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  • Kerry issues warning to Iraqi leader

    Date: 2014-08-11 10:24:42 GMT - Australia - World - SN:57 - ID:868311

    SYDNEY, Aug 11 (MENA) - Secretary of State John Kerry warned Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki of Iraq on Monday not to interfere with the process of picking a new Iraqi leader, cautioning pointedly that a power grab would lead to a cutoff of ....

  • Kerry urges calm in Iraq

    Date: 2014-08-11 09:47:23 GMT - Australia - World - SN:45 - ID:868126

    CANBERRA, Aug 11 (MENA) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is urging the people of Iraq to remain calm as the country faces a political crisis while battling advances by Islamic State militants, ABC News reported. Speaking in Australia on ....

  • Haiti gang raids jail and frees inmates

    Date: 2014-08-11 08:31:12 GMT - Haiti - World - SN:28 - ID:868032

    PORT AU PRINCE, Aug 11 (MENA) - An armed gang has attacked a prison in Haiti freeing an unconfirmed number of inmates, the BBC reported. The Croix-des-Bouquets jail held more than 800 prisoners before the Sunday morning attack. The action ....

  • S. Korea to offer US$13 mln in aid to N. Korea

    Date: 2014-08-11 05:45:43 GMT - south korea - World - SN:11 - ID:867820

    SEOUL, Aug 11 (MENA) - South Korea said Monday it will provide North Korea with US$13.3 million in humanitarian aid, in another show of its resolve to separate inter-Korean military tensions from efforts to help the needy in the North, Yonhap ....

  • Rabbi killed in Florida; police say no hate crime

    Date: 2014-08-10 20:49:35 GMT - USA - World - SN:160 - ID:867685

    WASHINGTON, Aug 10 (MENA) - US Police and Jewish community leaders said Sunday an Orthodox rabbi from New York was fatally shot as he walked to a Miami temple, Fox News reported. Miami-Dade police spokeswoman Elena Hernandez said there is no ....

  • US senator warns of militants in Iraq

    Date: 2014-08-10 20:48:24 GMT - USA - World - SN:159 - ID:867659

    WASHINGTON, Aug 10 (MENA) - US Senator Lindsey Graham set off alarm bells on Sunday over ISIL's growing threat to to launch attacks on the US territory. Speaking to Fox News, Graham concerned about ISIL "hit closer to home". "Mr. President, you ....

  • ISIL threat to US national security - McCain

    Date: 2014-08-10 20:27:34 GMT - USA - World - SN:154 - ID:867609

    WASHINGTON, Aug 10 (MENA) - US Senator John McCain said Sunday The ISIL's progress in Iraqis is a threat to the state's national security. In an interview with CNN, McCain added ISIL have attracted 1,00 young men from around the world who are now ....

  • Lavrov urges humanitarian aid, ceasefire in eastern Ukraine

    Date: 2014-08-10 20:15:38 GMT - Russia - World - SN:151 - ID:867660

    MOSCOW, Aug 10 (MENA) - The question of humanitarian aid supplies to eastern Ukraine must not be delayed, the need for ceasefire in the region is critical, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Sunday, "We believe the issue (of providing ....

  • Clinton slams Obama's foreign policy

    Date: 2014-08-10 19:15:06 GMT - USA - World - SN:146 - ID:867597

    WASHINGTON, Aug 10 (MENA) - Former secretary of state and probable candidate for president Hillary Clinton has slammed Obama's foreign policy. "The failure to help build up a credible fighting force of the people who were the originators of the ....

  • Putin meets with Armenian, Azerbaijani presidents

    Date: 2014-08-10 19:13:28 GMT - Russia - World - SN:145 - ID:867599

    MOSCOW, Aug 10 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin held a joint meeting Sunday with the leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia, as concerns mount over the escalation of fighting over the South Caucasus region Nagorno-Karabakh, ABC News ....

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