Paris, July 3 (IANS) Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy, who was placed under formal investigation for influence-peddling, Wednesday said “politics manipulated judicial system” in a corruption probe that may taint the conservative’s political come-back. In his first interview since losing the presidential election two years ago, the ex-head of state stressed “the judicial system was manipulated”, […]
Berlin, July 3 (IANS) The foreign ministers of Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine Wednesday reconfirmed their commitment to sustainable peace and stability in Ukraine and stressed the necessity of achieving a sustainable ceasefire in the crisis-hit country. German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his counterpart Laurent Fabius from France, Sergey Lavrov from Russia and Pavlo Klimkin […]
Moscow, July 3 (IANS) A full-scale gas crisis is looming in Ukraine unless Kiev settles its multi-billion-dollar debt to Moscow, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Wednesday. “Ukraine does not pay for gas. Their debt is enormous. They are taking gas from underground storage facilities,” Medvedev wrote on his Facebook account, warning there will be a […]
By Jonathan Samuels He may have left in the 1950s but Australians were fiercely proud of Rolf Harris. Now they are having to get to grips with the fact that the multi-talented family entertainer is also a sexual predator of young women and girls. He is known as “the boy from Bassendean” by locals from the Perth suburb […]
Damascus, July 1 (IANS) The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), now calling itself Islamic State, Tuesday captured an eastern Syrian town bordering Iraq after days of intense clashes with rival jihadist groups. The ISIS, an Al Qaeda splinter group, Tuesday captured the Bukamal town in Syria’s eastern province of Deir al-Zour after “intense” battles […]
Jerusalem, July 1 (IANS) Israeli forces launched massive airstrikes in the Gaza Strip overnight Monday, hitting dozens of Hamas and Islamic Jihad targets in retaliation to the increased rocket attacks from the Palestinian enclave. Among the 34 targets were a Hamas complex in Rafah that hosted a weapons storage facility along with residents, Xinhua quoted an […]
London, July 1 (IANS) The inquest into the death of an India-born woman in Ireland after childbirth has begun, media reported Tuesday. Indian-born Dhara Kivlehan (29) died in the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast Sept 28, 2010, four days after she was airlifted from Sligo where her son had been born, The Irish Times reported. As […]
Beijing, June 29 (IANS) At least five people were killed and six suffered injuries Saturday in a road accident in China’s Qinghai province, police said. The accident occurred in evening in Huangyuan County, when a tractor crashed into a jeep and two cars, Xinhua reported. Initial probe suggested the tractor’s brakes failed on a long slope.
Beijing, June 29 (IANS) A man who took a woman hostage in China’s Guangdong province Saturday was shot dead by police. The incident occurred in the afternoon when the 30-year-old man, armed with a knife, allegedly took a woman hostage at a bus station, Xinhua quoted authorities as saying. Police said they shot at the man […]
Cairo, June 29 (IANS) Four Egyptian recruits were killed Saturday in an ambush set by anti-government extremists in the country’s North Sinai governorate, a security source said. “The four recruits were coming back to the peninsula after a holiday and were not in security uniform,” the source said while speaking about the attack which occurred in […]