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  • Mullah Omar neither died nor buried in Pakistan: Pakistani defence minister

    Mullah Omar neither died nor buried in Pakistan: Pakistani defence minister

    Date: 2015-08-07 11:59:25 GMT - Pakistan - International - SN:1 - ID:3117889

    Pakistani Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said Friday that deceased Taliban chief Mullah Omar was neither killed nor buried in Pakistan, according to Geo.TV. “I want to reiterate that Mullah Omar neither died in Pakistan nor his burial was held ....

  • US to defend new Syria force from Assad regime

    US to defend new Syria force from Assad regime

    Date: 2015-08-03 13:50:04 GMT - USA - International - SN:10 - ID:3093253

    President Barack Obama has authorized using air power to defend a new US-backed fighting force in Syria if it is attacked by Syrian government forces or other groups, raising the risk of the American military coming into direct conflict with the ....

  • Ban hails UN Member States' agreement on 'people's agenda' to end poverty, promote sustainability

    Ban hails UN Member States' agreement on 'people's agenda' to end poverty, promote sustainability

    Date: 2015-08-03 11:34:25 GMT - Egypt - International - SN:8 - ID:3091793

    UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has praised UN Member States for reaching agreement on the draft outcome document that will constitute the new sustainable development agenda, which will be formally adopted by world leaders in New York this ....

  • Nigerian troops rescue 178 people from Boko Haram camps

    Nigerian troops rescue 178 people from Boko Haram camps

    Date: 2015-08-03 08:30:19 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:6 - ID:3090233

    Nigerian troops rescued 178 people from Boko Haram in attacks that destroyed several camps of the Islamic extremists in the northeast of the country, Fox News reported quoting an army statement as saying Sunday. Spokesman Col. Tukur Gusau said ....

  • Kerry to meet counterparts from GCC in Doha Monday

    Kerry to meet counterparts from GCC in Doha Monday

    Date: 2015-08-02 11:14:36 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - International - SN:9 - ID:3085609

    US State Secretary John Kerry will travel to Doha Monday to meet with his counterparts from Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states. The meeting will be held to discuss the Iranian nuclear deal which was signed on July 14 in Vienna with the ....

  • Israeli defense min.: Administrative detention for arsonists who burnt Palestinian toddler

    Israeli defense min.: Administrative detention for arsonists who burnt Palestinian toddler

    Date: 2015-08-02 11:10:10 GMT - palestine - International - SN:8 - ID:3085537

    Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon instructed on Sunday morning security forces to use administrative detention (arrest without trial) to hold the suspected arsonists who set fire to a house in Nablus's Duma town last week, the Jerusalem Post ....

  • 260 PKK members killed in Turkey air strikes: Report

    260 PKK members killed in Turkey air strikes: Report

    Date: 2015-08-01 10:54:37 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:7 - ID:3080173

    Around 260 members of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) have been killed and hundreds more wounded in Ankara's week-long campaign of air strikes against targets of the group inside Turkey and in northern Iraq, Hurriyet Daily reported on ....

  • Turkish opposition party challenges Erdoğan remarks against Kurds

    Turkish opposition party challenges Erdoğan remarks against Kurds

    Date: 2015-07-29 18:24:24 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:16 - ID:3066709

    The pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP) on Wednesday submitted a list of its members' signatures calling for lifting their parliamentary immunity. HDP's leader Selahattin Demirtas said that the party refuses parliamentary immunity and its ....

  • Israeli PM approves 300 settler homes in occupied West Bank

    Israeli PM approves 300 settler homes in occupied West Bank

    Date: 2015-07-29 12:38:50 GMT - palestine - International - SN:8 - ID:3064133

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday approved the "immediate" construction of 300 settler homes in the occupied West Bank as his government came under pressure from right-wing Jewish groups, according to France 24. "After ....

  • Nigerian president to visit Cameroon on Wednesday

    Nigerian president to visit Cameroon on Wednesday

    Date: 2015-07-28 13:15:55 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:10 - ID:3057989

    A Nigerian official said newly elected President Muhammadu Buhari will make his first official visit to one-time enemy Cameroon on Wednesday to ease tension and bolster support for a regional army to fight the Boko Haram Islamic uprising spilling ....

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