US prepares plans for more troops, new base in Iraq
Reuters, Washington :The United States is expected to announce on Wednesday plans for a new military base in Iraq’s Anbar province and the deployment of...
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Turkey’s Kurdish party accuses government of inaction over violence
Reuters , Diyarbakir :Selahattin Demirtas, co-chairman of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), speaks as his supporters wave Kurdish (L) and Turkish national ® flags...
Pakistan hangs man who was 15 when convicted
Reuters, Lahore :Pakistan on Wednesday executed a man who was 15 when he was sentenced to death for murder and whose lawyers say was tortured...
UN peacekeepers engaged in ‘transactional sex’ with Haitian women
AP, United Nations :Members of a UN peacekeeping mission engaged in “transactional sex” with more than 225 Haitian women who said they needed to do...
As Suu Kyi visits, China says own laureate won`t be released
Reuters, Beijing :China has no reason to change the verdict against jailed Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo, the government said on Wednesday, as Liu’s...
WHO team urges South Korea to reopen schools as more close in MERS
Reuters, Seoul :A joint South Korean-World Health Organization mission studying an outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) recommended on Wednesday that schools be reopened,...
Texas officer resigns over pool party incident
Fox News :The police officer filmed wrestling a teen to the ground at a Texas pool party resigned Tuesday, and the city’s police chief blasted...
US court declines to recognise Jerusalem as part of Israel
Dawn.com, Washington :The US Supreme Court declined on Monday to show Jerusalem as a part of Israel in American passports despite a strong congressional endorsement...
Alerts against S Korea travel as MERS spreads
Agencies, Seoul :Hong Kong and Macau have issued warnings against travel to South Korea where a seventh person has died from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome...
UN, Iran head for showdown over nuclear inspections
AP, Vienna :The chief U.N. nuclear inspector said Monday that Iran has already committed to letting his experts see Iranian military sites and Iranian atomic...
CIA chief in ‘secret Israel talks on Iran’
AFP, Jerusalem :CIA chief John Brennan made a “secret” visit to Israel last week to discuss an emerging nuclear deal between Iran and world powers,...
Iraqi forces push back IS in Baiji: US military
AFP, Washington :Iraqi forces and militia fighters have rolled back the Islamic State group in the northern town of Baiji and at a nearby oil...