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5 killed in Egypt during protests on first anniversary of army coup

5 killed in Egypt during protests on first anniversary of army coup

Five men were killed Thursday in Cairo in an explosion and clashes with police on the first anniversary of the coup that deposed Islamist State president Mohamed Morsi. Despite being severely repressed, sympathizers of the Muslim Brotherhood still have enough energy left to challenge the Egyptian authorities. Thousands have taken to the streets in cities […]

Hamas and Israel negotiate a ceasefire for Gaza

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Egypt is in negotiations for a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel. In the morning,  international service of the BBC television reported  that Palestinian in Gaza are about to stop their attacks on Israel.  Egypt, however, deny that any specific agreement has been reached yet. The Israeli government declined comment on the statements of Hamas, but […]

Kurdish leader calls for independence referendum

Massoud Barzani

The president of the regional government of Iraqi Kurdistan on Thursday asked the autonomous parliament in Erbil to start working on the organization of a referendum on independence. “I ask your help to fix the date of a referendum on independence,” Massoud Barzani told lawmakers in a closed session, according to the Kurdish online newspaper […]

UK planned to train and equip 100,000 Syrian rebels

british plan to train syrian rebels

The UK plans designed to train and equip 100,000 Syrian rebels in order to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad, according to the BBC revealed today. The initiative was rejected by Prime Minister David Cameron, the National Security Council and several senior U.S. officials as “too risky”. The plan was introduced two years ago by the then […]

Thousands of Ukrainians arrive in Russia to escape conflict

ukraine refugees in russia

Thousands of Ukrainians are entering Russia in recent months to be safe from violence engulfing the eastern regions of the country, where the central authorities in Kiev on Tuesday resumed military operations against insurgents and pro-Russian separatists after failed truce to be such. Women, children and, to a lesser extent, men, come to Russia by […]

Sarkozy claims to be victim of grotesque and politicized process

Sarkozy

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy not only launched a counterattack yesterday after corruption charges, but suggested more clearly than ever his likely return to the political forefront since leaving the Elysee. In defense of his innocence, and the branding process that is “humiliating” and “grotesque”, the former president of the France questioned the impartiality of […]

U.S air safety reinforces after new threat from Al Qaeda

airport security tightened

United States has announced strengthening of security measures at some foreign airports with direct flights to the United States after a credible threat that Al Qaeda is working on undetectable explosive system. Jeh Johnson, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), stressed in a statement that the security control measures “will increase in the […]

500 arrested in Hong Kong after rally for more democracy

police arrest protesters in hong kong

Hong Kong police have arrested Wednesday over 500 people who attended a vigil organized by student groups to demand more democracy in the Chinese autonomous territory. The vigil in the business district, which concluded in the early hours of this morning, extended the historic mass march on Tuesday in favor of freedoms in the former […]

Saudi Arabia deployed 30,000 soldiers on its border with Iraq

suadi arabia deploys forces along iraq border

The Government of Saudi Arabia has decided to deploy 30,000 soldiers in the Iraqi border, about 800 kilometers long, after the military of this country have been removed from the area, as reported by the Al Arabiya television network. Television adds that U.S. President Barack Obama and Saudi King Abdullah have held a telephone conversation […]

Murder of a young Palestinian in Jerusalem raises tension

Israel search for three kidnapped

The discovery of the charred body of a Palestinian teenager brought the Wednesday morning the tension in Jerusalem, where there had been racist and anti-Arab unrest during the two previous nights. Israeli police are investigating whether he was murdered by right-wing Jews. A military radio station reported on the disappearance of a 16 years in […]

Italy rescues 5,000 immigrants on weekend

immigrants italy

After last October, nearly 400 African immigrants died in two consecutive shipwrecks off the coast of Lampedusa, Italy launched solo, with minimum support of the European Union (EU), rescue operation Mare Nostrum. So far this year, the Italian Navy has rescued 67,696 people trying to cross the Strait of Sicily crammed aboard barges. But not […]

UN to investigate war crimes in Sri Lanka

Martti Ahtisaari

The Human Rights Commission of the United Nations will investigate alleged war crimes committed by both sides during the civil war in Sri Lanka after finding that the Government has not adequately investigated. Former President of Finland and Nobel Peace Laureate, Martti Ahtisaari, will lead the investigation, which will last until April 2015. Annual reports […]

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