9 killed, 24 injured in explosion near Indian Consulate in Afghanistan's Jalalabad:
At
least nine Afghans, including children, were killed and 24 wounded on
Saturday when a suicide bomber blew up a car loaded with explosives
near the Indian consulate in Afghanistan's Jalalabad city, police said.
The mission staff was unhurt.
98 killed in Afghanistan battle:
"We
lost 22 of our brave policemen, but the militants have been taught a
lesson of our strength, their attack was completely repelled and 60 of
their fighters were killed," Hashemi said, adding a further 16
insurgents were killed during the rescue of the politician.
Bomb, mortar attacks kill 8 people in Iraq : Sunday:
Iraqi authorities say bomb and mortar attacks across the country have killed eight people, including a judge on Sunday.
Iraqi general survives blast as attacks kill 24:
A
top Iraqi army officer said he survived a bombing on Saturday that
killed nine soldiers during an operation against al-Qaeda militants
north of Baghdad, while 15 people died in other attacks.
Kurdish-Islamist violence kills 12 Al-Qaeda-linked fighters:
At
least 12 Islamist fighters were killed in clashes with Kurdish
militants in the Syrian city of Hasaka early Friday, the UK-based
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said.
Al Qaeda murdering civilians/kurds in Syria -
Video - Warning
13 year old confesses beheading:
Video
- Warning - "My name is Badr Mohamad Sleibi. My uncle asked me to go
with him where I saw 2 officers, he asked me to take the machete and
behead them."
Syrian Christian towns emptied by sectarian violence:
Towns
and villages in Syria that have been home to Christians for hundreds
of years are being steadily emptied by sectarian violence and targeted
kidnappings.
Saudi Arabia Tries to Cut a Deal: Op-Ed:
It
is significant for Putin to personally receive Bandar bin Sultan.
Moscow wants the Saudi visitor to know that deals and compromises are
possible, but not at any price.
Ambush kills six Syrian rebels near Lebanon border:
An
ambush Saturday on the Syrian side of the border with Lebanon killed
at least six rebels, a Lebanese security source said, adding that nine
other people were wounded in the attack.
3 European arms experts killed in Syrian coastal city: report:
Three
European arms experts working with Syrian rebels were killed Saturday
in the countryside of Syrian coastal city of Latakia, pro-government
Sham FM radio cited a military source as saying.
Syrian rebels seize army weapons cache:
Opposition fighters raid ammunition depot north of Damascus, seizing French-made anti-tank weapons and Russian missiles.
Syrian army defeats rebels in Homs, UNICEF appeals to save women, children:
State-run
SANA news: The army pursued the rebels and inflicted heavy losses upon
them in Bab-Hud, al-Waer, Joret al-Shayah and al-Qarabis
neighborhoods, the report said.
Two killed, 5 hurt as rival factions in Yemen Army clash:
At
least two people died and five were wounded in clashes between
soldiers once loyal to Yemen's ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh and a
rival army faction in Sanaa on Friday, police and medical sources
said.
Tanks guard US Yemen embassy in terror alert:
Tanks
were deployed 500 metres from the US embassy in Sanaa yesterday with
Yemen's elite special forces posted outside amid fears of a terror
attack by Al Qaeda.
Leave Yemen now, Britons warned amid fears of growing violence:
Foreign Office says British embassy closed as precautionary measure as US issues global travel alert
Livni: Israel-Palestinian talks to resume this month:
"These
discussions that began in Washington will resume during the second
week of August and will take place in the region," Livni told the
private Channel 10 television station, reported by AFP news agency.
Iran gets new president, vows 'constructive' foreign relations:
Hassan
Rouhani took office as Iran's president on Saturday promising
"constructive interaction with the world" after eight years under
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad marked by diplomatic confrontation and damaging
sanctions.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani urges end to sanctions:
Iranian
President Hassan Rouhani has urged the West to drop sanctions and
treat Tehran with respect, during his inauguration speech to
parliament. MPs cheered as he said: "If you want an adequate response,
you shouldn't speak the language of sanctions, you should speak the
language of respect."
