Addis Ababa, May 5 (IANS) Chinese Premier Li Keqiang Monday proposed that China and Africa earnestly boost collaboration in industry, finance, poverty reduction, ecological protection, people-to-people exchanges, and peace and security so as to create an upgraded version of their all-round cooperation. Li outlined the proposal in a speech delivered at the headquarters of the African […]
Ljubljana, May 5 (IANS) Slovenian Prime Minister Alenka Bratusek Monday submitted a letter of resignation to Parliament Speaker Janko Veber, two days after she announced her decision to quit. Following her resignation, all cabinet members would also end their terms, she said Saturday, noting that coalition party leaders suggested an early election be held before the […]
Rome, May 5 (IANS) A prostitute’s body was found Monday in the Italian city of Florence in a “crucified” position. Police said she had probably been murdered by a client and the position of her body was accidental, with “no symbolic meaning”, ANSA news agency reported. The woman’s clothes were found a kilometre away. Police said, […]
Moscow, May 5 (IANS) The Russian foreign ministry Monday published a report on human rights violations in Ukraine, mainly targeting Kiev authorities and the West. The 81-page report comprises “numerous facts” of human rights abuses and violations in Ukraine from the end of November, 2013, to the end of March, 2014, Xinhua reported. “The present list […]
United Nations, As the conflict in Syria enters its fourth year, UN officials have again stressed the need for a political solution to end the crisis, as well as greater efforts to protect civilians and ensure they receive the assistance they desperately need. “We are in a race against time. More people are slipping out […]
Bangkok, Feb 26 Amid violence and chaos, Thailand’s caretaker Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul said he had spoken with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Wednesday to discuss ways out of the current political crisis. Surapong said that the deaths of four innocent children earlier this month had guided his decision, the Bangkok Post […]
Tehran, May 3 Iran’s fencing champion Hamed Sedaqati has been abducted in the southeastern Sistan and Baluchestan province, media reported Saturday. Sedaqati and two of his friends were driving on Khash-Iranshahr road to the provincial capital city of Zahedan Friday when they came under attack by unknown assailants, Xinhua reported citing the semi-official Fars news […]
Ljubljana, May 3 (IANS) Slovenian Prime Minister Alenka Bratusek announced her resignation Saturday to pave the way for an early election before summer. It is best for Slovenia to hold an early election before the summer, she told reporters after a coalition summit at Brdo pri Kranju, about 35 km northwest of Ljubljana, according to […]
Damascus, May 3 (IANS) An explosives-packed car exploded Saturday afternoon in a government-controlled area west of Syria’s capital Damascus, leaving an undisclosed number of casualties, media reported. The booby-trapped car went off in the western Somariyeh area at the entrance to the town of Muadamiyeh in southern Syria, Xinhua reported citing the state-run SANA news […]
Baghdad, May 3 (IANS) A total of 16 people were killed and 16 others were wounded in separate attacks across Iraq Saturday, police and medical sources said. Gunmen intercepted a car travelling on a main road near the city of Baiji, some 200 km north of Iraq’s capital Baghdad, killing four soldiers before fleeing the […]