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  • EU to challenge court decision striking Hamas off terror list

    EU to challenge court decision striking Hamas off terror list

    Date: 2015-01-19 13:14:26 GMT - Belgium - International - SN:45 - ID:1775869

    The European Union will challenge a ruling by the bloc’s second highest court striking Hamas off the region’s terror list, ensuring that an asset freeze and other restrictions will remain in place until a final judgment is made. The decision, ....

  • Pope Francis heads home

    Pope Francis heads home

    Date: 2015-01-19 07:53:49 GMT - Philippines - International - SN:8 - ID:1772633

    Pope Francis headed home Monday from the Philippines after a weeklong trip that also took him to Sri Lanka. Here are some glimpses of his last two days, The ABC News reported. Francis left Manila about 10:15 a.m. on a Philippines Airlines jet, ....

  • Ya'alon: Hezbollah should explain why Its people were in Syria

    Ya'alon: Hezbollah should explain why Its people were in Syria

    Date: 2015-01-19 07:46:14 GMT - Israel - International - SN:4 - ID:1772557

    Israeli Minister of Defense Moshe Ya'alon refused Sunday to speak about the army attack against Syria that has been appearing in the foreign media in Syria, Radio Israel reported. "If Hezbollah is claiming their people were injured or killed in ....

  • Iran determined to expand ties with China: Velayati

    Iran determined to expand ties with China: Velayati

    Date: 2015-01-19 07:38:14 GMT - Iran - International - SN:3 - ID:1772469

    A senior Iranian official says Iran is determined to expand ties with China as the two countries are engaged in a strategic partnership, Press TV reported. Ali Akbar Velayati, who serves as a top adviser to Leader of the Islamic Revolution ....

  • Palestinians pelt Canadian FM John Baird with eggs, shoes

    Palestinians pelt Canadian FM John Baird with eggs, shoes

    Date: 2015-01-18 12:13:19 GMT - Israel - International - SN:32 - ID:1767369

    Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird's convoy was pelted with eggs and shoes while visiting the West Bank on Sunday, sources told Ynet. The incident took place as the convoy was arriving at the Palestinian Foreign Ministry in Ramallah. ....

  • London to host conf. on Daesh threat Thursday

    London to host conf. on Daesh threat Thursday

    Date: 2015-01-18 11:55:35 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:27 - ID:1767185

    London will host on Thursday an international conference for the members of the coalition against Daesh group. The conference, to be chaired by British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, will be attended by US State Secretary John Kerry and ....

  • Iran considers Iraq’s security as own: Interior minister

    Iran considers Iraq’s security as own: Interior minister

    Date: 2015-01-18 11:47:10 GMT - Iran - International - SN:24 - ID:1767081

    Iran’s interior minister has emphasized the necessity for countering terrorism in the Middle East region, saying the Islamic Republic considers Iraq’s security as that of its own, Press TV reported. Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli made the remarks at a ....

  • Israel would not provide security for Swedish FM

    Israel would not provide security for Swedish FM

    Date: 2015-01-18 10:41:42 GMT - Israel - International - SN:18 - ID:1766233

    An Israeli government source revealed that Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom's cancellation and fury with Israel stem from the government's refusal to provide security on her trip, Yediot Ahronot newspaper reported. The official revealed ....

  • Israel to lobby Canada, Australia, Germany to cut ICC funding

    Israel to lobby Canada, Australia, Germany to cut ICC funding

    Date: 2015-01-18 09:44:37 GMT - palestine - International - SN:12 - ID:1765697

    Israel is lobbying member-states of the International Criminal Court to cut funding for the tribunal in response to its launch of an inquiry into possible war crimes in the Palestinian territories, the Jerusalem Post quoted officials as saying on ....

  • New Afghan cabinet minister on Interpol list

    New Afghan cabinet minister on Interpol list

    Date: 2015-01-18 09:42:56 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:11 - ID:1765669

    Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's agriculture minister in the new cabinet is on an Interpol wanted list for tax evasion in Estonia, Sky news reported. Interpol's website lists Mohammad Yaqub Haidari, 52, as wanted in Estonia for "large-scale tax ....

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