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  • Iran FM invites Italian counterpart to Tehran

    Iran FM invites Italian counterpart to Tehran

    Date: 2015-01-06 17:12:40 GMT - Iran - International - SN:46 - ID:1687925

    Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has invited his Italian counterpart Paolo Gentiloni to pay a visit to Tehran, according to IRNA news agency on Tuesday. Italy's foreign ministry said in a statement that the invitation was made ....

  • Obama nears goal for Guantanamo with faster pace of releases - NYTimes

    Obama nears goal for Guantanamo with faster pace of releases - NYTimes

    Date: 2015-01-06 17:02:07 GMT - USA - International - SN:43 - ID:1687893

    In a series of secret nighttime flights in the last two months, US President Barack Obama's administration made more progress toward his goal of emptying the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, than it had since 2009, the New York Times ....

  • Paris condemns killing of Saudi officers on border with Iraq

    Paris condemns killing of Saudi officers on border with Iraq

    Date: 2015-01-06 16:14:47 GMT - France - International - SN:40 - ID:1687617

    France condemned on Tuesday the killing of three Saudi officers on the border with Iraq on Monday. Foreign Ministry spokesman Romain Nadal expressed his country's solidarity with Saudi Arabia in fighting terrorism and offered condolences to the ....

  • Iran’s red line for terrorist groups lies 40 km inside Iraqi soil

    Iran’s red line for terrorist groups lies 40 km inside Iraqi soil

    Date: 2015-01-06 14:24:36 GMT - Iran - International - SN:29 - ID:1686537

    Commander of Armys Ground Force Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan said on Tuesday that Iran has drawn red line for terrorist groups 40 km inside the Iraqi territory, IRNA news agency reported. The commander said, “When members of the ....

  • Chechen president confirms readiness to fight in Donbas if Putin orders

    Chechen president confirms readiness to fight in Donbas if Putin orders

    Date: 2015-01-05 15:09:08 GMT - Russia - International - SN:34 - ID:1679405

    Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov said he would fulfill any order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief and if need be, is ready to travel to Donbas, Interfax reported. "I never make populist declarations. I repeat once again that if it is necessary ....

  • Japan's Abe to express remorse in 70th war-end anniversary statement

    Japan's Abe to express remorse in 70th war-end anniversary statement

    Date: 2015-01-05 15:08:07 GMT - Japan - International - SN:33 - ID:1679389

    Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday said he would express remorse for his country's actions in World War II in his statement marking the 70th anniversary of the war’s end in August, KYODO reported. "I would like to write of Japan's ....

  • Rouhani threatens to hold referendum

    Rouhani threatens to hold referendum

    Date: 2015-01-05 12:32:16 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:26 - ID:1677757

    Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has threatened to hold an unprecedented referendum in Iran as he warned hardline opponents of a nuclear deal with the west that the country must end its international isolation. The Iranian leader said he was ....

  • Coastguard suspends Cemfjord crew search in Pentland Firth

    Coastguard suspends Cemfjord crew search in Pentland Firth

    Date: 2015-01-05 11:05:35 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:22 - ID:1676933

    The search for the missing crew of the cargo ship Cemfjord in the Pentland Firth has been suspended, the BBC reported. The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said that by last light on Sunday nothing had been found. The bulk carrier had a ....

  • Afghanistan president suggests US 're-examine' troop withdrawal timetable

    Afghanistan president suggests US 're-examine' troop withdrawal timetable

    Date: 2015-01-05 08:16:39 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:4 - ID:1675329

    Afghanistan's president has suggested that the US "re-examine" its plan to withdraw all of the American-led coalition troops from the country by the end of 2016, Sky news reported. "Deadlines concentrate the mind. But deadlines should not be ....

  • Daesh hostage John Cantlie releases new propaganda video

    Daesh hostage John Cantlie releases new propaganda video

    Date: 2015-01-04 16:24:40 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:39 - ID:1672957

    John Cantlie, the British journalist held by Daesh, has produced another propaganda video. Intended to show that life is carrying on as normal in the Jihadist controlled city of Mosul, it is produced in the the style of a television travelogue ....

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