German pilots' union VC called a strike at Deutsche Lufthansa for October 20 and 21, targeting the airline's Airbus 320 planes as well as Boeing 737s.
The union...read more
With three cases of Ebola diagnosed in the United States and more than 100 people being monitored for possible infection, President Barack Obama said on Saturday that Americans...read more
The only son of Pakistan's assassinated Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto told hundreds of thousands of supporters today that he would fight for his party's revival, in an...read more
Nigeria aims to secure the release by Tuesday of more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamist Boko Haram militants, two senior government sources said today, although they...read more
Suspected Ugandan rebels killed more than 20 people overnight in their second attack near the eastern Congolese town of Beni in 48 hours, a civic group said...read more
Three members of a Dutch motorbike club have joined Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq to battle Islamic State militants.
A photograph posted on a Dutch-Kurdish Twitter account shows a...read more
According to the latest news from the ground, Kurdish fighters allied to the leftist PKK (Kurdish Workers Party), and led by the YPG (Kurdish People’s Protection Units), have captured more...read more
In a move that is likely to exacerbate sectarian conflict in the Middle East, a Saudi judge sentenced to death a prominent cleric today who has called for greater rights for the kingdom's...read more
The Russian State Duma on Friday adopted a controversial bill on foreign ownership in Russian media in the second and final third reading. The bill reduces foreign participation in the authorized...read more
Vladimir Putin will seek to use a military parade in Belgrade on Thursday to portray Russia and its allies as a bulwark against the rise of neo-Nazism across Europe.
The cold war-style...read more
Russia will reduce gas supplies to Europe if Ukraine steals from the transit pipeline to cover its own needs, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned today, stressing he was...read more
Commenting on the Zionist escalation of desecration of al-Aqsa Holy Mosque, Hizbullah issued the following statement.
The Zionist attacks on Al-Aqsa Mosque have turned to a daily affair,...read more
At least 27 people were killed in overnight attacks on villages near the eastern Congolese town of Beni, a local official said today.
Ewanakawa Nyonyi, spokesman for the mayor of Beni,...read more
Russia will reduce gas supplies to Europe if Ukraine steals from the transit pipeline to cover its own needs, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned today, stressing he was...read more
Remorseful robber waits for police after Washington state heist
A suspected robber with a guilty conscience walked out of a Washington state bank...read more
At least five people were killed and several wounded when a car bomb planted by Islamist militant group al Shabaab exploded near restaurants on a busy street in the Somali capital...read more
The world is at the crossroads of the most serious crisis in modern history. The U.S. and its NATO allies have embarked on a military adventure, “a long war”, which threatens...read more
The futures price for November Brent crude oil on the London Stock Exchange’s ICE Futures Europe market on Tuesday fell to its lowest level since 2010, reaching $85.04 per barrel, according...read more
In the Name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful.
A covenant of protection granted by Allah and His Messenger to the People of the Book, the Christians, who belong to the...read more
Couples currently forced to change their religion or marry abroad if they fall in love with person from different faith.
Those considering marriage in Indonesia must be from...read more
In its savagery and brutality, the ISIS is acting strictly in accordance with the teachings and practice of al-Wahhab who enjoyed the active political support of the founder of the first...read more
Weighed down by a giant protective suit, the Kurdish fighter cautiously approached a pick-up truck to defuse the bomb concealed inside by Islamic State militants.
The...read more
A gunman killed a US national and wounded another in the Saudi capital of Riyadh, officials said, heightening Western concerns over security in the world's top oil exporter as...read more
Hong Kong authorities said police allegedly involved in the beating of a pro-democracy protester would be removed from their positions after footage of the overnight incident went viral, sparking...read more
A member of the Arabic Patriotic Group said that Turkey is supporting 'terrorists' in Kobanê and call on people in Turkey to support the kurdish people in North...read more
A Kurdish group gathering in Cape Town, South Africa, organised by the Kurdish Human Rights Action Group and Kurdish Society, protested the attacks by ISIS gangs on Kobanî and...read more
A self-declared government set up by an armed group that seized the Libyan capital in August has taken over the websites of the state administration and the national oil company, adding to...read more
Armed groups recruited and deployed children in clashes in Central African Republic's capital last week and at least three were killed, including two they had accused of spying,...read more
The WHO is working closely with the Palestinian Health Ministry to provide patients in Gaza with access to high-quality health care but the initiative will require unimpeded access of supplies to...read more
Hundreds of Hong Kong police used sledgehammers and chainsaws to dismantle pro-democracy barricades near government offices and the city's financial centre today, reopening a major road for...read more
A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck late yesterday off the coast of El Salvador and Nicaragua and was felt across Central America, killing at least one person, but there were no immediate reports of...read more
Bolivian President Evo Morales, who easily won a third term in a weekend election, said today he would stick to his brand of pragmatic socialism, respecting private property while expanding...read more
Denmark is planning to banish bestiality, following the recent examples of Germany and Norway, said the country’s food and agriculture minister. The bill was long-awaited both inside the...read more
Tirole born in 1953, Troyes, France and currently working as a French economics professor has won the final prize of 2014 Nobel Prize at a ceremony for his work on...read more
Talks on the pact, called the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), started last February and, having been mostly held behind closed doors, have raised widespread concerns in the...read more
Both Brazil and Bolivia, almost sister Latin America countries, go to polls simultaneously; the factor that unites them includes the politics of the incumbent candidates in the respective...read more
Largest Irish anti-austerity march in years targets water charges
* At least 15,000 rally in Dublin over new charges
* Comes days before govt to announce zero-austerity...read more
A third lethal car bomb hit a Shi'ite neighbourhood in Baghdad tonight, killing 15 people and wounding 44 others, a police officer and a medical official said.
