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  • New Ukrainian govt members to be named on Independence Square on Wednesday evening

    New Ukrainian govt members to be named on Independence Square on Wednesday evening

    Date: 2014-02-26 08:45:55 GMT - Ukraine - International - SN:24 - ID:577429

    The Maidan council and political parties have agreed to include public representatives in the new Ukrainian government and to introduce the new government members on Independence Square on Wednesday evening, said parliament deputy Valeriy Patskan ....

  • Seoul expands travel advisory for Sinai

    Seoul expands travel advisory for Sinai

    Date: 2014-02-26 08:39:46 GMT - south korea - International - SN:21 - ID:577417

    South Korea expanded its travel advisory for the Sinai Peninsula on Wednesday due to the possibility of further terrorist attacks following a deadly bombing attack there last week, Yonhap reported. Three South Koreans as well as one Egyptian were ....

  • Dempsey visits Afghanistan as contingency withdrawal plans begin

    Dempsey visits Afghanistan as contingency withdrawal plans begin

    Date: 2014-02-26 08:37:19 GMT - USA - International - SN:20 - ID:577409

    Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrived in Afghanistan Tuesday night hours after US President Barack Obama has directed the Pentagon to ensure that it has adequate plans in place to accomplish an orderly ....

  • Israeli lawmakers fail to reach consensus on extending supervission to Al-Aqsa mosque

    Israeli lawmakers fail to reach consensus on extending supervission to Al-Aqsa mosque

    Date: 2014-02-26 08:17:41 GMT - palestine - International - SN:16 - ID:577373

    The Israeli Knesset adjourned its session on Tuesday without reaching a resolution on a petition demanding legislation to extend Jewish sovereignty to the al-Aqsa Mosque or 'Temple Mount'. The session has witnessed sharp debates on the petition ....

  • US, UK support Ukrainian people

    US, UK support Ukrainian people

    Date: 2014-02-26 08:16:16 GMT - USA - International - SN:15 - ID:577366

    US Secretary of the State John Kerry and his British counterpart William Hague stressed Tuesday their countries' commitments to support the Ukrainian people during their transition period. Kerry and Hague discussed a number of issues, topped by ....

  • Iran more worrisome than before: Yaalon

    Iran more worrisome than before: Yaalon

    Date: 2014-02-26 08:14:53 GMT - Israel - International - SN:14 - ID:577362

    Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon said Tuesday the Iranian regime made Israel worry more than ever, Israeli local media cited the minister as talking to Kol Yisrael. “Our main worry is the Iranian regime, and today we are more worried than ....

  • Ethiopia ‘remains vigilant’ of Al-shabaab threats

    Ethiopia ‘remains vigilant’ of Al-shabaab threats

    Date: 2014-02-26 08:10:29 GMT - Ethiopia - International - SN:12 - ID:577346

    Ethiopia says it remains vigilant of Al-Shabaab threats amid reports of a major assault on the al-Qaeda linked Islamist group in Gedo region of Somalia. Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Dina Mufti told Ethiopian news website WIC that ....

  • France denies remarks attributed to amb. on Morocco

    France denies remarks attributed to amb. on Morocco

    Date: 2014-02-26 08:04:42 GMT - France - International - SN:10 - ID:577330

    France has anew denied recent remarks attributed to French Ambassador to the United States François Delattre which were deemed offending to Morocco. In a press conference on Tuesday, French Foreign Ministry spokesman Romain Nadal said the French ....

  • Death toll from Nigeria school massacre rises to 43: hospital source

    Death toll from Nigeria school massacre rises to 43: hospital source

    Date: 2014-02-25 18:44:57 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:72 - ID:576858

    The death toll from a school massacre in Nigeria by suspected Boko Haram Islamists on Tuesday has risen to 43, a hospital source in the troubled northeastern Yobe state said, according to the Daily Star. "Ambulances have been bringing in bodies ....

  • 600,000 migrants banned from entering Russia

    600,000 migrants banned from entering Russia

    Date: 2014-02-25 18:32:00 GMT - Russia - International - SN:71 - ID:576840

    Russia’s Federal Migration Service banned entry for 600,000 foreigners in Russia, migration service’s chief Konstantin Romodanovsky told Russian President Vladimir Putin at the presidential countryside residence on Tuesday, ITAR TASS ....

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