By Igor Jovanovic While the United Regions of Serbia will leave Serbia’s ruling coalition, the on-going cabinet reshuffle will not lead to elections that would have complicated the country’s developing dialogue with the EU. Belgrade Faculty of Political Sciences Professor Predrag Simic told SETimes that the government’s reorganisation strengthens the position of the Serbian Progressive [...]
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The British, German and French embassies in Yemen will be closed over ‘increased security concerns’, the European countries have announced. They blamed an ‘increased threat’ from al-Qaeda. France will close its embassy in Yemen for several days, while Germany and Britain will close theirs for two days on Sunday and Monday. Previously the French Foreign [...]
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Press TV reports: Iran’s president-elect, Hassan Rohani, says the occupation of Palestine is an “old wound” on the body of the Muslim world. “After all, in our region, there’s been a wound for years on the body of the Muslim world under the shadow of the occupation of the holy land of Palestine and the [...]
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(RFE/RL) — Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has confirmed the presidency of relative moderate cleric Hassan Rohani at a ceremony in Tehran, signaling the start of an administration that many observers in Iran and abroad hope is less rocky than its predecessor. Khamenei bestowed a kiss on Rohani’s cheek and the new president kissed [...]
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Following legislation that permits same-sex marriage in the U.K. yet prohibits the Church of England from performing the ceremony, a gay couple are planning to sue to be able to marry in their church. “We are happy for gay marriage to be recognized – in that sense it is a big step. But it is [...]
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The Moroccan Royal Cabinet has issued a communique in which King Mohammed has promised an investigation after his pardoning of a Spanish paedophile sparked violent protests and that there will now be an investigation into the decision. In this statement, King Mohamed VI said he did not know the gravity of the man’s offending when [...]
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By Jonathan Cook It may not have reached the level of fevered expectation unleashed by that famous handshake between Israeli and Palestinian leaders on the White House lawn in 1993, but the sense of hope inspired by the long-awaited revival of peace talks is both tangible and deeply misplaced. The talks, which it was agreed [...]
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Following a series of prison escapes across nine INTERPOL member countries in the past month alone, including in Iraq, Libya and Pakistan, the INTERPOL General Secretariat headquarters has issued a global security alert advising increased vigilance. With suspected Al Qaeda involvement in several of the breakouts which led to the escape of hundreds of terrorists [...]
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By Ihsan Bal The violence which erupted in Egypt after the 3 July coup has claimed nearly 200 lives. Opponents of the coup have been protesting in the streets for more than 20 days. The terror tactics Hosni Mubarak unleashed on democracy protestors—which arguably sped up his downfall—have been brought out again and have been [...]
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A suicide bomb attack has struck near the Indian consulate in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, killing 9 people, most of them children, say officials. The consulate said that no Indian officials were caught in the blast. “The bomber’s target was Indian consulate in Jalalabad city, but he was identified by police some 100 [...]
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Africa’s oldest leader, Robert Mugabe, has won a seventh term in office in a disputed presidential election in Zimbabwe, media reported Saturday. Mugabe, 89, won 61 percent of the vote and his rival Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, 34 percent, the BBC reported. Tsvangirai earlier said parliamentary and presidential elections were fraudulent and pledged to take [...]
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By Sadhavi Chauhan In the background of America’s much-discussed pivot to Asia, there have been talks about a Russian “pivot” to the Asia-Pacific. Crucial developments occurred last month, which highlight the accentuating pace of Russia’s greater involvement in Asia. Surprise drills in Russia’s Far East immediately followed Joint Sea 2013, Russia’s largest naval drill with [...]
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By Evgeny Kuzmin Traditionally the bulk of migrant laborers in Russia’s Far East have come from China, with a few North Koreans mixed in. But of late, workers from Central Asia have been pushing their Chinese competitors off the lowest rung on the labor ladder in eastern Siberia. Chinese citizens still comprise a sizeable majority [...]
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In light of a global terror alert over potential al-Qaeda-linked attacks “occurring in or emanating from the Arabian Peninsula,” President Barack Obama’s top national security advisers held a meeting on Saturday. Among those who attended the meeting were Secretary of State John Kerry and Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, the White House said. “This afternoon, [...]
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Long-serving Palestinian prisoners will be released in four stages by Israel, PLO negotiator Saeb Erekat said Saturday. The first stage will see 26 prisoners released on August 13, the PLO official told Ma’an. Israel refused to release all detainees at the same time, he added. The Palestinian leadership has informed Israel and the United States [...]
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By Andre de Nesnera Edward Snowden isn’t the first National Security Agency insider to leave the United States and spill spy agency secrets. It hasn’t gone according to plan for Snowden, who fled to Hong Kong and then spent more than a month marooned in the transit zone of a Moscow airport before finally getting [...]
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The United States says most of its diplomatic missions in the Middle East and North Africa will remain closed all week. More than 20 embassies and consulates were closed Sunday due to security concerns. The State Department said Sunday a small number of additional posts will be closed, while others will reopen Monday. It said […]
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The US extends its embassy closures through August 10, State Department has announced. The al-Qaeda threat that forced US and European embassies in the Middle East and North Africa to shut down is the most serious in years according to a US lawmaker. Although some of the US diplomatic posts are scheduled to reopen on […]
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Popular myths circulated and believed amongst many Buddhists about the decline of Buddhism in South Asia or the Indian subcontinent are so bizarre that they are more often than not diametrically opposed to the historical facts. Those myths, unfortunately, define and justify the current genocidal campaigns against non-Buddhists in Buddhist-majority countries like Myanmar and Sri Lanka. […]
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Russia’s northernmost active volcano churned out ash to a height of up to five kilometers (three miles) in the country’s Far East, local Emergencies Ministry’s department reported on Monday. The 3,283-meter (10,771 feet) Shiveluch volcano increased activity in May 2009 and has been periodically spewing ash from three to ten kilometers. “The cloud of ash […]
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