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  • 'Qatar, Turkey must be punished for supporting terrorism' - Shimon Peres

    'Qatar, Turkey must be punished for supporting terrorism' - Shimon Peres

    Date: 2014-09-08 14:02:26 GMT - Israel - International - SN:57 - ID:912275

    Former Israeli president Shimon Peres called for "using tough economic sanctions against Qatar and Turkey to punish them for financing terrorism". During his speech for the 14th annual International Conference of the Institute for ....

  • Obama: Ebola ‘could be a serious danger’ if US doesn’t act

    Obama: Ebola ‘could be a serious danger’ if US doesn’t act

    Date: 2014-09-08 11:53:47 GMT - USA - International - SN:47 - ID:912011

    President Barack Obama said the United States must lead the international community in containing the spread of Ebola in Africa, warning there could be a long-term threat to the homeland if the country doesn’t act. “Americans shouldn’t be ....

  • Duchess of Cambridge is pregnant with her second child

    Duchess of Cambridge is pregnant with her second child

    Date: 2014-09-08 11:51:44 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:46 - ID:912003

    The Duchess of Cambridge is pregnant again, Kensington Palace announced this morning. Kate, 32, whose son, Prince George is just a year old, is expecting her second baby with husband Prince William next year. In a statement the palace said: ....

  • Senator urges action against Daesh to prevent another 9/11-scale attack

    Senator urges action against Daesh to prevent another 9/11-scale attack

    Date: 2014-09-08 11:45:50 GMT - USA - International - SN:44 - ID:911979

    The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has said that Daesh must be defeated before it becomes organized enough to launch a 9/11-scale attack on the US, according to The Washington Times. As the country approaches the 13th ....

  • New UN Human Rights chief urges world to protect civilians in Iraq, Syria

    New UN Human Rights chief urges world to protect civilians in Iraq, Syria

    Date: 2014-09-08 11:39:46 GMT - Switzerland - International - SN:42 - ID:911959

    New UN Human Rights Chief Zeid Ra'ad al Hussein called on Monday for the world to protect women and religious and ethnic minorities targeted by Daesh militants in Iraq and Syria which he said were "increasingly conjoined conflicts", the Economic ....

  • Destroying ISIS may take years, U.S. officials say

    Destroying ISIS may take years, U.S. officials say

    Date: 2014-09-08 08:35:23 GMT - USA - International - SN:27 - ID:911481

    The Obama administration is preparing to carry out a campaign against Daesh that may take three years to complete, requiring a sustained effort that could last until after President Obama has left office, according to senior administration ....

  • Taliban suicide attack kills 3 Afghan policemen

    Taliban suicide attack kills 3 Afghan policemen

    Date: 2014-09-08 07:56:02 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:21 - ID:911398

    An Afghan official said a Taliban suicide bomber has killed a district police chief and his two guards in southern Kandahar province, ABC news network reported. Samim Khpolwak, spokesman for the provincial governor in Kandahar, says the attack ....

  • U.S. urges N. Korea to free detained Americans

    U.S. urges N. Korea to free detained Americans

    Date: 2014-09-08 07:54:16 GMT - south korea - International - SN:20 - ID:911395

    The United States renewed its appeal to North Korea on Sunday to release three American citizens held in the communist nation after Pyongyang said the country's highest court will try one of them next week, Yonhap news agency ....

  • Ayatollah Khamenei undergoes successful surgery

    Ayatollah Khamenei undergoes successful surgery

    Date: 2014-09-08 07:50:36 GMT - Iran - International - SN:18 - ID:911387

    Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has undergone a successful surgery at a state hospital in Tehran, Press TV reported Monday. Ayatollah Khamenei was hospitalized at one of Tehran’s state-run hospitals and underwent ....

  • Iran condoles with Pakistan over deadly flooding

    Iran condoles with Pakistan over deadly flooding

    Date: 2014-09-08 07:02:49 GMT - Iran - International - SN:8 - ID:911295

    Iran's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham on Sunday condoled with the Pakistani government and nation over the loss of lives as a result of heavy flooding in the country, IRNA news agency reported. Afkham also sympathized with the ....

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