Netanyahu `still committed` to Palestinian statehood
Agencies, Washington :Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears to have softened his tone from hard-line statements made during his re-election campaign about the establishment of...
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France displaces Britain as key US military ally
AFP, Washington :Once a source of irritation for the United States, France has nudged aside Britain to become the US military’s key European partner.The growing...
China, Japan agree to keep momentum alive for better ties
Reuters, Tokyo :China and Japan held their first security talks in four years on Thursday and agreed to keep alive and foster a nascent recovery...
Libyan army chief warns of ISIL threat against Europe
Agencies :Fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Libya will inflitrate Europe if the West fails to support Libyan forces...
EU gears up for propaganda war with Russia
Reuters, Brussels :The European Union is set to launch a first operation in a new propaganda war with Russia within days of EU leaders giving...
Putin signs treaty integrating South Ossetia into Russia
AP, Moscow :Russia tightened its control Wednesday over a second breakaway region of Georgia, with Russian President Vladimir Putin and the leader of South Ossetia...
UK troops start training mission in Ukraine
AFP, London :British troops have begun a training mission in Ukraine, helping government forces fighting pro-Russian separatists, the Ministry of Defence in London said Thursday.The...
US likely to delay planned closure of Afghan bases
Reuters, Washington :The US military bases in Kandahar and Jalalabad are likely to remain open beyond the end of 2015, a senior US official said,...
Yemeni president forces seize Aden airport, six people dead
Reuters, Aden :Supporters of Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi seized Aden’s international airport on Thursday after battles with rival forces that left at least six...
Ex- Thai PM to face trial over rice scheme
AFP, Bangkok :Thailand’s former premier Yingluck Shinawatra was Thursday ordered to stand trial on charges of negligence over a bungled rice subsidy scheme, in a...
Two-state solution impossible under Netanyahu’s rule : Abbas
AFP, Ramallah :As the Likud party secured a sweeping win in Israeli elections, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas charged Thursday that the possibility of achieving...
Israel voters chose ‘occupation’ not talks:Palestinians
AFP, Ramallah :The Palestinians slammed Israelis today for voting for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s rightwing Likud party, saying they had chosen “occupation and settlement building”...