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  • Security Council deplores ‘heinous’ murder of British aid worker by Islamic militants

    Date: 2014-09-15 05:38:59 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:8 - ID:940197

    NEW YORK, Sept 15 (MENA) - Members of the United Nations Security Council on Sunday strongly condemned the “heinous and cowardly” murder of David Haines, a British humanitarian aid worker, by the armed group known as the Islamic State of Iraq and ....

  • Two dead in Slovenia floods

    Date: 2014-09-14 19:29:04 GMT - Slovenia - World - SN:145 - ID:939473

    LJUBLJANA, Sept 14 (MENA) - Slovenian authorities said two people have died in new floods that hit the Balkans this weekend after heavy rains. Police said on Sunday a 30-year-old man and a 17-year-old girl drowned after their van plunged into a ....

  • EU sanctions on Russia necessary, effective and timely: UK Min.

    Date: 2014-09-14 18:32:10 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:138 - ID:939065

    LONDON, Sept 14 (MENA) - Britain's Europe Minister David Lidington said Sunday that European Union sanctions on Russia are necessary, effective and timely. “This week the European Union imposed further sanctions on Russia. This decision followed ....

  • Iran favors real, nonselective fight against terrorism: Official

    Date: 2014-09-14 16:53:15 GMT - Iran - World - SN:124 - ID:938413

    TEHRAN, Sept 14 (MENA) - The campaign against terrorism and extremism must be genuine and indiscriminate across the world, says a senior Iranian official. "Iran believes in a real and nonselective fight against terrorism in the region and the ....

  • Daily Beast wonders whether latest Daesh beheading would move Britain to tougher action

    Date: 2014-09-14 15:42:46 GMT - USA - World - SN:99 - ID:936989

    WASHINGTON, Sept 14 (MENA) - The beheading of American journalists galvanized U.S. public opinion, pushing US President Barack Obama toward war. The same thing may happen to British Prime Minister David Cameron, The Daily Beast reported on ....

  • UK PM says Britain will 'hunt down' Daesh killers

    Date: 2014-09-14 13:29:55 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:85 - ID:936985

    LONDON, Sept 14 (MENA) - Britain will take "whatever steps are necessary" to keep the country safe, following the killing of hostage David Haines by the so-called Islamic State militants, the BBC quoted British Prime Minister David Cameron as saying ....

  • Independence current chief to organize celebration to receive Sisi during UN meetings

    Date: 2014-09-14 13:13:33 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:75 - ID:936613

    CAIRO, Sept 14 (MENA) - Head of the Independence Current Ahmed Fadali will head for the US within days to prepare for a big celebration to receive Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, who will take part for the first time in the UN General ....

  • British deputy PM condemns killing of aid worker David Haines by Daesh

    Date: 2014-09-14 12:33:03 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:65 - ID:935949

    LONDON, Sept 14 (MENA) - British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg condemned the barbaric murder of humanitarian aid worker David Haines as a crime of the most horrendous kind. "My thoughts at this time are with the family of David Haines who have ....

  • Rights group calls for probe into Iraqi airstrike

    Date: 2014-09-14 12:25:11 GMT - USA - World - SN:61 - ID:935817

    NEW YORK, Sept 14 (MENA) - An international rights group has called for an investigation into an Iraqi airstrike near a school housing displaced families that killed 31 civilians, including 24 children, ABC News reported Sunday. The New York-based ....

  • Iran’s Rouhani to visit Russia for Caspian Sea summit

    Date: 2014-09-14 11:39:18 GMT - Iran - World - SN:52 - ID:935233

    TEHRAN, Sept 14 (MENA) - Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani will start an official visit to Russia on September 29to attend the upcoming summit of the Caspian Sea littoral states, government sources said on Sunday. The 4th summit of the Caspian Sea ....

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