US senators demand Obama place tougher sanctions on Iran:
76
Senators signed a letter sent to President Barack Obama on Friday
calling on the White House to toughen sanctions on Iran, despite the
election of Hassan Rouhani, The Jerusalem Post has learned.
Pentagon Weighs Iran, N. Korea War Readiness :
The
U.S. Defense Department has launched a far-reaching study to determine
if the country's available military assets are still up to the task of
carrying out battle plans formulated for possible use in hotspots such
as Iran and the Korean Peninsula
Bomb explodes in Tunisian capital, 1 killed:
A
bomb attack hit the house of a couple in the west of the Tunisian
capital on Friday evening, killing a man and critically wounding his
wife, Mosaique FM reported, quoting a security source.
CIA 'running arms smuggling team in Benghazi when consulate was attacked':
The
CIA has been subjecting operatives to monthly polygraph tests in an
attempt to suppress details of a US arms smuggling operation in
Benghazi that was ongoing when its ambassador was killed by a mob in
the city last year, according to reports.
Egypt army chief holds talks with opposition:
General Abdel Fatah El Sisi meets representatives from Islamist movements overnight to resolve current political crisis.
Egypt denies entry to Nobel Peace winner:
She has voiced support to Muslim Brotherhood followers, calling Mohammed Morsi's ousting "undemocratic".
Army has no role in Egypt resolution-Mursi allies:
Allies
of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi have told mediators that
they respected the demands of a mass protest that led to his downfall
but that army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi must not be part of any
political deal.
Al-Qaida leader says Egypt's coup proof that democracy not the path for Islamic rule:
Al-Qaida's
leader said the military coup that ousted Egyptian President Mohammed
Morsi provides proof that Islamic rule cannot be established through
democracy and urged the Islamist leader's followers to abandon the
ballot box in favor of armed resistance.
Mugabe wins poll landslide, opposition cries foul:
Zimbabwe's
89-year-old Robert Mugabe romped to victory in presidential and
parliamentary polls on Saturday, but his longtime foe Morgan Tsvangirai
vowed to boycott the government formed by the "fraudulent" vote.
Kenya claims US diplomat killed father of three:
Joshua
Walde, who worked at the embassy in Nairobi, was flown out of Kenya
with his family the following day, leaving the victims of the crash,
and the pregnant widow of the man who died, with no financial
assistance.
'Russia is not a colony, US has no legal basis to claim Snowden' - lawyer:
The
US government stance on Edward Snowden causes more harm than good to
the USA, lawyer Anatoly Kucherena said, calling the US officials'
claims of filing "lawfully" grounded requests for his extradition
"cynical".
NSA - XKeyscore a 'God-terminal' into Internet:
New
information has revealed the extent to which the National Security
Agency can spy on Internet users. The US agency has apparently
developed software that allows detailed searches with just a few clicks
of the mouse.
NSA: permission to spy in Germany:
Germany
has been under surveillance by the United States for decades, and
German leaders have been fully aware of it, says historian Josef
Foschepoth. The reason? Secret post-war accords.
Germany nixes surveillance pact with US, Britain:
"The
cancellation of the administrative agreements, which we have pushed
for in recent weeks, is a necessary and proper consequence of the
recent debate about protecting personal privacy," Germany's Foreign
Minister Guido Westerwelle said in a statement.
UK: BT and Vodafone among telecoms companies passing details to GCHQ:
Fears of customer backlash over breach of privacy as firms give GCHQ unlimited access to their undersea cables
GCHQ: inside the top secret world of Britain's biggest spy agency:
Files
leaked by Edward Snowden reveal how the NSA pays for and influences
some of the UK's intelligence gathering programmes. The documents also
give unique insights into the challenges faced by the agency and the
concerns it has about how to tackle them
Of 953,000 Jobs Created In 2013, 77%, Or 731,000 Are Part-Time:
The world finally noticed that the US was slowly being converted to a part-time worker society.
The Most Important Number In The Entire U.S. Economy:
There
is one vitally important number that everyone needs to be watching
right now, and it doesn't have anything to do with unemployment,
inflation or housing.
Dolphins gain unprecedented protection in India:
India
has officially recognized dolphins as non-human persons, whose rights
to life and liberty must be respected. Dolphin parks that were being
built across the country will instead be shut down.
