Cairo, June 18 (IANS) Al Jazeera Arabic service journalist Abdullah Elshamy, who was jailed without any charge in Egypt for the last ten months, has been released, a media report said Wednesday. Abdullah Elshamy, a 26-year-old Egyptian reporter who was arrested during a reporting assignment of dispersal of Rabaa Aladaweya sit-in in capital Cairo Aug 14, […]
Washington, June 14 (IANS) The US Friday accused Russia of sending tanks into eastern Ukraine, calling Moscow’s new effort to support the militants there “unacceptable”. “In the last three days, a convoy of three T-64 tanks, several BM-21 or Grad multiple rocket launchers and other military vehicles crossed from Russia into Ukraine near the Ukrainian town […]
United Nations, June 14 (IANS) The UN agencies are stepping up humanitarian aid in north Iraq, where humanitarian and security situation is worsening due to recent attacks by Islamic insurgents, a UN spokesperson told reporters Friday. “The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is concerned about the shortage of shelter as the displacement numbers increase in Iraq,” Xinhua […]
Sanaa, June 14 (IANS) At least four Al Qaeda militants were killed when the Yemeni armed forces shelled their vehicle in Yemen’s southeastern province of Shabwa Friday, a government official said. “The army troops struck a pick-up truck carrying suspected Al Qaeda gunmen in Habban region in Shabwa, killing at least four terrorists and injuring two […]
Washington, June 14 (IANS) US President Barack Obama said Friday he will not send US troops back to Iraq to help fight Islamist militants. “We will not be sending US troops back into combat in Iraq,” Obama told reporters at the White House South Lawn, acknowledging “significant gains” made by the Islamic State, an offshoot of […]
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Colombo, June 6 (IANS) Floods caused by days of torrential rain have displaced over 100,000 people in Sri Lanka, latest government data showed Friday. The Disaster Management Centre said that 26,688 families comprising 109,075 people have been affected by the rain, floods and landslides as of Friday afternoon, Xinhua reported. At least 23 people were killed […]
The markets began 2014 looking to move in the direction of how two underlying themes play out – the “great rotation” and the “great normalisation”. Asset managers were bullish on equities. Since the financial crisis, money had largely been pumped into debt and as a gradual recovery gathered pace, this “great rotation” would push equities […]
Kabul, June 5 (IANS) Four Taliban militants, including a local commander, were killed when security personnel raided their hideouts in Dasht-e-Archi district of Kunduz province 250 km north of Kabul Thursday. “Units of police backed by the army kicked off cleanup operations in parts of Dasht-e-Archi district early this morning and so far four Taliban militants […]
Islamabad, June 5 (IANS) A court in Pakistan Thursday ordered registration of murder cases against two former chiefs of the US’s CIA stationed in Islamabad for their alleged role in US drone strikes in the country’s tribal region, lawyers and anti-drone campaigners said. Kareem Khan, a resident of North Waziristan tribal agency, lost his teenaged son […]