ar
en
fr
International
- Service : English
- Category : International
-
Bus fire in southern India leaves 44 dead
Date: 2013-10-30 09:49:06 GMT - India - International - SN:27 - ID:361850
A fierce blaze on board a bus triggered by an exploding fuel tank has killed at least 44 passengers in southern India, Skynews reported Wednesday. The fire broke out after the bus crashed into a central reservation on a highway between the cities ....
-
Obama may ban spying on heads of allied states - NYT
Date: 2013-10-30 09:45:32 GMT - USA - International - SN:18 - ID:361748
US President Barack Obama is poised to order the National Security Agency to stop eavesdropping on the leaders of American allies, administration and congressional officials said, responding to a deepening diplomatic crisis over reports that the ....
-
Uruguay to withdraw its UN peacekeepers from Haiti
Date: 2013-10-30 09:40:48 GMT - Uruguay - International - SN:25 - ID:361827
Uruguay's president said he plans to remove his country's nearly 1,000 peacekeeping troops from Haiti, ABC news reported. Jose Mujica said Tuesday he'll withdraw the contingent but isn't giving a date. He said he decided this because there's a ....
-
Japan’s foreign minister to visit Iran on November 9
Date: 2013-10-29 16:49:12 GMT - Japan - International - SN:49 - ID:360946
Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said on Tuesday that he is scheduled to pay a visit to Iran on November 9, shortly after Tehran and the six powers - the United States, Britain, France, China, Russia and Germany - wrap up talks on Iran’s ....
-
Australian PM signals symbolic end in Afghanistan
Date: 2013-10-29 14:22:53 GMT - Australia - International - SN:36 - ID:360669
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has signalled a symbolic end to Australia's involvement in Afghanistan, Sky News said Tuesday quoting the Australia Defence Association (ADA). But ADA executive director Neil James says it remains unclear ....
-
AJC survey: American Jews support for US strike on Iran drops
Date: 2013-10-29 12:23:40 GMT - Israel - International - SN:15 - ID:360367
The annual American Jewish Committee poll of American Jews shows a decrease in support for a US strike on Iran should diplomacy not end its suspected nuclear weapons program, the Jerusalem Post reported. According to the 2013 poll released ....
-
Iran submits new proposal for IAEA
Date: 2013-10-29 10:15:32 GMT - Austria - International - SN:9 - ID:360046
Deputy Foreign Minister and Member of Iran’s nuclear negotiating team Abbas Araqchi announced Iran’s new proposals to the International Atomic Energy agency ( IAEA), IRNA news agency reported Tuesday. Araqchi, who arrived in Vienna on Monday for ....
-
Abyei unilateral referendum 'illegal'- AU
Date: 2013-10-29 06:10:06 GMT - Ethiopia - International - SN:2 - ID:359591
The African Union Commission "strongly" condemned Monday a decision by South Sudan's Ngok Dinka tribe to hold a unilateral "referendum" in Abyei region, saying it was "illegal", Sudan Tribune reported. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, the commission ....
-
US reviewing spy policies toward allies: White House
Date: 2013-10-28 18:21:01 GMT - USA - International - SN:61 - ID:359322
The US administration said Monday that treatment of allies is part of its review of surveillance policies, amid a report that US President Barack Obama put a stop to a program that spied on up to 35 foreign leaders, The USA Today reported. "The ....
-
Israel agrees to return to UN Human Rights Council
Date: 2013-10-28 12:20:07 GMT - Israel - International - SN:33 - ID:358560
Israel has agreed to return to the UN Human Rights Council and to cede to Western pressure to participate on Tuesday in the periodic review of its human rights records that all 193 member states must undergo, The Jerusalem Post reported. Israeli ....
