Washington, Aug 29 (IANS) US President Barack Obama said Thursday he has asked his administration to prepare a range of military options against the Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq and Syria. At a press conference in White House, Obama said he has ordered Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to prepare “a range of options” as he […]
Damascus, Aug 29 (IANS) The Islamic State (IS) militants killed more than 160 Syrian soldiers captured by them in Syria’s northern province of al-Raqqa, activists said. The militants captured the Syrian soldiers while fleeing the al-Tabaqa airbase when the airbase was recently seized by the IS, Xinhua reported citing the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights […]
Berlin, Aug 29 (IANS) German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced Thursday that the European Union will discuss further sanctions against Russia on its special summit in Brussels Saturday. “We want diplomatic solutions and we will persist in our efforts. However, we realise that things have deteriorated again in the past few days,” Xinhua quoted Merkel as saying […]
Nairobi, Aug 29 (IANS) Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta Thursday directed security agencies to sink a ship which was seized while carrying drugs in the coastal city of Mombasa. “We do not care who owns the ship or the drugs, we will destroy them to teach lesson to those who bent on ruining our children,” Kenyatta said. […]
Washinton, Aug 29 (IANS) The US government announced Thursday that it will start initial human trials of Ebola vaccine next week. The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) said in a statement that the phase one clinical trial will determine if a vaccine, co-developed by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and GlaxoSmithKline […]
Brussels, Aug 29 (IANS) The NATO Thursday released some “satellite imagery” to show that “Russian combat forces engaged in military operations inside Ukraine”. Brigadier Gen. Nico Tak, director of the NATO Comprehensive Crisis and Operations Management Centre of Allied Command Operations in Mons, Belgium, said the images confirmed what NATO and its Allies had been seeing […]
New York, Aug 28 (IANS) Indian tennis players Leander Paes and Sania Mirza won their respective doubles matches to advance to the second round of the US Open at the Flushing Meadows here Wednesday. Men’s doubles defending champions Paes and Radek Stepanek of Czech Republic needed an hour and 32 minutes to come out on top […]
Sana’a, Aug 28 (IANS) At least three Al Qaeda militants were killed in a raid by the Yemeni armed forces Wednesday, a security official said. Yemen’s elite anti-terrorism unit stormed an Al Qaeda-held house in an area between Shibam and Qattan regions in Hadramout governorate, killing three terrorists and injuring several soldiers,” Xinhua reported citing the […]
Washington, Aug 28 (IANS) A US F-15C Eagle fighter jet crashed Wednesday morning near Deerfield in Virginia during a routine mission, Pentagon confirmed. “Air Force and civilian first responders are responding to the scene,” Xinhua quoted spokesman Steve Warren as saying. Warren also added that the status of the pilot was not known yet. The fighter […]
United Nations, Aug 28 (IANS) The UN Security Council Wednesday adopted a resolution on Libya, calling for an immediate ceasefire while expanding sanctions on those who involved in the violence there. The 15-member council “called on all parties to agree to an immediate ceasefire and an end to fighting, and extended its strong support for the […]