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  • Rouhani reiterates Iran's firm will to find win-win solution to nuclear standoff with west

    Rouhani reiterates Iran's firm will to find win-win solution to nuclear standoff with west

    Date: 2015-03-29 08:55:38 GMT - Iran - International - SN:15 - ID:2266537

    Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said Tehran is resolved to continue negotiations with the six major world powers to find a win-win solution to the more than decade-long nuclear standoff with the West as soon as possible, FARS News Agency ....

  • Singapore holds funeral procession for Lee Kuan Yew

    Singapore holds funeral procession for Lee Kuan Yew

    Date: 2015-03-29 08:26:21 GMT - Singapore - International - SN:10 - ID:2266249

    Singapore is bidding farewell to its founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, who died on Monday aged 91, the BBC reported on Sunday. Despite torrential rain, thousands lined the streets to view the funeral procession carrying Lee's coffin from ....

  • Malaysia arrests 2 Iraqis from Daesh terror cell

    Malaysia arrests 2 Iraqis from Daesh terror cell

    Date: 2015-03-29 08:19:59 GMT - Malaysia - International - SN:7 - ID:2266189

    Police have foiled an attempt by a Daesh terror cell to attack the Saudi Arabia and Qatar embassies with the arrest of two Iraqi nationals, the Star reported on Sunday. Sources said the two men were detained by the Bukit Aman Special Branch ....

  • Kerry cancels plan to return to US to stay at Iran talks

    Kerry cancels plan to return to US to stay at Iran talks

    Date: 2015-03-29 08:17:25 GMT - USA - International - SN:6 - ID:2266173

    Amid signs of trouble in the Iran nuclear negotiations, US Secretary of State John Kerry cancelled plans Sunday to return to the United States for an event honoring his late Senate colleague Edward Kennedy in order to remain at the ongoing talks in ....

  • Air Canada plane leaves Halifax runway on 'abrupt' landing

    Air Canada plane leaves Halifax runway on 'abrupt' landing

    Date: 2015-03-29 08:13:54 GMT - Canada - International - SN:5 - ID:2266145

    An Air Canada plane made an "abrupt" landing and left the runway at the Halifax airport in bad weather, and officials said early Sunday that 25 people were taken to a hospital for observation and treatment of minor injuries, ABC News reported on ....

  • 5-Richter quake shakes areas in south of Iran

    5-Richter quake shakes areas in south of Iran

    Date: 2015-03-29 08:11:35 GMT - Iran - International - SN:4 - ID:2266133

    An earthquake measuring 5 on the Richter scale jolted areas between two provinces of Kerman and Hormuzgan in the south of Iran, IRNA reported on Sunday. The tremor was felt in the towns of Menojan in Kerman and Hashtbandi in Hormuzgan. ....

  • Foreign Minister Yun says Japan faces test to leadership

    Foreign Minister Yun says Japan faces test to leadership

    Date: 2015-03-29 08:10:08 GMT - south korea - International - SN:3 - ID:2266125

    Japan will risk "severe damage" to its leadership if it misses important opportunities on the horizon this year, Yonhap quoted South Korea's top diplomat as saying Sunday. On a current affairs TV program, Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se spoke in ....

  • Guinea declares Ebola 'health emergency' in five regions

    Guinea declares Ebola 'health emergency' in five regions

    Date: 2015-03-29 08:02:58 GMT - Guinea - International - SN:2 - ID:2266081

    Guinean President Alpha Conde has declared a 45-day "health emergency" in five regions in the west and south-west of the country over Ebola, the BBC reported. The restrictions include the quarantining of hospitals and clinics where new cases are ....

  • Taliban execute own fighters in Nooristan

    Taliban execute own fighters in Nooristan

    Date: 2015-03-28 12:58:39 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:44 - ID:2262265

    Taliban insurgents have beheaded own fighters in eastern Afghanistan. Hafiz Abdul Qayoum, acting governor of Nooristan province says that Taliban executed six members of their group on Thursday after accusing them of having relationship and ....

  • Terrorism in Mideast was triggered by rash actions of external players - Russia's UN envoy

    Terrorism in Mideast was triggered by rash actions of external players - Russia's UN envoy

    Date: 2015-03-28 11:19:11 GMT - Russia - International - SN:34 - ID:2261217

    An outbreak of terrorism in the Middle East was triggered by rash actions of external players, Russian Representative to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin said at a United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation with Christians and other ....

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