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  • Iran bombs Isis targets in Iraq, says Pentagon

    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 ....

  • Official: Iran embassy staff in Yemen in healthy conditions

    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 ....

  • Israeli legislators agree on March 17 parliamentary elections

    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 ....

  • Police detain three suspected Daesh militants

    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 ....

  • Israel's Livni accuses Netanyahu of defaming opponents

    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". ....

  • Netanyahu fires Livni, Lapid

    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 ....

  • Fighting terrorists in Syria impossible without coordination with Damascus - Russian diplomat

    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 ....

  • Kenyan President replaces interior minister following Mandera massacre

    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 ....

  • Europe, US significantly expand sanctions against Russian economy

    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 ....

  • Official : Iran, Six Powers

    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 ....

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