The suicide attacker...read more
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said today he expected planned talks with Russia's President Vladimir Putin next week in Italy to be difficult but said Moscow had a crucial role to play...read more
Kurdish media reports said that Kurdish people protection units managed to kill the leader of the Islamic State "Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi" yesterday in fierce fighting...read more
After a bitter face-off on the border, armies of India and China are now all set to hold hands in a friendly atmosphere when the two sides will be meeting for annual combat exercise...read more
A Muslim mother verbally abused at a Melbourne playground and ordered to stop her child from playing with others is among dozens of attacks against the Islamic community in recent...read more
Kobani: Against tremendous odds, Left-Wing Kurds are fighting heavily armed ISIS in the town of Kobani on the Turkish-Syrian border. US air-strikes are not really helping the Kurds; several...read more
Kobani: Against tremendous odds, Left-Wing Kurds are fighting heavily armed ISIS in the town of Kobani on the Turkish-Syrian border. US air-strikes are not really helping the Kurds; several...read more
In a landmark ruling the High Court in London yesterday ruled that Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa did not have immunity from prosecution in a case against him involving allegations of torture. ...read more
Hong Kong student protesters said today they were determined to maintain their campaign for full democracy, undaunted by the city government's rejection of talks aimed at defusing a standoff...read more
US senator John Mc Cain advocated arming ISIS!!
Senator John Mccain on Fox News "In a meeting at the White House over two years ago, everyone in the National Security...read more
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday warned the Israeli occupation government of the repercussions of its actions which could turn the current political conflict into a...read more
A reporter with the Daily Kos says he was told by a source within the Missouri military that troops are being prepared to deal with riots in Ferguson and St. Louis in the aftermath of an expected...read more
An Italian court on Thursday acquitted former Finmeccanica CEO Giuseppe Orsi and former AgustaWestland head Bruno Spagnolini of “charges of international corruption” in the Rs 3,600...read more
India on Thursday expressed its preparedness to respond in a befitting manner to Pakistan’s provocations on the border as tensions between the two South Asian neighbours entered the...read more
New Delhi, Oct 9 (UNI) Close on the heels of China expressing its strong objection to the Modi-Obama Joint statement talking about the South China Sea dispute, the United States and Japan...read more
UK MPs' vote on Monday in Parliament regarding recognition of Palaestine could affect their election chances.
MPs used to dealing with Palestine as a 'fringe'...read more
A St Louis city policeman shot and killed a suspect who fired on him on Wednesday, police said, as protests persist over the fatal police shooting of an unarmed black teenager in...read more
Police officers inspect at a checkpoint the belongings of members of the Public Safety System the community police of Guerrero state as they arrive to help in the search for the missing 43...read more
Two persons were reportedly killed in explosion at secretive Parchin site in Iran that shattered windows 12 kilometers away.
It was just yesterday when, in an interview with CNN,...read more
Just as the US admitted shortly after the so-called “Arab Spring” began spreading chaos across the Middle East that it had fully funded, trained, and equipped both mob leaders and heavily...read more
The protests now roiling Hong Kong are about democracy. But there is an undercurrent of another, much older tension: Between Christianity and Communist China.
Hong Kong's...read more
North Korea, already heavily sanctioned by the United Nations for its missile and nuclear tests, has completed a major overhaul of its rocket launch site, a U.S. think tank said on Thursday,...read more
Three Israeli soldiers who had taken part in Tel Aviv’s recent war on the Gaza Strip have taken their own lives due to psychological problems, a report says.
Israeli daily...read more
October 19 , 2014 
