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  • Israel's opposition leader concedes defeat

    Israel's opposition leader concedes defeat

    Date: 2015-03-18 09:02:33 GMT - Israel - International - SN:10 - ID:2189297

    Israel's opposition leader Isaac Herzog has conceded defeat in the country's election, ABC news reported. Herzog, who heads the center-left Zionist Union, said he had called prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to offer congratulations for his ....

  • Pakistan executes nine more prisoners: Officials

    Pakistan executes nine more prisoners: Officials

    Date: 2015-03-18 08:54:34 GMT - Pakistan - International - SN:9 - ID:2189237

    Pakistan on Wednesday hanged nine more jailed murderers, officials said, taking the number of convicts executed over the past two days to 21, as the European Union condemned the executions, Euronews network reported. The latest round in Punjab ....

  • Putin, Erdogan discuss energy cooperation, 'Turkish Stream' - Kremlin

    Putin, Erdogan discuss energy cooperation, 'Turkish Stream' - Kremlin

    Date: 2015-03-18 08:51:23 GMT - Russia - International - SN:8 - ID:2189229

    Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan have discussed in a phone call bilateral relations with the focus on energy cooperation, Sputnik quoted the Kremlin as saying. "The sides discussed in a friendly ....

  • Shas will not join any gov't under Netanyahu unless he approved its conditions

    Shas will not join any gov't under Netanyahu unless he approved its conditions

    Date: 2015-03-18 08:24:03 GMT - Israel - International - SN:6 - ID:2188985

    Israeli Shas party chief Aryeh Deri said his party will not join any government under Benjamin Netanyahu unless he accepted his conditions, Radio Israel reported. Shas has however been using several means to reach out to their potential voters in ....

  • Police cars set afire at austerity protest in Germany

    Police cars set afire at austerity protest in Germany

    Date: 2015-03-18 08:13:40 GMT - Germany - International - SN:5 - ID:2188881

    Demonstrators set at least two police cars on fire Wednesday as authorities confronted left-wing anti-austerity protesters trying to blockade the inauguration ceremony for the European Central Bank's new headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, ABC news ....

  • PAF Jets pound militant hideouts in Tirah Valley

    PAF Jets pound militant hideouts in Tirah Valley

    Date: 2015-03-18 08:12:34 GMT - Pakistan - International - SN:4 - ID:2188869

    At least 34 militants were killed in early morning strikes launched by Pakistan Air Force in Tirah valley, Geo News reported on its website. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) branch of the Pakistan Army, strikes were ....

  • Japanese police investigating calls threatening to kill US ambassador Kennedy

    Japanese police investigating calls threatening to kill US ambassador Kennedy

    Date: 2015-03-18 07:44:39 GMT - Japan - International - SN:2 - ID:2188717

    Japanese police are investigating phone calls threatening to kill U.S. Ambassador Caroline Kennedy, ABC news reported. Authorities said Wednesday that Tokyo's metropolitan police were investigating the calls to the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo. They ....

  • 1 migrant killed, 1 wounded in Mexico

    1 migrant killed, 1 wounded in Mexico

    Date: 2015-03-18 07:25:43 GMT - Mexico - International - SN:1 - ID:2188589

    One Honduran youth was shot to death and another migrant was wounded when assailants attacked Central American migrants riding a freight train in the central Mexico state of Puebla, Fox News reported. The shootings in Puebla may indicate gangs ....

  • Hope still there Libya not to be divided: German FM

    Hope still there Libya not to be divided: German FM

    Date: 2015-03-17 16:29:46 GMT - Egypt - International - SN:42 - ID:2186437

    German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said that there is still hope that Libya will not be divided and no more violence will take place. This came in Steinmeier's statements on the sidelines of the meeting of the EU foreign ministers in ....

  • US offers Blair new role in Middle East - paper

    US offers Blair new role in Middle East - paper

    Date: 2015-03-17 16:23:12 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:40 - ID:2186413

    The United States is understood to be in talks with former UK prime minister Tony Blair about giving him a new role in getting Arab states to back a fresh Middle East peace initiative, The Times reported on Tuesday. The idea is believed to have ....

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