ar
en
fr
International
- Service : English
- Category : International
-
Thailand troops deployed to prevent anti-coup protest
Date: 2014-06-01 06:37:32 GMT - Thailand - International - SN:4 - ID:754173
Thousands of police and soldiers have been deployed around the Thai capital, Bangkok, to try to prevent anti-coup protesters from gathering, the BBC reported on Sunday. Parts of the city centre have been blocked off to traffic, and train stations ....
-
Abkhazia's president rejects parliament for urging him to resign
Date: 2014-06-01 06:25:56 GMT - Abkhazia - International - SN:1 - ID:754158
Abkhazia's president on Saturday slammed parliament for a vote of no confidence in the Cabinet and for urging him to step down, the Voice of Russia reported on Saturday. "I categorically disagree with this. Decisions of this kind cannot be made ....
-
Turkey PM Erdogan warns youth to ignore Taksim anniversary
Date: 2014-05-31 16:30:50 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:52 - ID:753787
Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan has urged young Turks to ignore calls to mark the first anniversary of Istanbul's Taksim Square protests, the BBC reported on Saturday. He was speaking ahead of nationwide demonstrations planned for ....
-
Putin informs Hollande of his participation in Normandy anniversary
Date: 2014-05-31 16:06:00 GMT - Russia - International - SN:46 - ID:753755
Russian President Vladimir Putin, who had a telephone conversation with his French counterpart Francois Hollande, stressed that the Kiev authorities must immediately stop violence and bloodshed and begin direct dialogue with Ukraine’s south-eastern ....
-
U.S. Senator backs banning looted Egypt artifacts
Date: 2014-05-31 16:01:49 GMT - Egypt - International - SN:42 - ID:753744
U.S. Senator Roy Blunt expressed his full support to the signing of a memorandum of understanding between Egypt and the US to prevent illicit trafficking of Egyptian artifacts in the US. In his letter to U.S. Secretary of Defense John McCain the ....
-
Afghan intelligence foils coordinated attacks in Kandahar
Date: 2014-05-31 12:20:42 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:38 - ID:753376
Afghan intelligence operatives foiled coordinated attack plots in southern Kandahar province of Afghanistan. The Afghan Intelligence – National Directorate of Security (NDS) following a statement said a group 13 militants were arrested in ....
-
FBI official warns of serious challenge due to flood of militants into Syria
Date: 2014-05-31 08:14:59 GMT - USA - International - SN:21 - ID:752820
FBI Deputy Director Mark F. Giuliano has said that the recent movement of militants into Syria was a serious challenge since “these individuals could be trained to plan and carry out attacks around the world.” Security experts fear that the ....
-
Pakistan army kills 14 militants in border clash
Date: 2014-05-31 08:03:20 GMT - Pakistan - International - SN:19 - ID:752800
Pakistani army officers say the military, backed by helicopter gunships, killed 14 militants in a clash near the Afghan border in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region, ABC news reported Saturday. The officers say a group of insurgents sneaked ....
-
White House press secretary resigns
Date: 2014-05-31 06:28:17 GMT - USA - International - SN:7 - ID:752629
White House press secretary Jay Carney left his post as the public face of the administration, stepping down after shifting from two decades of reporting to politics at the highest levels, The New York Times quoted US President Barack Obama as ....
-
NATO airstrike leaves 8 rebels dead in Afghanistan
Date: 2014-05-31 06:26:25 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:6 - ID:752628
At least eight militants were killed following a NATO airstrike on Paktika province, east of Afghanistan, Khaama newspaper reported. The provincial police chief, Gen. Nabi Jan Malakhel said the airstrike was carried out late Thursday night in ....
