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Israel to Intensify Gaza Operation If Hamas Rejects Ceasefire: PM
July 16, 2014
JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that Israel will intensify its Gaza campaign if Hamas rejects an Egyptian ceasefire agreement, according to a ...
Israeli Gaza Offensive Continues Amid Ceasefire Calls
July 15, 2014
GAZA - Israeli strikes on Gaza continued early Monday amid calls from the international community for a ceasefire, raising the overall death toll to 170, with 1,154 ...
Taliban Survivor Malala in Nigeria, Pledges to Help Free Girls
July 14, 2014
ABUJA - Pakistani rights activist Malala Yousafzai, who survived being shot in the head by the Taliban for campaigning for girls' education, has pledged while on a trip to Nigeria to ...
Iran’s Enrichment Program Main Bone of Contention in Talks with Powers: Negotiator
July 13, 2014
TEHRAN - Iranian deputy chief negotiator Seyed Abbas Araqchi said the country's uranium enrichment program has remained a major point of disagreement between Tehran and the world powers ...
Global Warming Requires More Frequent Rethink of ‘Normal’ Weather: U.N.
July 10, 2014
OSLO - The baseline for "normal" weather used by everyone from farmers to governments to plan ahead needs to be updated more frequently to account for the big shifts caused by global ...
U.S Spying Allegations are Serious: Merkel
July 08, 2014
BEIJING - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday allegations that a German man had worked as a double agent for U.S. intelligence were serious and, if true, were a clear ...
Iran, G5+1 to Continue Talks Through Weekend
July 07, 2014
TEHRAN - Representatives of Iran and the Group 5+1 (the US, Russia, China, Britain and France plus Germany) will continue their talks this weekend after almost one week of hectic ...
NATO Signals No New Members for The Present
July 06, 2014
BRUSSELS - Faced with a newly aggressive Russia, NATO has been mulling how to react, but it is ruling out one option: rapid expansion. Four would-be members, including the former ...
Rebels Attack from Both Sides of Border: Ukraine
July 05, 2014
KIEV, Ukraine - Ukrainian troops have recaptured more than a dozen eastern villages from pro-Russia separatists but Russia is allowing the rebels to attack Ukrainian border posts from its ...
Merkel Warns Russia on Sanctions Ahead of Berlin Talks on Ukraine
July 03, 2014
BERLIN/KIEV - Germany's Angela Merkel warned Moscow ahead of talks on Ukraine on Wednesday that economic sanctions remained an option unless it backed peace efforts, as Ukrainian ...
Turkey’s Erdogan Positions Himself for More Powerful Presidential Role
July 02, 2014
ANKARA - Tayyip Erdogan declared his candidacy on Tuesday for a more powerful presidency which rivals fear may entrench authoritarian rule and supporters, especially conservative ...
Iran Urges World Powers “Realistic” in Clinching Final Deal
July 01, 2014
TEHRAN - The world powers should be “realistic" in nuclear talks with Iran so that results could be achieved, senior Iranian nuclear negotiator Abbas Araqchi was quoted as ...
Israel PM Says Ready to Expand Operation Against Hamas
June 30, 2014
JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel is ready to expand its operation against Islamic Hamas movement, according to a ...
Kerry in Syria Opposition Talks As US Moves to Arm Rebels
June 28, 2014
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia - The US top diplomat headed for talks with the Syrian opposition and its key backer Saudi Arabia Friday after the White House asked lawmakers for $500 million to train ...
China, Russia Boost Regional Cooperation with More Deals
June 26, 2014
MOSCOW - Economic and cultural agreements have been signed at a forum on cooperation between regions along the Yangtze river in China and the Volga river in ...
Sanctions if Russia Won’t Cooperate: EU Ministers
June 24, 2014
BRUSSELS - Several European foreign ministers on Monday threatened to impose further sanctions against Russia if it fails to cooperate with Ukraine's proposed peace plan and doesn't stop ...
Dialogue to Start Only on Basis of Ceasefire in Ukraine: Putin
June 23, 2014
MOSCOW - It is vital that dialogue involving all parties in Ukraine should begin on the basis of ceasefire, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Sunday. Dialogue should begin on the basis of ceasefire ...
