September 22, 2015

Iraq tackles deadly cholera outbreak

Al Jazeera News :Iraq’s government has ordered daily water tests and other measures to try and contain an outbreak of cholera that has been blamed...

Australia's new Defence Minister Marise Payne arrives for a swearing-in ceremony at Government House in Canberra, Australia.

International

September 22, 2015

First female defence minister of Australia

Reuters, Sydney :Australia on Monday swore in its first female defence minister, Senator Marise Payne, who will oversee open-ended military engagements in two countries and...

Pope Francis arrives at Revolution Square in Havana.

International

September 22, 2015

Crowds pack Havana square for Pope Francis` mass

Al Jazeera News :Pope Francis led tens of thousands of Cubans in a mass in Havana’s Revolution Square, the political heart of Cuba where the...

Migrants rush to board a train heading to the Hungarian border near the town of Botovo at the train station in the eastern Croatia town of Tovarnik.

International

September 22, 2015

Refugees stuck at Croatia-Slovenia border

Al Jazeera News :Hundreds of male refugees are stuck at the Croatian border with Slovenia, with some already waiting for three days in a stretch...

Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras celebrates with supporters after his party's victory in the Greek general elections at his campaign headquarters in Athens on Sunday.

International

September 22, 2015

Left-wing Syriza party wins Greek snap polls

Al jazeera News :Greek voters have returned Alexis Tsipras, the former prime minister and leader of the left-wing Syriza party, to power with a strong...

International

September 22, 2015

Iranian nuclear experts take Parchin samples without IAEA

Reuters, Dubai :Iranian nuclear experts have taken environmental samples from the military base at Parchin without United Nations inspectors being present, the spokesman for Iran’s...

International

September 21, 2015

News In Brief

100,000 troops deployed to secure HajjAP, Makkah Saudi Arabia has deployed 100,000 security personnel to oversee the annual Islamic Hajj pilgrimage that begins on Tuesday,...

A migrant holds a child as they try to enter a train at a train station in Tovarnik on Saturday.

International

September 21, 2015

East European leaders in war of words as migrants pour across borders

Reuters, Croatia :Hungary and Croatia traded threats on Saturday as thousands of exhausted migrants poured over their borders, deepening the disarray in Europe over how...

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks with Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu on his arrival in Orenburg region, about 1300 kilometres (800 miles) southeast of Moscow, Russia on Saturday.

International

September 21, 2015

Putin moves to establish Russian military base in Belarus

AP, Minsk, Belarus : Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday signaled his intention to establish a Russian military air base in neighboring Belarus – a move...

International

September 21, 2015

Trump says not `morally obligated` to defend Obama

AFP, Des Moines :Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump said Saturday he was not morally obligated to defend Barack Obama after he let pass unchallenged a...