Ukraine leader says Russia wants to set southeast ‘on fire’
Oleksandr Turchynov’s impassioned charges against Ukraine’s historic master came only hours after a “frank and direct” exchange on the crisis between US President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.
Read More →Israel minister warns Kerry over ‘surrender’ to Iran
AFP- Israel’s intelligence minister Monday slammed as unacceptable comments by US Secretary of State John Kerry on negotiations with Iran over its nuclear programme which he said indicated a “surrender” to Tehran. “The things Kerry read the rest…
Read More →Israeli gas holds promise of better ties with neighbours
Israel in talks with Egypt, Turkey on major gas export deals
Read More →Bubble wrapped flats
Should investors in the east care about a potential housing bubble in the west?
Read More →Iran court overturns ex-US Marine’s death sentence
Convicted of espionage, with the penalty being cut to 10 years in jail
Read More →British hate preacher goes on trial in New York
It is the second high-profile terror trial to be heard by a Manhattan jury since Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law Suleiman Abu Ghaith was convicted on March 26
Read More →Fact-checking journalism gains momentum
AFP – The facts are the focus as part of a trend in journalism spreading from the United States to many places around the world. Journalists have always faced up to facts, but a new read the rest…
Read More →IMF, World Bank push for price on carbon
Warning that time was running out for the planet to avoid worst-case climate change
Read More →Iran says not considering alternative UN pick
AFP- Iran signalled its defiance Saturday over America’s refusal to grant a visa to its chosen UN ambassador, saying it does not plan to pick an alternative envoy. Tehran also said it was examining its read the rest…
Read More →Fahmy and Abbas meet ahead of emergency Arab League meeting
Abbas and Fahmy discussed the ongoing final status negotiations and the “obstacles” involved in the process
Read More →Foreign ministry rejects criticism of activist court ruling
Cairo court upheld conviction of revolutionary activists Maher, Douma, and Adel on Monday amid wide condemnation from political parties, rights groups and foreign governments
Read More →Iraq attacks kill 12 as soldiers ambush militants
AFP- Attacks in Iraq left 12 people dead Tuesday while security forces said they killed 25 militants near Baghdad amid worries insurgents are encroaching on the capital weeks ahead of elections. The latest violence is read the rest…
Read More →8 injured as Israeli forces clear illegal settlement
Israel has moved to demolish “wildcat” settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank, which normally consist of a few makeshift dwellings set up by extremist Jewish settlers on Palestinian territory.
Read More →Iran, world powers seek to intensify nuclear talks
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Tuesday that he has formed a group of legal experts to help in the “complicated, difficult and slow work” of drafting a deal.
Read More →G20 final document unlikely to address Ukraine crisis
Reuters – The world’s financial leaders are likely to discuss possible risks to Europe’s economy from the crisis in Ukraine, but there are no plans to mention it in the final document from their Washington read the rest…
Read More →US-Egypt strategic dialogue still in the pipeline
Relations have been strained since the US suspended the delivery of military aid pending “credible progress” toward democracy
Read More →Egypt has failed to meet US aid conditions: HRW
International rights watchdog urges US to acknowledge lack of progress in Egypt in aid review
Read More →Kerry scrambles to save his torpedoed peace effort
The top US diplomat, who has made the quest for a long-elusive peace treaty his personal holy grail, was blindsided late Tuesday as minutes before a press conference at the NATO headquarters, both sides went rogue.
Read More →Explosives cache seized before Afghan elections: Officials
AFP – Afghan police seized 22 tonnes of explosives destined for use in suicide and roadside bombs, officials said Tuesday, four days before elections that Taliban insurgents have vowed to attack. The explosives were uncovered read the rest…
Read More →Jailed Israeli spy could be key to peace talks
A source close to the talks said on Tuesday that there was a proposal which could see Pollard freed before the Jewish holiday of Passover, which begins mid-April.
Read More →Kerry, Lavrov hold talks in scramble for Ukraine solution
The diplomatic push comes amid alarm over Russia’s military buildup on Ukraine’s borders, fanning fears it plans to seize more territory following its lightning annexation of Crimea.
Read More →53 nations pledge support for Egypt’s ‘war against terrorism’
New UNHRC statement runs counter to western human rights concerns
Read More →Two Spanish journalists freed in Syria: colleagues
El Mundo correspondent Javier Espinosa, 49, and freelance photographer Ricardo Garcia Vilanova, 42, were “freed and handed over to the Turkish military”, the Spanish newspaper said on its website.
Read More →Russia vows no Ukraine invasion as leaders seek solution
Ukraine is now entering a crucial phase in its development after the fall of pro-Kremlin president Viktor Yanukovych in February, as the clock ticks down to 25 May presidential elections which are expected to cement Kiev’s pro-West course.
Read More →Qatar buys helicopters, missiles in $23bn arms deals
Reuters – Qatar announced contracts worth about $23bn on Thursday to buy attack helicopters, guided missiles, tankers and other weapons from Boeing Co, Airbus and other arms makers as the Gulf state accelerates its military read the rest…
Read More →Arab summit kicks off with calls to arm Syria rebels
The head of the Syrian National Coalition, Ahmed Jarba, repeated calls on the international community to supply rebels with “sophisticated weapons”.
Read More →Arab summit to back rejection of ‘Jewish state’: Draft
The summit stresses a “categorical rejection” of the demand for recognition of Israel as a Jewish state, according to a draft statement endorsed by foreign ministers.
Read More →35 nations sign up to tougher nuclear security standards
Obama has made improving nuclear safety one of the figurehead foreign policies of his presidency and said in 2009 that nuclear terrorism was “the most immediate and extreme threat to global security”.
Read More →Concern and condemnation as Egypt court sentences 529 to death
Governments, human rights groups speak out as foreign ministry defends what could be largest mass-execution in Egypt’s history
Read More →‘Al-Qaeda attack’ kills 20 Yemen soldiers
The assault came in the eastern province of Hadramawt were the security forces have suffered repeated losses which prompted President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi to fire his interior minister earlier this month.
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