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U.S. embassy close in Syria due to violence
The United States announced today it was closing its embassy in Syria due to the worsening security situation, further isolating Damascus over its bloody crackdown on anti-government protests.
Abbas to head new unity Palestinian government
A senior Palestinian official said,that rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas agreed at a meeting in Qatar today on purpose to shape a unified Palestinian government for the West Bank and Gaza headed by Palestinian President and Fatah chief Mahmoud Abbas. ...
Local tsunami alert in 6.7 earthquake off Philippines
According to the U.S. Geological Survey USGS and a local monitoring service,one child died and a local tsunami alert was issued after a magnitude 6.7 earthquake followed by two aftershocks struck off the Philippines island of Negros today. ...
New explosion hits Egypt's gas pipeline to Israel
The pipeline, which also supplies gas to Jordan, has come under attack at least 12 times since Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was toppled in February 2011....
Russia and China veto U.N. resolution on Syria
Russia and China vetoed today a new U.N. plan for Syria that backed an Arab plan calling on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to quit, stalling global efforts to end his bloody crackdown on unrest after hundreds were reported killed in the city of Homs....
Strong earthquake jolts eastern Japan
A strong quake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 jolted eastern Japan today morning,but without reports of injury or even damage and no tsunami warning was issued.The focus ...
URGENT AQIM published photos of hostages kidnapped in Mali
The terrorist organization Al-Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has released Friday through the Mauritanian online information site "Nouakchott information" (ANI) two photos of Europeans hostages kidnapped in Mali....
Ten civilians killed by the firing of security forces in Homs
This Friday, no less than ten civilians, including a woman and four children, were killed by fire from security forces in Homs in central Syria, according to a report of the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights (OSDH) and the Qatari channel Al Jazeera....
DR Congo Presidential: Kabila winner
The outgoing president of Congo (DRC), Joseph Kabila, won Friday the presidential election in one round which took place on November 28, announced the Independent National Electoral Commission....
Assad denies having given order to kill protesters
In an interview with U.S. television network ABC News, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has completely denied giving the order to fire on demonstrators in his country. Only a fool would do such a thing, he said on television....
French nationals kidnapped in Mali would be in the hands of AQIM
Malian security sources have told reporters that the two French hostages in late November last in Hombori, northern Mali, would be in the hands of Al Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)....
URGENT US and French ambassadors return to Damascus
Ambassadors of France and the United States to Syria, respectively, Eric Chevallier and Robert Ford are back in Damascus after being recalled for consultations after the violence in Syria. ...
54 Shia killed in an attack in Kabul
More than fifty people were killed and at least 150 others injured Tuesday in Kabul in a suicide attack against a Shia procession, celebrating Ashura, according to the Ministry of Health. ...
Libyan demonstrators arrested in Istanbul
A group of Libyans, received for care in Turkey during the war in Libya, demonstrated Tuesday before their consulate in Istanbul to claim the financial support they were promised. ...
Alleged kidnappers of three European arrested in Mauritania
Mauritanian police said that two of the kidnappers of the three Europeans, two Spaniards and an Italian, abducted in October in the Sahrawi camps in Tindouf in Algeria, were arrested Monday in Nouadhibou north-western Mauritania....
81 Harragas rescued by Italian coast guard
At least eighty Harragas (candidates for illegal emigration), on aboard two boats, were rescued from a shipwreck Monday by the Italian Coast Guard off the coast of Calabria....
A 5.1 earthquake hit the Aegean
A 5.1-magnitude earthquake whose epicenter was located in the Aegean Sea hit Monday morning at 8:17 GMT without causing casualties, according to Turkish news agency Anatolia....
List of Syrian officials affected by Arab sanctions
Nineteen Syrian individuals covered by Arab sanctions, including travel bans and freezing of assets in Arab countries, according to a list provided by the Arab League:...
Israel fears Arab Spring
Israel is closely following the upheavals in the Arab world and is concerned about the victory of the Islamists in Tunisia, Morocco, Libya and especially in Egypt after the recent victory of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt’s elections...
