Kannuj, (PTI): Eleven members of a marriage party were killed on Tuesday and 30 others were injured when a truck in which they were travelling collided head-on with a bus, police said in Kannauj. The marriage party was returning from … Continued
KAMPALA, (Xinhua): The Ugandan police on Monday closed two local newspapers and two radio stations in a bid to retrieve a sensitive letter and other documents alleging planned assassination plots of key government officials and military officers. Judith Nabakooba, police … Continued
LASHKAR GAH, (Xinhua): An Afghan provincial official said Tuesday that four Afghan policemen and 26 militants have been killed in ongoing clashes in the country’s southern province of Helmand. “Militants numbered hundreds launched armed attacks against police checkpoints in … Continued
[A man peers through the wreckage in Shawnee, Oklahoma, theUnited States, May 20, 2013. Tornadoes ravaged portions of central Oklahoma on Sunday, according to media reports. (Xinhua/Marcus DiPaola) ] HOUSTON, (Xinhua): A powerful tornado struck the southern suburbs of Oklahoma … Continued
Some of the UK’s best-known executives have written that “the economic case to stay in the EU is overwhelming” in an open letter, while Prime Minister David Cameron walks an EU tightrope placed by his own Conservatives. A group of … Continued
Bomb attacks have killed scores of people in Iraq, during one of the deadliest days of violence in months. The bloodshed comes as tensions between the Sunni minority and Shiite-led government show no signs of abating. The day began with … Continued
US President Barack Obama has hailed the reforms taken by Myanmar leader Thein Sein but urged him to end violence against Muslims. Sein is the country’s first president to visit the White House in almost half a century. Speaking from … Continued
IMEMC & Agencies: Palestinian sources reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday, four Palestinians, after the army tried to force a young Palestinian woman to accept to be hand searched by the army in the center of Hebron. The incident … Continued
By Saed Bannoura IMEMC & Agencies: Palestinian medical sources reported that several Palestinians have been treated for the effects of teargas inhalation, after Israeli soldiers invaded Bodrus village, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah. Property damage and fires … Continued
By Saed Bannoura IMEMC & Agencies: Israeli soldiers kidnapped two Palestinian schoolchildren returning home from school, in the Al-Wad Road area, in the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem. The twin brother, were release on bail. The Israeli army … Continued
By Saed Bannoura IMEMC & Agencies: Israeli soldiers, supported by armored jeeps, invaded the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and the Al-Yamoun nearby town, installed a number of roadblocks and interrogated several Palestinians. The army also handed two … Continued
By Saed Bannoura IMEMC News: Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), based in Gaza, has reported that the Israeli Navy kidnapped, on Sunday at night, two Palestinian fishermen near the coast of Beit Lahia city, in the northern part of … Continued
By Saed Bannoura IMEMC & Agencies: Israeli soldiers uprooted, on Monday, more than four Dunams (0.98 Acres) of agricultural lands in Al-Baq’a village, east of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Ata’ Jaber, a local … Continued
By Saed Bannoura IMEMC & Agencies: Israeli soldiers invaded Kufur Qalil village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and kidnapped three Palestinians. Local sources reported that the army broke into several homes, and violently searched them … Continued
IMEMC & Agencies: Israeli soldiers invaded Barta’a Ash-Sharqiyya village, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, demolished five commercial buildings, and handed demolition notices to a number of residents. A car dealership was also demolished in Jerusalem. Member of the … Continued
Israel on Monday barred a UN commission from visiting Jerusalem to investigate ongoing violations of religious freedom against Muslims and Christians in the Holy Land. “Israel has cancelled the delegation,” which was due to have arrived the same day, a … Continued
An attempted hostage rescue and two assaults by gunmen on police stations killed 24 policemen in Iraq’s restive Anbar province, as a series of car bombs in Baghdad and Basra killed another 31 people, police and doctors said on Monday. … Continued
By Vestnik Kavkaza Vestnik Kavkaza: Recent events which are connected with recruiting Russian citizens for fighting in Syria or events in Surgut’s suburbs where the local police stopped two car trains with “Wahhabits” made experts talk about possible interethnic conflicts … Continued
Ha-Meem Group, one of the major garment makers of the country, suspended production for Monday after garment workers clashed with police in Ashulia on the outskirts of the capital, leaving 30 injured. At least 7,000 workers of Ha-Meem Group and … Continued
