Aden, May 12 (IANS) At least 13 soldiers and an intelligence officer were killed while several wounded in separate attacks in Yemen Sunday. A Yemeni intelligence officer was gunned down by unidentified men Sunday night in the country’s Lahj province, security and medical sources said. The assailants opened fire with automatic rifles on Tawzia Hassan Ahmed’s […]
Berlin, May 12 (IANS) German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande Saturday described a planned referendum in eastern Ukraine as illegal. The referendums planned to be held in several cities in eastern Ukraine are illegal, Xinhua quoted a joint statement of the two leaders as saying as Hollande visited Germany’s port city of Stralsund. […]
London, May 12 (IANS) The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Sunday said in a statement that it “regrets” the referendum in Ukraine. Commenting on referendums held Sunday in Ukraine, a FCO spokesperson claimed to be “regrettable,” adding that Ukrainians will have “a proper opportunity to express their democratic choice in the forthcoming presidential elections” in […]
Brussels, May 12 (IANS) French President Francois Hollande Sunday offered to hold a summit in Paris with Nigeria and its neighbours to tackle the issue of Boko Haram’s abductions, Xinhua reported. Hollande made the remarks while visiting Azerbaijan’s capital Baku. Over 200 girls of the community Chibok in Borno State in northeastern Nigeria were abducted in […]
Cape Town, May 12 (IANS) All South Africans should unite behind a common goal of moving the country forward now that the divisive political battles have ended with the conclusion of the 2014 general elections, the government said Sunday. South Africans voted Wednesday to elect the new National Assembly and provincial legislatures. The government applauds all […]
Brtislava (Slovakia), May 12 (IANS) NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen is set to visit Slovakia Wednesday to meet Slovakia’s top officials and evaluate the country’s 10 years as a NATO member, the defence ministry said Sunday. It will be Rasmussen’s third visit to Slovakia as NATO chief. “Among the issues that are likely to be debated […]
Nay Pyi Taw, May 11 (IANS) The 24th ASEAN leaders’ meeting started here Sunday, an event that Myanmar President U Thein Sein described as a symbol of “unity and dedication for building a better future for the region and the people”. “It also reflects the importance that we attach to our collective and coordinated endeavours to […]
Damascus, May 10 (IANS) The campaign for Syria’s presidential elections will officially kick off May 11, the supreme constitutional court said Saturday. The court notified the final three candidates for the elections to run their campaigns from May 11 to June 2, a day ahead of the June 3 vote, Xinhua reported Saturday. Majed Khadra, the […]
Kabul, May 10 (IANS) At least two people were killed and 20 other injured Saturday when a bus plunged into a ravine in eastern Afghanistan province of Parwan, a local media report said. “The ill-fated bus plunged into a ravine along Kabul to Mazar-e-Sharif highway, leaving two travellers dead, and 20 others injured,” Xinhua quoted local […]
Bangkok, May 10 (IANS) Thailand’s army chief Saturday insisted that a military coup will not solve the country’s political predicament, and soldiers would always be the people’s last resort. Army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha called on all parties involved to end the current unrest in Thailand through legal means and not to resort to violence, Xinhua reported. […]