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Iran bombs Isis targets in Iraq, says Pentagon
Date: 2014-12-03 12:03:36 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:38 - ID:1463321
Iran’s air force has attacked targets of Islamic State (Isis) in eastern Iraq but Tehran has denied that it acted in coordination with the US, which is leading a western-Arab coalition to defeat the jihadi group, The Guardian reported ....
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Official: Iran embassy staff in Yemen in healthy conditions
Date: 2014-12-03 11:42:39 GMT - Iran - International - SN:35 - ID:1463161
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham said the staff members of the Iranian embassy in Sana'a, Yemen, are safe and sound, IRNA news agency reported. She made the remarks here Wednesday morning during her weekly press briefing in ....
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Israeli legislators agree on March 17 parliamentary elections
Date: 2014-12-03 10:07:52 GMT - Israel - International - SN:29 - ID:1462173
Israeli legislators agreed on Wednesday to set March 17 as the date for a new parliamentary election, Israel Radio said. The report said the date was agreed in a meeting of the heads of parliamentary factions. Parliament was due to hold a ....
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Police detain three suspected Daesh militants
Date: 2014-12-03 09:54:49 GMT - Malaysia - International - SN:28 - ID:1462089
Malaysian police announced yesterday that they have detained another three men in Kuala Lumpur and Kedah with suspected links to militant Daesh, ABC news reported. Police said one of the suspects, a 36-year old male, allegedly joined the militant ....
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Israel's Livni accuses Netanyahu of defaming opponents
Date: 2014-12-03 07:30:42 GMT - Israel - International - SN:3 - ID:1460633
Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni on Tuesday accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of trying to defame his opponents. She rejected Netanyahu's decision to fire her as "not respectable nor brave". ....
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Netanyahu fires Livni, Lapid
Date: 2014-12-02 17:44:08 GMT - Israel - International - SN:42 - ID:1458929
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu directed the secretary of government on Tuesday evening to dismiss Finance Minister Yair Lapid and Justice Minister Tzipi Livni, The Jerusalem Post reported. "In the last couple of weeks and over the ....
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Fighting terrorists in Syria impossible without coordination with Damascus - Russian diplomat
Date: 2014-12-02 15:17:46 GMT - Russia - International - SN:32 - ID:1457745
Russian Foreign Ministry’s official spokesman Alexander Lukashevich on Tuesday said the international coalition would not succeed in efforts to struggle against Daesh in Syria if there is no coordination with Damascus, Itar-Tass news agency ....
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Kenyan President replaces interior minister following Mandera massacre
Date: 2014-12-02 15:12:18 GMT - Kenya - International - SN:31 - ID:1457697
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has replaced his interior minister and police chief following a massacre by Somali al-Shabab militants, the BBC reported on Tuesday. The president asked Kenyans to unite, and said: "We will not flinch in war ....
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Europe, US significantly expand sanctions against Russian economy
Date: 2014-12-02 15:01:57 GMT - Belgium - International - SN:29 - ID:1457609
The U.S. and the European Union adopted sweeping economic sanctions against Russia on Tuesday to punish Moscow's unbending stance in the Ukraine conflict, The Wall Street Journal reported. The question for the West now is whether the move will ....
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Official : Iran, Six Powers "making" progress on nuclear negotiations
Date: 2014-12-02 12:45:54 GMT - Iran - International - SN:19 - ID:1456441
Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said he believed that Iran and the world powers' nuclear negotiations were making progress and that there was no reason to have a negative view about the talks. He was speaking in a live program on state ....