Ankara, March 20 (IANS) At least nine people were killed and a number of others injured when a passenger train rammed into a minibus in Mersin province of southern Turkey Thursday, media reported. The train, on way from southern Adana to the Mediterranean port city of Mersin, collided with the minibus which was passing through a […]
Kabul, March 20 (IANS) At least six people were killed and 20 injured Thursday morning in a Taliban coordinated car bombing and shooting attack on a police station in Afghanistan’s Jalalabad city, an official said. “The militants launched the attack on the police station in the city at around 5.30 a.m.,” the official told Xinhua. “The […]
Sydney, March 20 (IANS) Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced Thursday that objects possibly related to the Malaysian airliner that went missing March 8 have been found in the southern Indian Ocean. Addressing parliament, Abbott said new satellite images show two possible objects in the ocean and an Australian Orion aircraft is on its way to […]
Jerusalem, March 20 (IANS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Moshe Ya’alon have ordered the military to continue preparations for a possible strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities during 2014, a media report here said. The Israel Defense Forces allocated up to NIS 12 billion ($3.5 billion), nearly a fifth of its budget this year, […]
Washington, March 20 (IANS) President Barack Obama said Wednesday that the US would not take military action in Ukraine against Russia. “We are not going to be getting into a military excursion in Ukraine,” Xinhua quoted Obama as saying during an interview with KNSD, a California-based broadcaster. “I think even the Ukrainians would acknowledge, for us […]
Baghdad, March 20 (IANS) At least 25 people were killed and 55 wounded in separate attacks across Iraq Wednesday, police said. In Anbar province, sporadic shelling and fierce clashes erupted after midnight and continued during the day between gunmen and Iraqi soldiers in Fallujah city, some 50 km from Baghdad, killing 11 people and wounding 23, […]
Washington, March 20 (IANS) US President Barack Obama and Tunisian Prime Minister Mehdi Jemaa will meet at the White House April 4, a government official said Tuesday. The leaders will discuss a broad range of bilateral and regional issues, including US assistance to support Jemaa’s reform agenda and Tunisia’s stability, Xinhua quoted White House spokesperson Jay […]
Jerusalem, March 20 (IANS) Israel inevitably resorts to “aggressive” military action sometimes to maintain security and quiet on its northern frontier, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu admitted Wednesday in the wake of Israeli air strikes on Syrian military targets. “Our policy is very clear: We strike those who strike us,” Xinhua quoted Netanyahu as saying at his […]
Ljubljana (Slovenia), March 20 (IANS) Slovenia is witnessing positive changes in curbing growing financial crisis, thus making the restructuring of economy and growth possible, Prime Minister Alenka Bratusek said Wednesday. Thanks to the stabilisation of national banking system, Bratusek told media, negative growth has been reversed and the interest rate on Slovenian debt dropped below four […]
Brussels, March 19 (IANS) European Council President Herman Van Rompuy Wednesday said the European Union (EU) will sign the political provisions of the Association Agreement with Ukraine Friday. In a letter to EU leaders, Van Rompuy said the 28-member bloc will sign the document in the presence of Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk on the second […]