United Nations, Aug 28 (IANS) For the first time in seven years, a humanitarian convoy of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) successfully crossed from Egypt into the Gaza Strip Wednesday, a spokesman said here. After a seven-hour drive from Alexandria across the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt, the trucks, carrying enough food to feed 150,000 […]
Baghdad, Aug 28 (IANS) Iraq’s outgoing Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki called on the political blocs to decrease their demands and hepl form the government lead by Haider al-Abadi. “Some of the blocs’ demands are violating the constitution and others need time to be executed. Increasing the demands are hindering the formation of the next government,” MENA […]
Washington, Aug 28 (IANS/EFE) The mother of a US freelance journalist, who was kidnapped in Syria by the Islamic State(IS), Wednesday released a video in which she urged the jihadist group to “be merciful” and release her son. She also asked the group through the vedeo to “follow the example set by the Prophet Mohammed”. “We […]
Canberra, Aug 28 (IANS) Australia has expressed willingness to contribute its Super Hornet fighter jets to help US-led air strikes in Iraq. Defence Minister David Johnston said Wednesday night that Australia was ready to assist the US with air strikes targeting IS terrorists in Iraq, Xinhua reported. Johnston said the Australian defence force started to develop […]
Kabul, Aug 27 (IANS) A total of 36 militants and nine policemen were killed in clashes in Afghanistan’s Ghor province, a senior government official said Wednesday, adding that the militants also took 30 policemen captive. The killings occurred Tuesday night as clashes flared up in the province’s Pasawand district, Xinhua quoted provincial governor Sayed Anwar Rahmati […]
London, Aug 27 (IANS) A total of 252 people have been arrested due to a variety of offences during the two-day Notting Hill Carnival in western London, police said Tuesday. They were booked on charges of possessing drugs, violating public order, possessing weapons and assaulting police, Xinhua reported. Last year 301 people were detained during the […]
Moscow, Aug 27 (IANS/ITAR -TASS) Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko Tuesday held a bilateral meeting in the Belarusian capital of Minsk, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. This is the first bilateral meeting between the heads of the two countries since Poroshenko took office in May, Xinhua reported. “A bilateral meeting is […]
Geneva, Aug 27 (IANS) More than 300 people have died while trying to make irregular sea crossings from North Africa to Europe in the past week, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)said. “The past few days have been the deadliest, with at least three vessels having overturned or sunk,” MENA news agency quoted Melissa Fleming, […]
United Nations, Aug 27 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Tuesday welcomed the ceasefire deal reached between Israel and the Palestinians. “A brighter future for Gaza and Israel depends on a sustainable ceasefire. It is up to the parties to live up to this responsibility,” Ban’s spokesman Stephane Dujarric in a statement. “After 50 days of profound […]
Rio De Janeiro, Aug 27 (IANS) At least five people were killed and 25 injured in a 45 hours prison riot that ended Tuesday in a Brazil. The riot broke out Sunday in southern Brazil’s state of Parana. Five inmates were killed in the melee, xinhua reported. The state secretariat of justice said nearly a […]