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  • Knesset member: Hamas rebuilding tunnels

    Knesset member: Hamas rebuilding tunnels

    Date: 2015-05-18 11:42:40 GMT - Israel - International - SN:27 - ID:2612509

    Israeli Knesset Member Omer Barlev warned Monday that Hamas is working on rebuilding underground tunnels along the borders with the Gaza Strip. Barlev called on the Israeli government to take the necessary measures to prevent the construction of ....

  • Pakistan condemns US drone strike in North Waziristan

    Pakistan condemns US drone strike in North Waziristan

    Date: 2015-05-18 11:14:33 GMT - Pakistan - International - SN:26 - ID:2612201

    Pakistan’s Foreign Office on Monday condemned a US drone strike that killed at least five people in North Waziristan last week, reiterating its stance that such attacks are a violation of the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity, Geo News ....

  • Lavrov, Zarif discuss Yemen developments

    Lavrov, Zarif discuss Yemen developments

    Date: 2015-05-18 09:29:20 GMT - Russia - International - SN:12 - ID:2611021

    Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif discussed over the phone the latest developments in Yemen. They expressed concern over the current situation there and the ongoing humanitarian crisis, the ....

  • Suicide car bomb near Kabul airport kills 3

    Suicide car bomb near Kabul airport kills 3

    Date: 2015-05-17 14:03:28 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:6 - ID:2603165

    A Taliban suicide bomber detonated an explosives-packed car near the international airport in Afghanistan's capital on Sunday, killing at least three people and wounding 18 in an attack that appears to have targeted vehicles of the European Union ....

  • Iran’s FM confers with Russian, Chinese counterparts on Yemen

    Iran’s FM confers with Russian, Chinese counterparts on Yemen

    Date: 2015-05-17 08:34:29 GMT - Iran - International - SN:9 - ID:2603273

    Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in separate phone conversations discussed the ongoing crisis in Yemen with the foreign ministers of Russia and China, Tasnim News Agency reported. In phone calls on Saturday, Zarif exchanged views ....

  • Cambodia extradites fugitive tycoon Polonsky to Russia

    Cambodia extradites fugitive tycoon Polonsky to Russia

    Date: 2015-05-17 08:18:21 GMT - Russia - International - SN:5 - ID:2603141

    Former real estate tycoon Sergei Polonsky is being transferred to Russia from Cambodia, Sputnik quoted the Russian Interior Ministry as saying on Sunday. Polonsky, one of Russia’s richest men in the past, was charged with multimillion dollar ....

  • 18 people accused of organising Burundi failed coup

    18 people accused of organising Burundi failed coup

    Date: 2015-05-17 08:09:22 GMT - Burundi - International - SN:3 - ID:2603077

    Eighteen people have appeared in court in Burundi accused of helping to organize last week's failed coup against President Pierre Nkurunziza, the BBC reported on Sunday. It comes amid what appears to be a crackdown against those suspected of ....

  • Myanmar denies responsibility for migrant boat crisis

    Myanmar denies responsibility for migrant boat crisis

    Date: 2015-05-17 07:54:53 GMT - Myanmar (Burma) - International - SN:1 - ID:2602973

    Myanmar's government has said it is not responsible for the migrant boat crisis in south-east Asia, and may not attend an emergency summit on the issue, the BBC reported on Sunday. Thousands of migrants from Bangladesh and Myanmar are feared ....

  • Russian deputy foreign minister: RF calls on US to correct rhetoric, policies on Ukraine

    Russian deputy foreign minister: RF calls on US to correct rhetoric, policies on Ukraine

    Date: 2015-05-16 14:03:54 GMT - Russia - International - SN:39 - ID:2599653

    The US has not changed their rhetoric or policies regarding Ukraine, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told TASS on Saturday. "Surely, we have been using every contact with the American counterparts to induce them to refuse from the ....

  • Russia and America hold talks to prepare for Assad’s defeat

    Russia and America hold talks to prepare for Assad’s defeat

    Date: 2015-05-16 14:02:52 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:38 - ID:2599641

    Russia and the United States have begun discussing the fall of President Assad amid signs that Syria’s four-year civil war is turning decisively against him, The Times reported. Intelligence reports suggest that recent battlefield gains by rebel ....

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