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Afghan intelligence foil coordinated attacks in Helmand

Date: 2014-01-06 07:45:56 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:6 - ID:481617

At least five suspected insurgents were arrested along with three motorcycle borne improvised explosive device in southern Helmand province of Afghanistan, Khaama Press paper reported. The Afghan Intelligence said Sunday that the militants were ....

Spanish police nabs Al Qaeda-linked terror suspect

Date: 2014-01-06 07:42:56 GMT - Spain - International - SN:5 - ID:481611

Spain's Interior Ministry says police have arrested a man suspected of belonging to an al-Qaida linked terror organization and participating in the Syrian conflict, ABC News reported on Sunday. The suspect, named as Abdeluahid Sadik Mohamed, was ....

UK PM Cameron aims to win Scots' hearts

Date: 2014-01-06 07:41:05 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:4 - ID:481609

The campaign against Scottish independence must move beyond economics to arguments of the “head and heart”, Prime Minister David Cameron has said. The UK offers security in a "diverse, dangerous world", according to Cameron, who said he will ....

US Secretary of State arrives in Riyadh

Date: 2014-01-05 14:33:29 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - International - SN:52 - ID:480837

US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived Sunday in Riyadh on a visit to the kingdom as part of his current Middle East tour. Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Saud Al-Faisal received him at King Khaled International Airport. Kerry is ....

Kerry vows Israeli-Palestinian peace deal will be fair, balanced

Date: 2014-01-05 13:13:14 GMT - Israel - International - SN:46 - ID:480635

US Secretary of State John Kerry vowed Sunday any Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement would improve the security of both sides and would be "fair and balanced," as he was preparing on Sunday morning to depart from his latest round of shuttle ....

Peres: Arabs know Israel is not the problem anymore

Date: 2014-01-05 12:13:23 GMT - Israel - International - SN:43 - ID:480496

Israeli President Shimon Peres said in a Foreign Ministry representatives meeting that "when we were being established, the Arab world wanted to annihilate us. Today the Arab world doesn't think that we're its problem." In statements carried by ....

Netanyahu raises doubts on PA's readiness for making peace

Date: 2014-01-05 12:08:51 GMT - Israel - International - SN:41 - ID:480489

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the Palestinian Authority of continuing its incitment against Israel, Voice of Israel Radio reported on Sunday. In his remarks, Netanyahu accused Palestinian leaders of inciting their people to ....

FM: Majed's death will not derail Iran from Beirut embassy probe

Date: 2014-01-05 09:03:58 GMT - Iran - International - SN:27 - ID:480052

Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham underlined that Tehran will continue its probe into the November bombing that targeted the Islamic Republics embassy in Beirut despite the death of al-Qaeda-linked Saudi terrorist Majed al-Majed, ....

Turkish PM to visit Iran later this month

Date: 2014-01-05 09:01:09 GMT - Iran - International - SN:26 - ID:480042

Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will pay an official visit to Iran later January, Fars news agency reported. The visit is meant to boost bilateral relations, Zarif said in a meeting ....

Bangladesh votes amid violence and boycott

Date: 2014-01-05 08:52:30 GMT - Bangladesh - International - SN:22 - ID:480016

Violent clashes have erupted between opposition activists and police as Bangladesh holds a general election boycotted by the opposition, the BBC reported. At least four people were killed in unrest on Sunday. Scores have died in the run-up to the ....