[Chinese Premier Li Keqiang shakes hands with Manmohan Singh during an official welcoming ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Monday. Photo: V.V. Krishnan] IANS: India is an important neighbour, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Monday and stressed … Continued
The Federal Criminal Police Office is warning of a new type of Islamist terrorist threat from the air that could attack both passenger and cargo planes as well as airport facilities, the Welt am Sonntag newspaper reported. Radical groups could … Continued
Dutch News: Claim by newspaper Trouw that part of The Hague’s Schilderswijk district is so dominated by orthodox Muslims that they are dictating what people should wear and how they should behave, have been denied by both police and local … Continued
TUNIS, (Xinhua): A protester was killed on Sunday in Tunisian capital during clashes between police and a hardline Salafist group that was banned from holding their congress, official TAP news agency said. The protester, 27, who engaged in the pro-Islamist … Continued
BAGHDAD, (Xinhua): Unidentified gunmen attacked a police station in western Iraq on Sunday evening and killed ten policemen in the deadly clash, a police source said. The gunmen clashed with the policemen with various kinds of weapons in the town … Continued
DAMASCUS, (Xinhua): The Syrian army on Sunday launched a wide-scale operation to recapture the border city of al-Qussair near Lebanon, and has regained large swathes of the strategic city, local media reported. The offensive aims to cut the rebels’ main … Continued
IMEMC & Agencies: A number of extremist Israeli settlers attacked the Beit Hadaj Bedouin village in the Negev, and assaulted the villagers before torching at tent inhabited by Eid Abu Hbak who filed a complaint at an Israeli police station in … Continued
[Image By Pal-Info] By Saed Bannoura IMEMC & Agencies: A number of extremist settlers attacked, on Sunday, several Palestinian cars, and hurled a Molotov cocktail at a car driving on the Al-Jalazoun refugee camp road, in the central West … Continued
RAMADI, (Xinhua): Eight people were killed in separate attacks across Iraq on Saturday, while gunmen kidnapped eight policemen in the western province of Anbar, the police said. In western Iraq, two people were killed in clashes between tribesmen and Iraqi … Continued
Thousands of people have attended large rallies in Kyiv in opposition to Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych, calling for the release of jailed former PM Yulia Tymoshenko. Some clashed with Yanukovych supporters. Saturday’s event was held after the European Court of … Continued
NEW DELHI, (Xinhua): Incidents of rapes refuse to die down in India. In yet another shameful incident, at least five physically challenged girls were allegedly raped and assaulted by two employees at a residential school run by a non-government organization … Continued
ABUJA, (Xinhua): Nigerian troops operating in northeast Borno State said on Saturday that 65 rebels had been apprehended so far by officers of the Special Task Force (STF). Spokesperson for the defense headquarters Brig.-Gen. Chris Olukolade, disclosed this in a … Continued
KARACHI, (Dawn): Vice-President of Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf’s Sindh chapter, Zahra Shahid Hussain, was killed late on Saturday in an attempted robbery incident on the eve of re-polls in Karachi’s NA-250 constituency, DawnNews reported. According to police, three motorcycle riders tried to … Continued
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said he won’t step down before elections. On Saturday, rebels kidnapped the father of Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad. Assad’s comments to the Argentine newspaper Clarin highlight difficulties the international community faces in getting Syrian … Continued
[Palestinian refugees in tents 1948 (image by sabbah.biz)] By Saed Bannoura IMEMC & Agencies: A new report published in the Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz describes the information found in a newly-uncovered document in the government archives, which reveals that … Continued
A car bomb exploded in a northern district of the Syrian capital on Saturday night killing an unknown number of people. The state broadcaster said the bomb was placed in a car in the Rukneddin neighborhood and that a disposal team … Continued
[Police officers help stranded people after a rainstorm in Xiamen's Siming district, Fujian province, on Thursday. Mo Feng / For China Daily] BEIJING, (Xinhua): Fifty-five people have died and 14 others were reported missing in the latest round of rain- … Continued
Dutch News: A tip-off from the Dutch security service AIVD led police to stop a 16-year-old would-be jihadist leaving the country to fight in Syria, the NRC reports on Friday. Police spokeswoman Nicole Bogers told the NRC the teenager had … Continued
MAIDUGURI, (Xinhua): Residents on Friday said the special military force deployed to the restive Nigeria northeast states of Yobe and Borno cordoned off border roads linking the two states and Adamawa to prevent the Boko Haram militants from fleeing to … Continued
