ouzou, while he was on holiday there,” Xinhua quoted the foreign ministry as saying. The incident came after the Islamic State […]
Sana’a, Sep 21 (IANS) Yemeni Prime Minister Mohammed Basindawa resigned Sunday amid week-long deadly clashes between the army and Shia rebels here in the capital, a government official said. Basindawa has informed the president and the Shia Houthi group about his resignation, Xinhua quoted the official as saying on condition of anonymity. President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi […]
Washington, Sep 21 (IANS) With the mood in Delhi and Washington in harmony, India and the US can develop a genuinely strategic alliance, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared ahead of his first summit meeting with US President Barack Obama next week. “I have a one word answer: Yes. And with great confidence I say aye,” […]