URGENT U.S. drone shot down in Iran
Iran has shot down a U.S. drone in the east, according to El Alam Iranian television, which quoted a military source....
Claude Gueant talks in Algiers with Ould Kablia
Algiers - Algeria and France are determined to give impetus to the revival of bilateral relations, said Sunday in Algiers the Minister of Interior and Local Government, Mr. Daho Ould Kablia at a joint press conference with French Interior Minister, Claude Gueant....
Five dead in clashes in Yemen
At least five people were killed Saturday in bombings by the Yemeni army on Taiz, the scene of violent clashes between the regime forces and gunmen belonging to tribes...
Eighteen dead in Syria, the OSDH said
Eighteen people were killed Saturday in Syria according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH). Among the victims there are military and members of security forces....
International Conference on AIDS in Addis Ababa
Algiers – Algerian Minister of Health, Population and Hospital Reform, Mr. Djamel Oul Abbes, will attend the 16th International Conference on AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa to be held from 4 to 8 of the current month in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), the ministry said in a statement....
A French converted to Islam refuses to leave Mali
A French who lives in northern Mali since 2006, converted to Islam, refused Saturday to leave the country despite the security measures taken by France after the kidnappings occurred in that region....
Syrian opposition urges UN to stop the repression
Burhan Ghalioun, president of the Syrian National Council (SNC), Saturday urged the Security Council of the UN to act by passing a resolution in order to stop the violent repression of civilians in Syria....
Brazil: 36 dead in a collision between a bus and a truck
A collision between a bus carrying farmers and a truck caused 36 dead and more than a dozen injured Saturday in Bahia in northern Brazil...
A Libyan national opens fire in a district of Istanbul
A Libyan armed with a shotgun, opened fire Wednesday in a district of Istanbul, injuring two people, a security guard and a police officer before being shot by police, according to Turkish television channels....
Great-Britain/Iran: embassies closed
The British Embassy in Tehran, which was the subject of an attack Tuesday by Iranian protesters following the sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program, was closed, ...
Kuwait: a new Prime minister appointed
The Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmed Al Sabah, appointed Wednesday Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Sabah as Prime Minister, according o public television. The latter served as defence minister before....
Four killed in a suicide bombing in Mogadishu
A suicide attack by a suicide bomber who tried to get inside a military base in Mogadishu, Somalia, killed four people Wednesday morning, according to the press....
Iran: British Embassy invaded by demonstrators
Iranian demonstrators came Tuesday on the grounds of the embassy of Great Britain in Tehran, before they remove the British flag and replace it by the Iranian flag...
Abdelilah Benkirane appointed prime minister by King of Morocco
Abdelilah Benkirane, leader of Justice and Development Party (PJD), winner of the legislative elections last Friday, was appointed prime minister by King Mohamed VI...
Demonstration in Tunisia for the wearing of niqab at the University
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside the Faculty of Arts of Manouba, near Tunis to demand the right of students in niqab to attend classes and take exams....
The emir of Kuwait accepted the resignation of the government
The Kuwaiti government has submitted its resignation Monday to the Emir Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah, following pressure from the opposition which demanded its dismissal for corruption cases....
Syrian army accused of crimes against humanity
The Syrian army has committed crimes against humanity in violently repressing the demonstrations against the regime which have caused thousands of deaths and injuries since the beginning of the popular contest in mid-March, according to an international survey on violence in Syria...
Nine alleged members of al Qaeda killed by the army in Yemen
The Yemeni army forces killed nine suspected members of Al Qaeda, among them Yemenis and foreigners, on the night from Sunday to Monday in Zinjibar south of the country, security sources said....
Putin's candidate for 2012 presidential
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin accepted Sunday the proposal of the delegates from his party to run for president in 2012....
Somalia: Shebab threaten Ethiopia
Somali Shebab rebels warned Sunday Ethiopia against any attempt of military intervention in Somalia. According to them, another military intervention by Addis Ababa in this country would result in significant losses of life....