Washington, (Xinhua): Two trains collided after one of them derailed during the Friday evening rush hour in Fairfield, the U.S. state of Connecticut, injuring at least 20 people, local authorities said. The Fairfield police estimated that 20 to 25 people were … Continued
Kenya: 30 countries in Africa at risk of yellow fever NAIROBI, (Xinhua): The UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday that 30 countries in Africa with a total population of 508 million are considered to be at different … Continued
KARACHI, (The News): Despite strict security measures in the backdrop of re-polling in NA-250 polling stations in the city on Sunday, two persons were killed in the firing incidents Saturday, Geo News reported. According to police, a tortured body was … Continued
ISLAMABAD, (Dawn): In the judges’ detention case, the special anti-terrorism court (ATC) of Islamabad on Saturday extended the judicial remand of former military ruler Pervez Musharraf for 14 days, DawnNews reported. Judge of ATC’s special court Kausar Abbas Zaidi heard … Continued
LONDON, (Agencies): Pakistan cruised to a 96-run victory over Scotland in Friday’s ODI in Edinburgh despite the record-breaking efforts of Majid Haq. Scotland spinner Haq went into the clash at the Grange level with John Blain on 41 one-day international … Continued
The deadliest day in Iraq in eight months has left more than 75 people dead in a series of bomb blasts. Sunni Muslim protest over Shiite-led government mistreatment are part of the cause of the conflict. Bombs struck Sunni areas … Continued
By Saed Bannoura IMEMC & Agencies: Palestinian medical sources reported that 17 Palestinians have been injured by rubber-coated metal bullets and gas bombs fired by Israeli soldiers invading the Al-Arroub refugee camp, north of the southern West Bank city … Continued
By IMEMC & Agencies: Palestinian medical sources reported that approximately 25 Palestinians have been injured, including twelve who were shot by live rounds, during clashes that took place when Israeli soldiers invaded the Al-Jalazoun refugee camp and Silwad town, east of … Continued
By Saed Bannoura IMEMC & Agencies: The Palestinian Detainees Study Center has reported that undercover forces of the Israeli military broke, on Thursday, into section 24 of the Negev detention camp, attacked the detainees and searched their beds and … Continued
By Ali Haydar Al-Akhbar: In an unusual step, an Israeli official recently contacted The New York Times to issue threats that Israel is prepared to bring down the Syrian regime if Damascus retaliates against Tel Aviv’s earlier military strikes. … Continued
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Russia’s foreign minister on Friday brushed off Western criticism of Moscow for supplying weapons to Syria’s government. “I do not understand why the media is trying to create a sensation out of this,” said Foreign … Continued
PESHAWAR, (Dawn): Two bombs exploded near separate mosques after Friday prayers in Malakand Division’s Bazdara area killing 15 persons and injuring at least 100 others. Deputy Commissioner of Malakand Amjad Ali confirmed that 15 persons were killed and 100 others … Continued
Fighting in northern Iraq killed nine police and four gunmen Friday, while a car bomb targeting worshippers near a mosque north of Baghdad left seven dead, security and medical officials said. The fighting between police and armed men in west … Continued
LONDON, (Xinhua): England former captain David Beckham decided to end his pro career at the end of the season, the home- known footballer announced on Thursday. As one of the world most successful and well-known athletes, Beckham said in a … Continued
Washington, (Hurriyet Daily News): Turkey and US agreed that a democratic process without Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was needed for a democratic transition of the war-torn country, U.S. President Barack Obama said Thursday in a press conference with Turkish Prime Minister Recep … Continued
BEIJING,(Xinhua): Thirty-three people have died and 12 others were reported missing in the latest round of rain- and hailstorms that have swept south China, the country’s civil affairs and disaster reduction authorities said Thursday. Since Tuesday, rainstorms have triggered flooding … Continued
KARACHI, (The News): Unknown assailants shot dead two people including a woman in Manghopir area of the metropolis Thursday late night. According to police, armed men entered a house located in Minawali Colony area and shot dead Bakhti Karam,50 … Continued
A panel investigating right-wing terrorism has concluded that police failed in their duties and require reform. The panel reached its conclusion after a year long review of the National Socialist Underground case. Sebastian Edathy, a Social Democrat (SPD) and the … Continued
[Raging waves lash upon the sea shores at Cox’s Bazar on Thursday. Maritime ports of Chittagong and Cox’s Bazar have been advised to keep hoisted danger signal No. seven in the morning as Cyclone Mahasen moved slightly north-northeastwards over the … Continued
