Brussels, April 29 (IANS) The European Union (EU) Foreign Affairs chief Catherine Ashton said Tuesday she was “alarmed by the worsening security situation in eastern Ukraine”. Ashton demanded an immediate release of those persons “being illegally detained by armed groups,” Xinhua reported. Ashton also asked Russia to “take concrete action in support of the Geneva […]
Damascus, April 29 (IANS) At least 12 people were killed and 50 others injured when mortar shells struck Syria’s capital Damascus Tuesday, the country’s official SANA news agency said. “Two of them fell on Badr Al Husseini school complex, killing 12 people and injuring 50 others,” SANA quoted a source at Damascus Police Command as […]
Baghdad, April 28 (IANS) At least 15 people were killed and 26 others wounded in separate attacks across the Iraqi province of Anbar Sunday, police said. An explosive-laden car was blown up by a suicide bomber outside a base of police commando force in the provincial capital city of Ramadi, some 110 km west of Baghdad, […]
Kiev, April 28 (IANS) Hundreds of pro-Russian protesters stormed and occupied a regional television station building in Ukraine’s eastern city of Donetsk Sunday afternoon, the media reported. The protesters broke the building’s gate and entered the regional television facility as about 30 policemen stood idle nearby and did not intervene, Xinhua reported citing Interfax-Ukraine news agency. […]
Tripoli, April 28 (IANS) A Libyan court Sunday reopened the trial of dozens of senior figures from Muammar Gaddafi’s government, with Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the slain leader’s son, appearing in court via a video-link. The defendants are facing charges of systematic rape, advocating violence and undermining national unity during the war that toppled the former government, […]
Jerusalem, April 28 (IANS) The Coordinator of the Israeli Government’s Activities in the Territories (COGAT) announced Sunday that it is halting the legalisation of 19 Palestinian outposts in the West Bank due to sanctions enacted on the Palestinian Authority (PA). The Israeli government had earlier been committed to authorise those outposts in accordance with the resolution […]
Cairo, April 28 (IANS) At least nine people were killed and eleven others injured Sunday in an accident involving six vehicles and a motorbike on a highway toward Upper Egypt, the media reported. The accident took place near a textile factory on Fayoum-Beni Sweif road, about 100 km south of the capital Cairo, Xinhua reported citing […]
Baghdad, April 28 (IANS) At least 10 people were killed and 36 others wounded in a suicide car bomb attack in Iraq’s capital city Sunday, police said. The suicide bombing struck a popular market in Baghdad’s eastern district of Sadr city, Xinhua quoted a police source as saying. He added that the blast caused damage to […]
London, April 28 (IANS) It seems Pippa Middleton’s friendship with Nico Jackson is more than just a fling. It was a Middleton family outing as Pippa and her parents attended a high society wedding in rural Scotland – and there was even room for Nico, an investment banker, reports dailymail.co.uk. Two of Pippa’s oldest friends, Rowena […]
Beijing, Feb 20 (IANS) Over 400 students in Chinese province of Zhejiang have been infected with norovirus, a common cause of viral gastroenteritis, authorities said Wednesday. The students belonging to several schools in Haining City and Haiyan County, including Kindergartens and middle schools, are receiving treatment in local hospitals, Xinhua quoted the municipal government of Jiaxing […]