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  • Erdogan approves bill on military cooperation with Qatar

    Erdogan approves bill on military cooperation with Qatar

    Date: 2015-03-28 10:10:55 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:26 - ID:2260473

    Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ratified a bill allowing military deployment in Qatar. The bill enables the Turkish Cabinet to deploy troops in Qatar and cooperate in the defense industry with the country's Sunni ally in the Mideast, ....

  • Sri Lanka president's brother dies in axe attack

    Sri Lanka president's brother dies in axe attack

    Date: 2015-03-28 08:16:56 GMT - Sri Lanka - International - SN:15 - ID:2259525

    A brother of Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has died in hospital after being attacked with an axe on Thursday, police were quoted by The BBC on Saturday. Priyantha Sirisena suffered severe head injuries in his hometown of Polonnaruwa, ....

  • Austrian FM urges intl community to take unified stance against extremism

    Austrian FM urges intl community to take unified stance against extremism

    Date: 2015-03-28 07:39:42 GMT - Austria - International - SN:3 - ID:2259257

    Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz's statements that "Islam was part of Europe" and his participation in a United Nations Security Council session on the freedom of religion was the focus of the Austrian media Saturday. “It is important to ....

  • Iran, US kick of fresh nuclear talks

    Iran, US kick of fresh nuclear talks

    Date: 2015-03-26 11:04:34 GMT - Switzerland - International - SN:7 - ID:2247881

    Iranian and US diplomacy chiefs have kicked off a fresh round of talks in the Swiss city of Lausanne as part of broader negotiations between Iran and six world powers aimed at clinching a final deal over Tehran’s nuclear program, Press TV ....

  • Kerry on historic mission for Iran nuclear deal

    Kerry on historic mission for Iran nuclear deal

    Date: 2015-03-25 18:34:53 GMT - Switzerland - International - SN:54 - ID:2243569

    US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Switzerland on Wednesday, hoping to seal a deal reining in Iran's nuclear ambitions for years to come, Daily Mail reported. After months of closed-door negotiations, Kerry and his team arrived once ....

  • EU: Khartoum declaration 'important political initiative' for region

    EU: Khartoum declaration 'important political initiative' for region

    Date: 2015-03-25 17:37:50 GMT - Sudan - International - SN:48 - ID:2243249

    The signature of the agreement regarding the Ethiopian dam by Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan in Khartoum stands as an important political initiative for the management of the Nile waters, the EU mission in Khartoum said on Wednesday. "The European ....

  • Obama sees no Mideast peace deal during his term

    Obama sees no Mideast peace deal during his term

    Date: 2015-03-25 14:53:32 GMT - USA - International - SN:43 - ID:2241977

    President Barack Obama, citing conflicting comments in the past week from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, predicted that there would be no peace agreement between the Israelis and Palestinians during the remainder of his time in ....

  • France dismisses terrorist motives behind Alps plane crash

    France dismisses terrorist motives behind Alps plane crash

    Date: 2015-03-25 12:00:16 GMT - France - International - SN:22 - ID:2238421

    France’s Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said all options must be looked into to explain why the Airbus A320 ploughed into an Alpine mountainside on Tuesday but a terrorist attack is not the most likely scenario. He told RTL radio that the ....

  • U.S. defense chief to visit S. Korea next month: Seoul sources

    U.S. defense chief to visit S. Korea next month: Seoul sources

    Date: 2015-03-25 10:44:26 GMT - south korea - International - SN:29 - ID:2239273

    The defense chief of the United States plans to visit South Korea in early April for talks with his South Korean counterpart on pending security and alliance issues, sources here said. US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter is expected to come ....

  • 3 arrested in Italy, Albania as Daesh recruitment cell busted

    3 arrested in Italy, Albania as Daesh recruitment cell busted

    Date: 2015-03-25 10:35:59 GMT - Italy - International - SN:27 - ID:2239125

    Three people were arrested in Italy and Albania on Wednesday in an operation to bust a cell of alleged extremists dedicated to recruiting jihadists and helping them reach Daesh militias, ANSA said. The operation is the result of a long ....

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