By Saed Bannoura IMEMC News: According to reports by the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), based in Gaza, and the Wadi Hilweh Information Center, in Silwan in occupied East Jerusalem, Israeli soldiers continued their aggression against the Palestinian children, … Continued
By Saed Bannoura IMEMC & Agencies: Radio Bethlehem 2000 reported Thursday, May 16 2013, that an armed Israeli settler installed a mobile home in Nabi Samuel village, north west of occupied East Jerusalem. Resident Eid Barakat, one of the owners … Continued
By Saed Bannoura IMEMC & Agencies: A number of extremist Israeli settlers attacked several schoolchildren in Orif village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Local sources reported that the settlers hurled stones at the students as they … Continued
IMEMC & Agencies: Israeli soldiers uprooted Palestinian agricultural lands that belong to a resident of Aqraba village, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus. The army claims that lands are “state property”. Hamza Deeriyya, member of Aqraba Land Defense … Continued
By Saed Bannoura IMEMC & Agencies: Israeli soldiers kidnapped twenty Palestinians, mainly children, in the At-Tabaqa village, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and started interrogating them in alleged connection with a Molotov cocktail that burnt … Continued
By Elie Chalhoub Tehran’s effort to court Saudi Arabia on a Syria settlement has failed after an outwardly friendly meeting between the two countries’ foreign ministers did not achieve anything of substance. According to high-level Iranian sources, the meeting … Continued
Two car bombs exploded in Iraq’s capital Thursday morning, killing at least 12 civilians and wounding 30, officials said. Baghdad police said the first blast struck a bus and taxi stop around rush hour in the eastern Sadr City neighborhood. … Continued
(Al-Akhbar): Prominent Bahraini human rights defender Nabeel Rajab has been removed from his cell to an unknown location, losing all contact with his family and lawyer, the Bahrain Center for Human Rights reported Wednesday. In an appeal sent out by … Continued
BAGHDAD, (Xinhua): At least 35 people were killed and 134 others wounded in violent attacks across Iraq on Wednesday, including a wave of car bombings against the capital of Baghdad, Interior Ministry and police sources said. A total of 23 … Continued
[A satellite image of Cyclone Mahasen hitting Bangladesh shoreline Thursday. Image courtesy: Bangladesh Meteorological Department] Daily Star: Cyclone Mahasen made landfall at Kuakata in Patuakhali around 9:00am Thursday, after journeying over 1,700 kilometres from its place of origin … Continued
International donors have pledged more than 3.25 billion euros in aid to help convert the West African state of Mali into a viable nation rather than a terrorist haven. International donors meeting in Brussels have raised a higher-than-expected 3.25-billion-euros ($4.1 … Continued
Scientists in the United States have recovered human stem cells from cloned human embryos, in what is a world first. They have described it as a “significant step forward” in medicine. Scientists have been trying to obtain stem cells from … Continued
By Saed Bannoura IMEMC & Agencies: Palestinian medical sources reported that dozens of Palestinians have been injured during clashes that took place with Israeli soldiers in Kharsa village, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron. Israeli army … Continued
Image By Palestine News Network (PNN) By Saed Bannoura IMEMC & Agencies: Palestinian medical sources reported that several Palestinians have been injured during clashes with Israeli soldiers in Bab Al-‘Amoud area in occupied East Jerusalem, after the army … Continued
By Saed Bannoura IMEMC & Agencies: Local sources reported that dozens of Israeli military jeeps invaded Zabbouba town, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and clashed with local youths. The army also invaded the nearby towns … Continued
A Bahraini court on Wednesday sentenced six tweeters charged with insulting King Hamad to one year in prison, the public prosecutor’s office announced. The six were charged by the lower criminal court with “misusing the right of free expression,” it … Continued
At least 15 people were killed in bomb blasts and a shooting in Iraq on Wednesday, police and hospital sources said. Ten people were killed when two car bombs exploded near government buildings in the oil-rich city of Kirkuk. Kirkuk … Continued
NEW DELHI, (Times of India): In what seems like a move to cater to sectional sentiments, home minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Wednesday said the Centre will ask states to set up fast-track courts to take up cases of Muslim youth … Continued
YANGON, (Xinhua): At least 58 people out of 100 fleeing from a cyclonic storm went missing as a motor boat capsized off western Myanmar’s Rakhine coast Monday night, official sources said Tuesday evening. The Bengali-Muslims on board the motor boat are … Continued
