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Russian deputy foreign minister: RF calls on US to correct rhetoric, policies on Ukraine
Date: 2015-05-16 14:03:54 GMT - Russia - International - SN:39 - ID:2599653
The US has not changed their rhetoric or policies regarding Ukraine, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told TASS on Saturday. "Surely, we have been using every contact with the American counterparts to induce them to refuse from the ....
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Russia and America hold talks to prepare for Assad’s defeat
Date: 2015-05-16 14:02:52 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:38 - ID:2599641
Russia and the United States have begun discussing the fall of President Assad amid signs that Syria’s four-year civil war is turning decisively against him, The Times reported. Intelligence reports suggest that recent battlefield gains by rebel ....
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Arab countries should upgrade peaceful use of atomic energy - AL chief
Date: 2015-05-16 14:01:35 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:37 - ID:2599633
Arab League (AL) Secretary General Nabil el Araby said that the Arab countries should upgrade their peaceful use of atomic energy so as to catch up with the technological revolutions achieved by other nations. The AL chief's remark came during a ....
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Mali peace agreement guarantee for stability: Mauritanian president
Date: 2015-05-16 14:00:17 GMT - Mauritania - Arab world - SN:36 - ID:2599625
Mauritanian president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz on Saturday welcomed the signature of a peace agreement between the Government of Mali and members of the Platform coalition of armed groups. The president described the agreement as a guarantee for ....
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Iraqi forces abort Daesh attack in Ramadi
Date: 2015-05-16 13:58:12 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:2598065
Iraqi army troops aborted Saturday a suicide attack with three car bombs by Daesh militants against a military site in Ramadi, west of Baghdad, in addition to shelling some of their sites in the same city security sources said. The sources said ....
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3 judges killed, another injured in armed attack in N. Sinai -- security source
Date: 2015-05-16 13:25:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:35 - ID:2599361
Three judges were gunned down on Saturday while another was injured in an armed attack in North Sinai, a security source told MENA. Unknown assailants opened fire on the judges' car in Al Arish city in North Sinai, the source said. An ....
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Chinese FM asserts to US counterpart keenness on defending sovereignty
Date: 2015-05-16 11:58:43 GMT - China - International - SN:34 - ID:2598733
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi stressed his country's keenness on defending its sovereignty and maintaining the unity of its territories. The minister's remark came during a press conference with his US counterpart John Kerry after discussions ....
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Infiltration bid to Libya foiled
Date: 2015-05-16 11:54:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:33 - ID:2598697
Border guards foiled an attempt by 15 persons to illegally sneak out of the country into the Libyan territories through rough mountainous and desert routes in Salloum. All of them are now being held in police custody pending a probe. ....
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Syrian army kills tens ofDaesh, Nusra
Date: 2015-05-16 11:52:14 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:32 - ID:2598681
Units of the Syrian army killed tens of militants among the Daesh group and Nusra Front in several parts of the country, a military source said. The army thwarted an armed group’s attempt to infiltrate into Tal Asfar in the northeastern ....
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Khartoum renews demands to Juba to stop supporting rebels in Darfur
Date: 2015-05-16 11:50:09 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:2598673
The Sudanese government renewed Saturday its demands to South Sudan to immediately stop its support to militant and rebel groups in Darfur region. In statements after an inspection tour of a hospital in Khartoum to assure the health of wounded ....