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US and India pledge to destroy terrorists safe heavens

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US Secretary of State John Kerry and Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj have said in a meeting in India on Friday August 1, 2014 to initiate collective measures to eradicate the safe heavens of terrorists groups such as al-Qaeda and Lashkar-e-Taiba.  Both the leaders condemned terrorism in all its forms and vowed to eliminate […]

U.S. Republicans fail to vote for immigration law

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The worst fears of the Republican leader in the House of Representatives, John Boehner, threaten to be met: if it fails agreement literally last minute, lawmakers begin their summer vacation on Friday without giving any appearance of solution to the hottest internal political crisis during recent weeks in the United States, caused by the influx […]

25 dead and over 250 injured by explosions of gas in Taiwan

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At least 25 people, including five firefighters, were killed and 267 injured after a string of explosions in the gas supply system in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan, according to Taiwanese emergency services. Strong bursts left shattered streets, uprooted trees and overturned cars. Authorities are investigating the causes of the incident, which occurred around midnight Thursday local […]

CIA apologizes for spying on U.S. Senate

John Brennan

It is unusual for the chief spying agency recognize errors. But in the United States, separation of powers and the persistent surveillance of the executive by the legislature, any evidence of espionage legislators by the agents, as happened a few months ago, is likely to cause a constitutional crisis. After months of dispute with the […]

Israel and Hamas blame each other for violating ceasefire

Israel launches offensive against Palestine

The ceasefire for Gaza agreed between Israel and Palestinian factions which came into force at eight in the morning of Friday has been fragile. At least 50 Palestinians have been killed from the second hour of the truce by Israeli tanks and artillery attacks, mostly in the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza, as […]

UN criticizes United States for blocking resolutions against Israel

Navi Pillay

The High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has accused Israel on Thursday of violating international law in its fight against Hamas. Since last week, at a Council meeting in which member countries participated, the Commissioner noted that some of the Israeli attacks would violate international law. Pillay has condemned the Army attacks against  civilian […]

Cameron toughens measures against EU immigrants

UK Prime Minister David Cameron

British Prime Minister David Cameron, has presented this new Tuesdays ” severe measures ” against immigration, both legally come from the European Union and the illegally present in the UK from third countries. Although Cameron surrounded the presentation of great rhetoric, first with a long article in the newspaper The Daily Telegraph pro-conservative and then […]

China’s former Minister of Security investigated for corruption

Zhou Yongkang

Zhou Yongkang, former member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Security and former minister during the tenure of former president, Hu Jintao, is under investigation for corruption, as announced on Tuesday the Chinese government official sources collected by the state news agency Xinhua. Until now, a member of the Politburo Standing Committee of […]

U.S. and EU toughen sanctions on Russia

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West shows his teeth. The EU agreed yesterday to toughen sanctions against Moscow for his role in the conflict in Ukraine, with strong action on the financial sector, energy and military. There was nothing like it since the end of the Cold War: to punch in the European table, which is after the downing of […]

U.S. accuses Russia of violating a key Cold War treaty

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Disputes between Washington and Moscow, old rivals of the Cold War, accumulate each day. The Obama administration accuses Russia of violating the treaty, signed in 1987 by U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, banning tests medium-range missiles. The evidence, according to Washington, Moscow has made are ” very serious issue ” that […]

Pakistani wrestler Qamar Abbas advances to final in Commonwealth Games

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Pakistani wrestler Qamar Abbas is all set to take on Indian wrestler Sushil Kumar in the final of 74-kg Wrestling in Commonwealth Games 2014. Qamar Abbas overpowered England’s Mike Grundy in semifinal game and advanced to final. Qamar Abbas won the semifinal of the 74-kg wrestling game against Mike Grundy of England. One more hurdle […]

Downing of MH17 “may be a war crime,” according to UN

Navi Pillay

The downing of the airliner in eastern Ukraine, with its 298 occupants dead, can be considered a war crime, said Monday Navi Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. The demolition of the Malaysian Airlines plane on July 17 was a violation of international law and under the circumstances, “may be a war crime,” […]

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