Cairo, March 23 (IANS) Egypt’s interim President Adli Mansour rejected Saturday proposals by political parties to allow judicial appeals against the decisions of the presidential election commission, state media said. “The presidency stressed that these recommendations cannot be approved due to the circumstances of the ongoing transitional period,” reported Xinhua citing the president’s constitutional adviser Ali […]
Tehran, March 22 (IANS) Iran’s First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri said Saturday that Iran has caused a crack in the wall of sanctions, hoping that it could neutralise all the sanctions. He reiterated Tehran’s resolve to defend its nuclear rights without crossing the red lines in negotiations with the West over its nuclear programme, IRNA reported. Through […]
Sanaa, March 22 (IANS) At least three Yemeni soldiers and two Shia Houthi rebels were killed Saturday in clashes in the northern province of Amran in Yemen, officials said. The clashes broke out at a government military checkpoint in the northern entrance of Amran, about 50 km north of the capital Sanaa, when the rebels tried […]
Ramallah, March 22 (IANS) Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Saturday condemned the latest Israeli killing of three Palestinian activists in the West Bank. Abbas’s spokesman said that the Israeli escalation against the Palestinians and the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem “is only meant to undermine everything”, Xinhua reported. He also held Israel responsible for this escalation, urging the […]
Islamabad, March 22 (IANS) At least 35 people were killed Saturday when a truck collided with two buses in Pakistan’s Balochistan province. The accident occurred when two speeding buses collided with a truck coming from the opposite direction on RCD Highway in Balochistan, Dawn online reported. According to eye witnesses, after the collision the vehicles caught […]
Beijing, March 22 (IANS) At least six people were killed in a collision between a truck and car in China’s Hunan province, police said Saturday. The accident happened in Loudi city Friday evening. Six people in the car were killed on the spot and one person was injured, Xinhua reported citing police. The injured person was […]
Washington, March 22 (IANS) The US will continue to provide support to Syrian refugees and host communities in Lebanon, US President Barack Obama told Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam Friday. During their telephonic conversation, Obama thanked Salam for Lebanon’s assistance to refugees from Syria, Xinhua quoted a White House statement as saying. Recognising the difficulties being […]
Washington, March 22 (IANS) US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel has praised the restraint demonstrated by Ukrainian forces in Crimea and commended Tenyukh’s leadership. The sentiments were expressed during a telephone conversation between Hagel and his Ukrainian counterpart Ihor Tenyukh Friday, Xinhua reported. Tenyukh updated Hagel with the situation in Crimea and throughout the country, Pentagon Press […]
United Nations, March 22 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Friday condemned “in the strongest terms” the deadly attacks that left over 50 civilians killed in Afghanistan this week. A bout of violence has rocked Afghanistan recently as a presidential election is two weeks away, including a suicide attack on a market in Faryab province, an attack […]
Beijing, March 22 (IANS) At least four miners were killed and nine went missing in a colliery gas outburst Friday in China’s Henan province, authorities said. The outburst occurred at 10.37 a.m. in a tunnel in Ruzhou City, where 250 miners were working underground, Xinhua quoted Li Yongsheng, a mine official as saying. Four miners were […]