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Syria opposition troops seize Latakia point; Assad army denies
Date: 2014-03-26 07:52:13 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:631157
Syrian opposition militants captured on Wednesday a military point in Kasab town, Latakia countryside, at a time the Assad army is tying hard to repulse the attack. Video footage showed six fighters holding the black banner of the Ansar Al-Sham ....
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3 Secret Service agents sent home from Amsterdam for disciplinary reasons
Date: 2014-03-26 07:48:52 GMT - Netherlands - International - SN:23 - ID:631148
The Secret Service sent three agents home from the Netherlands just before President Barack Obama’s arrival after one agent was found inebriated in an Amsterdam hotel, the Secret Service said as quoted by the BBC. The three agents were benched ....
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UN chief condemns killing of Iranian border guard
Date: 2014-03-26 07:47:23 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:22 - ID:631146
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon condemns the killing of one of the five Iranian border guards kidnapped by terrorists and transferred to Pakistan in early February, urging efforts to bring the perpetrators to justice. "The secretary general ....
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Salvadorean court rejects opposition challenge to poll
Date: 2014-03-26 07:46:25 GMT - El Salvador - International - SN:21 - ID:631139
El Salvador's electoral court has rejected an appeal by the right-wing Arena party against the results of the presidential election held on 9 March, the BBC reported. The court dismissed Arena's demand for an annulment and confirmed Salvador ....
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Venezuelan protesters camp outside UN office
Date: 2014-03-26 07:43:10 GMT - Venezuela - International - SN:20 - ID:631132
Dozens of students have pitched camp outside the United Nations office in Caracas to complain the international community is siding with Venezuela's government by not speaking out against rights abuses during a bloody, two-month political standoff, ....
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North Korea fires mid-range ballistic missiles into sea -South Korea
Date: 2014-03-26 07:40:29 GMT - south korea - International - SN:18 - ID:631127
North Korea test-fired two ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast Wednesday as the leaders of South Korea, the U.S. and Japan held a summit in the Netherlands to pressure Pyongyang to denuclearize. North Korea fired the midrange ....
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Hamas ready to implement reconciliation agreement, says spokesman
Date: 2014-03-26 07:37:25 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:631119
Hamas movement has expressed readiness to implement the Palestinian reconciliation agreement as it was signed. "We are ready to implement the reconciliation agreement as it was signed," said Hamas Spokesman Samy Abu-Zahry in a statement on ....
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FIFA investigation into corruption came 'within hours' of being sabotaged- paper
Date: 2014-03-26 07:36:25 GMT - United Kingdom - Sport - SN:16 - ID:631118
The investigation into allegations of corruption over the awarding of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups came within hours of being sabotaged from within FIFA, The Telegraph said Tuesday. In the week The Telegraph revealed the first concrete evidence ....
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UN voices concerns over Egypt's mass death penalties
Date: 2014-03-26 07:35:10 GMT - United Nations - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:631116
The UN expressed its concerns over the ruling of Egyptian court to sentence 528 to death, Deputy Spokesman for Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon Farhan Haq said Tuesday. "The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights said it was deeply alarmed ....
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35 killed, injured in Baghdad car bomb
Date: 2014-03-26 07:33:56 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:631113
At least eight persons were killed while 27 others injured when a car bomb went off on a bridge in the northern part of the Iraqi capital on Tuesday. According to a security source, the car targeted a police checkpoint leaving number of people ....