Iraqi PM Under Pressure from Shiite Cleric, US
June 22, 2014
BAGHDAD - Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki faces mounting pressure to form an inclusive government or step aside following the loss of large swaths of territory to Sunni ...
Global Refugee Figure Tops 50 Million for First Time: UNHCR
June 21, 2014
GENEVA - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Friday reported the number of refugees, asylum-seekers and internally displaced people worldwide has exceeded 50 ...
Hundreds Killed, Detained in Ukraine Breakdown: UN
June 19, 2014
GENEVA - A steady rise in killings, torture and abductions by pro-Russia armed groups in eastern Ukraine has claimed hundreds of lives since last month, U.N. monitors in the region said Wednesday ...
Syria, Iraq Edging into Regional War: UN Panel
June 18, 2014
GENEVA - A U.N. commission on Syrian war crimes is sounding the alarm that the entire region is on the brink of war. In its latest report Tuesday to the U.N. Human Rights Council ...
Russia Cuts Gas to Ukraine, Flows to EU Threatened
June 17, 2014
KIEV/GORKI Russia - Russia cut off gas to Ukraine on Monday in a dispute over unpaid bills that could disrupt supplies to the rest of Europe and set back hopes for peace in the former Soviet ...
NATO is Preparing Measures to Help Ukraine
June 16, 2014
MADRID - NATO is preparing measures to help Ukraine defend itself in its stand-off with Russia, and must adapt to the fact that Moscow now views it as an adversary, Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen ...
Iran Says Envisages Iraq Role with U.S. if Washington Tackles Regional Militants
June 15, 2014
ANKARA - Iran could contemplate cooperating with its old adversary the United States on restoring security to Iraq if it saw Washington confronting "terrorist groups in Iraq and elsewhere" ...
Iraqi PM Declares Highest Alert Against Terrorist Groups
June 11, 2014
BAGHDAD - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al- Maliki Tuesday declared highest alert in the country and called for emergency session for the parliament to declare state of emergency to confront the ...
Russia Would React to NATO Build-Up Near Borders: Minister
June 10, 2014
MOSCOW - Russia would consider any further expansion of NATO forces near its borders a "demonstration of hostile intentions" and would take political and military measures to ensure ...
Syria Slams EU over Presidential Elections’ Remarks
June 08, 2014
DAMASCUS - Syria's Foreign Ministry on Saturday slammed as "flagrant violation" the European Union's statement on the Syrian presidential elections, in which the EU described the ...
Putin, Ukraine Leader Break Crisis Ice At D-Day Event
June 07, 2014
COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER France - The leaders of Russia and Ukraine held their first talks on Friday since Moscow annexed Crimea, discussing ways to end their four-month conflict in a brief encounter ...
Merkel Urges Putin to Cooperate Ahead of Russia-Less G7
June 05, 2014
BRUSSELS - Germany's Angela Merkel urged Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday to help stem violence in eastern Ukraine and said the West would not hesitate to impose stricter economic ...
US to Boost Military Presence in Europe: Obama
June 04, 2014
WARSAW, Poland - The United States is preparing to boost its military presence in Europe and at a cost of up to $1 billion, President Barack Obama said Tuesday, as tensions in the region simmer ...
Syria Conflict Costs Lebanon $7.5 Bn: WB
June 03, 2014
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia - The conflict in Syria has cost Lebanon $7.5 billion as it struggles to cope with hosting more than a million refugees from the neighbouring country, according to World ...
Obama Gets Second Chance to Explain His Russia Policy in Europe
June 02, 2014
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama heads to Warsaw, Brussels, Paris and Normandy this week where he is expected to elaborate on the U.S. commitment to counter Russian moves against ...
Japan to Enhance Role in Asia
June 01, 2014
TOKYO - Shinzo Abe, Japan's Prime Minister, has offered the country's help to "ensure the security of the seas and the ...
Russia, Ukraine Quarrel Over Humanitarian Issue
May 31, 2014
MOSCOW - Moscow and Kiev have traded fire over the former's proposal to deliver humanitarian aid to the latter's restive eastern regions. "Demand for humanitarian aid ...
Syrian Opposition Needs More Support: Obama
May 29, 2014
WEST POINT, New York - President Barack Obama says he'll work with Congress to increase support for members of the Syrian opposition who offer the best alternative to terrorists and to Syrian ...