Baghdad , March 8 (IANS) A total of 28 people were killed and 38 others wounded in separate violent attacks, mainly targeting security forces, across Iraq Saturday, police said. The deadliest attacks occurred in Iraq’s western province of Anbar, leaving 18 security personnel dead and 25 others wounded, including three gunmen, Xinhua reported. In one of […]
Cairo, March 8 (IANS) Egypt’s interim President Adli Mansour has approved and issued a long-waited new law regulating the country’s upcoming presidential election, officials said Saturday. The law, consisting of 60 articles in seven chapters, requires that presidential candidates must be Egyptian and born to Egyptian parents. Neither the candidate nor any of his or her […]
Jerusalem, March 8 (IANS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel would agree to give up “some settlements” in the occupied West Bank in order to reach a peace agreement with the Palestinians. “Obviously some of the settlements won’t be part of the agreement, everybody understands that,” Xinhua quoted the prime minister in an interview […]
Moscow, March 8 (IANS) Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Saturday his country is willing to continue a dialogue with the Ukrainian authorities on resolving the crisis in the region. “We are ready to continue the dialogue on the understanding that the dialogue must be honest, partnership-like, without attempts to show us almost as a party […]
Bridgetown (Barbados), March 8 (IANS/CMC) Explosive opener Chris Gayle believes the West Indies have a realistic shot at defending their World Twenty20 title but admits the regional side will face a tough challenge. The big-hitting left-hander was a key member of the side which lifted the T20 World Cup in Sri Lanka two years ago, and […]
Ho Chi Minh City, March 8 (IANS) A Malaysia Airlines plane that went missing Saturday with 239 people on board has crashed into the waters off Vietnam, Xinhua reported quoting a Vietnamese newspaper.
Los Angeles, March 8 (IANS) Late actor Philip Seymour Hoffman’s last movie as a leading man is set to release in summer this year. The movie, directed by John Slattery, has now been given a May 9 release date in the US, reports femalefirst.co.uk. Hoffman, who died on Feb 2 this year, filmed “God’s Pocket” in […]
United Nations, March 8 (IANS) UN special envoy to Ukraine Robert Serry will leave Kiev Saturday even as he continued his “consultations with Ukrainian and diplomatic interlocutors” in the Ukrainian capital Friday, a UN spokesperson said. “He will then return to Jerusalem next week where he is based as the United Nations special coordinator for the […]
United Nations, March 8 (IANS) UN special envoy to Ukraine Robert Serry will leave Kiev Saturday even as he continued his “consultations with Ukrainian and diplomatic interlocutors” in the Ukrainian capital Friday, a UN spokesperson said. “He will then return to Jerusalem next week where he is based as the United Nations special coordinator for the […]
Kuala Lumpur, March 8 (IANS) A Malaysian passenger plane carrying 239 people has lost contact with air traffic control after leaving Malaysia’s capital Kuala Lumpur, the carrier said Saturday. The B777-200 aircraft departed Kuala Lumpur at 00:41 a.m. Saturday. It was expected to land in Beijing at 6:30 a.m., Xinhua reported. Malaysia Airlines said it was […]