KADUNA, (Xinhua): At least 11 people were killed on Tuesday in an attack on a village in central north Nigeria, according to security sources. Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen struck Zangang Village in Kaduna State. The raid also left several … Continued
MOSCOW, (Xinhua): Russia on Tuesday declared a CIA agent detained while attempting to recruit a Russian intelligence officer “persona non grata” and ordered him to leave the country immediately. “Overnight to May 14 the Federal Security Service’s counterintelligence service detained … Continued
By Amjad Mahmood LAHORE, (Dawn): The PML-N has reached out to political players in Sindh and Balochistan in its efforts to widen its support base outside Punjab and explore the possibility of forming provincial governments or play the role of … Continued
Prosecutors at the Munich trial of five suspects accused over a neo-Nazi group’s murder spree have cited “execution-style shootings.” Defense lawyers sought more delay, including motions to shift to a larger courtroom. Prosecutors at the Munich trial of five suspected … Continued
Under pressure from his Conservatives, Prime Minister David Cameron has brought forward a draft motion pledging a UK referendum on EU membership. The bill would only count in 2017 and only if Cameron wins re-election. The ruling Conservative Party on … Continued
By Saed Bannoura IMEMC: The Ahrar Center for Detainees’ Studies and Human Rights reported Tuesday that four illegally imprisoned legislators, held at the Negev Israeli detention camp, received renewed Administrative Detention orders, for six additional months without charges or trial. … Continued
By IMEMC & Agencies: Israeli soldiers invaded different parts of the West Bank, searched homes and property, and kidnapped several Palestinians, including university students, before taking them to unknown destinations. Local sources in Nablus, in the northern part of the … Continued
[Image Arabs48] By Saed Bannoura IMEMC & Agencies: Arabs48 News Website has reported that a number of extremist Israelis attacked the Um Al-Qataf village, in Wadi ‘Ara area, torched three Palestinian cars and wrote racist graffiti against the Arabs. … Continued
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday it was important to avoid actions that might aggravate Syria’s civil war, a veiled warning against foreign military intervention or arming anti-government forces. Russia and the United States are trying to bring the … Continued
| [Asghar Ali Engineer passed away in Mumbai after a prolonged illness. Times of India] HYDERABAD, (Times of India): Prominent social scientist Asghal Ali Engineer passed away in Mumbai on Tuesday. Engineer, 74, was the leader of the Progressive … Continued
MOSCOW, (Xinhua): Eleven people were killed when a minibus collided with a roadster on Tuesday in Russia’s Penza region, authorities said. A number of others were injured in the accident, which happened when the minibus was overtaking another car, the … Continued
KABUL, (Xinhua): Three NATO soldiers died as a car bombing rocked southern Afghanistan on Monday, the military alliance confirmed in a statement. “Three International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) service members were killed today when insurgents attacked their position in southern … Continued
TRIPOLI, (Xinhua): At least three people were killed and six others wounded after an explosion hit on Monday a hospital car park in Libya’s eastern city of Benghazi, a medical source told Xinhua, while official death toll is still unavailable. … Continued
LAHORE, (Dawn): Nawaz Sharif, poised to become prime minister for a third time after a decisive victory in the elections, said on Monday that the mistrust which had long dogged relations with India needed to be addressed. He also pledged … Continued
Jabber Al Mazroui has succeeded in building one of the world’s largest aquaponics farms in the desert climes of the United Arab Emirates. He hopes aquaponics can boom, but local farmers are proving slow to adjust. Jabber Al Mazroui peers … Continued
British Prime Minister David Cameron has begun a trip to Washington, fresh from a visit to Moscow, by describing Russia as “keen” on a peace conference for war-torn Syria. British premier David Cameron emerged from talks with US President Barack … Continued
By Saed Bannoura IMEMC & Agencies: A group of extremist Israeli settlers set ablaze Palestinian olive orchards and farmlands that belong the villages of Qaryout, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Local sources reported that the armed settlers … Continued
By Saed Bannoura IMEMC News: Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday at dawn, several Palestinians, including an imam of a local mosque, in different parts of the occupied West Bank, after violently breaking into their homes and searching them. Armed clashes … Continued
By Saed Bannoura IMEMC & Agencies: Palestinian sources reported that a group of extremist Israeli settlers attacked and destroyed Palestinian property, destroyed graves and wrote racist graffiti in As-Swiya village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. The … Continued