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  • Lahore police station blast casualties rise to 15

    Lahore police station blast casualties rise to 15

    Date: 2015-02-17 17:03:02 GMT - Pakistan - International - SN:33 - ID:1984217

    At least eight people were killed and seven others injured when a suicide bomber tried to enter a police station in central Lahore on Tuesday, CNN reported quoting the Pakistani police. Jamaat ul Ahrar, a breakaway faction of the Pakistani ....

  • Iran, Saudi Arabia can help battle terrorism -- Iranian official

    Iran, Saudi Arabia can help battle terrorism -- Iranian official

    Date: 2015-02-17 15:20:28 GMT - Iran - International - SN:75 - ID:1986869

    An Iranian deputy foreign minister says the Islamic Republic and Saudi Arabia have the necessary potential to help curtail terrorism, Press TV reported on Tuesday. “We believe that Tehran and Riyadh have the necessary potential to help countries ....

  • UK police arrests man for encouraging terrorism

    UK police arrests man for encouraging terrorism

    Date: 2015-02-17 14:01:08 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:56 - ID:1986089

    A 29-year-old man from Stoke-on-Trent city of Staffordshire, England, has been arrested on suspicion of encouraging terrorism and supporting a proscribed organisation, police was quoted as saying on Tuesday by the BBC. The man was detained by ....

  • Indyk: Israel to face UNSC resolution proposed not by Palestinians, but int'l community

    Indyk: Israel to face UNSC resolution proposed not by Palestinians, but int'l community

    Date: 2015-02-17 13:01:16 GMT - Israel - International - SN:45 - ID:1985485

    Former US envoy to peace talks hints that US would be part of such a resolution that would “lay out and preserve the principles of a two-state solution in the future," the Jerusalem Post reported. Martin Indyk said he expects this initiative ....

  • Afghan army begins anti-Taliban drive, kills 76 militants

    Afghan army begins anti-Taliban drive, kills 76 militants

    Date: 2015-02-17 12:56:50 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:44 - ID:1985433

    The Afghan army has launched an offensive in the southern Taliban heartland to try to weaken the insurgents before the start of the new "fighting season", Sky News Arabia reported. Police and troops began targeting militants on Monday in four ....

  • Japan to extend $15.5 million in antiterrorism aid for Middeast

    Japan to extend $15.5 million in antiterrorism aid for Middeast

    Date: 2015-02-17 11:49:09 GMT - Japan - International - SN:35 - ID:1984521

    Japan unveiled a set of measures Tuesday to help tackle terrorism including financial aid of $15.5 million, or 1.83 billion yen, to build counterterrorism capacity in Africa and the Middle East where Islamic State and other terrorists are active, ....

  • Islam urges justice, fairness toward non-Muslims: Ayatollah Khamenei

    Islam urges justice, fairness toward non-Muslims: Ayatollah Khamenei

    Date: 2015-02-17 09:59:40 GMT - Iran - International - SN:23 - ID:1983241

    Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says Islam has ordered Muslims to treat the followers of other religions with “fairness and justice.” “What is seen in the world today is that powers and governments which claim to ....

  • Italy FM expresses concern over Libya

    Italy FM expresses concern over Libya

    Date: 2015-02-16 19:34:11 GMT - Italy - International - SN:65 - ID:1980301

    Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni on Monday expressed concern over the recent developments in Libya. A statement issued by the Italian Foreign Ministry reported a meeting between Gentiloni and his Portuguese counterpart Roy Machete dealt ....

  • Moscow vows 'appropriate' response after fresh EU sanctions

    Moscow vows 'appropriate' response after fresh EU sanctions

    Date: 2015-02-16 19:09:43 GMT - Russia - International - SN:60 - ID:1980177

    New sanctions against Russia from the European Union will be met with an appropriate response, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement posted on its official website Monday, according to Sputnik news agency. "One thing is clear: such ....

  • Kerry condoles with Shoukry for killing of Egyptian abductees in Libya

    Kerry condoles with Shoukry for killing of Egyptian abductees in Libya

    Date: 2015-02-16 09:14:49 GMT - USA - International - SN:1 - ID:1972657

    US Secretary of State John Kerry telephoned his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry after Daesh aired a video showing the killing of 21 Egyptians who had been kidnapped by the terrorist group in Sirte, Libya. Kerry strongly condemned the heinous ....

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