100,000 displaced in Yemen unrest so far : UN
Agencies, UN :More than a 100,000 people have fled their homes after Saudi-led coalition air strikes began in Yemen, according to UNICEF.A spokeman from the...
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Obama, Raul Castro likely to meet this week
AFP, Washington :US President Barack Obama and Cuba’s Raul Castro will have an opportunity for an historic face-to-face meeting at the Summit of the Americas...
Kenya bombs al Shabaab camps in Somalia
Reuters, Nairobi :The Kenyan air force has bombed two al Shabaab camps in Somalia, a defence force source said on Monday, in the first major...
Indonesian court rejects last-ditch appeal by Australian death-row convicts
Reuters, Jakarta :An Indonesian court rejected on Monday a last-ditch challenge by two Australian drug convicts facing execution by firing squad, but lawyers for the...
Iraq PM says will cooperate with Kurds to liberate Nineveh
Reuters, Baghdad :Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said the Baghdad government would work with Kurdish authorities to liberate the northern province of Nineveh from Islamic...
US there for Israel, warns Obama
BBC Online :President Barack Obama has moved to reassure Israel that the US remains its staunchest supporter, amid Israeli fears over last week’s outline agreement...
Syrian Islamists exchange 25 women and children prisoners for commander
Reuters, Beirut :Islamist militants and fighters loyal to the Syrian government have made a rare prisoner swap, with insurgents releasing 25 women and children in...
Ukrainian leader lifts objections to vote on regional power
AP, Kiev :Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Monday publicly lifted his objections to a referendum that could give more powers to the restive regions engulfed...
Yemen’s Aden suffers amid clashes, aid deliveries delayed
Reuters, Aden :Explosions shook the suburbs of the Yemeni port city of Aden on Monday as residents reported a foreign warship shelling Houthi positions on...
UN demands access to Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus
The UN Security Council has demanded humanitarian access to the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk in Damascus. One UN official described the situation for the...
Shiite rebels capture more areas in Aden defying Saudi attacks
AFP, Aden :Yemeni Shiite rebels captured the provincial government headquarters in Aden on Sunday, pushing into new areas of the battleground southern city despite a...
Pope cheers Iran nuclear deal as step to ‘more secure’ world AFP, Vatican City Pope Francis expressed hope in his Easter address Sunday that a framework accord limiting Iran’s nuclear drive may create a
AFP, Vatican City :Pope Francis expressed hope in his Easter address Sunday that a framework accord limiting Iran’s nuclear drive may create a “more secure...