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  • Hillary seeks action on Russia

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    US President Barack Obama speaks to Russian President Vladimir Putin in related to the Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 which killed 298 people onboard. More details are awaited.The tele conversation when Hillary Clinton,  the former US secretary of state, seeking more action against Russia. “The world is watching,” Obama said during a speech in Delaware. “The…

  • Ground offensive into Gaza begins

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    Israel have begun their ground offensive into Gaza by sea, land and air. Power has been cut in Gaza for this operations that has commenced at 10.30pm local time. Three Palestinian children were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City a few hours after a short humanitarian truce ended Thursday, taking the toll in…

  • Malaysian airliner crash in Ukraine

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      A Malaysian Airlines flight crashed Thursday in Ukraine near the Russian border, with all the 280 passengers and 15 crew members on board feared to have been killed. There were conflicting reports on how the plane went down, with some suggesting it might have been shot down.“A Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777, which was flying from…

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  • Short Hamas-Israel ceasefire begins

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    A five-hour ceasefire came into effect Thursday at 10 a.m. between Israel and the Islamic Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip on a request of the UN even as the toll in Gaza due to Israeli air strikes touched 227. The ceasefire will enable humanitarian aid into the coastal enclave. Sami Abu Zuhri, Hamas movement’s…

  • US widens sanctions on Russia

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      The US Wednesday escalated sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine crisis, targeting firms in the financial, energy, and arms sectors of Russia. The US also slapped sanctions on individuals it accused of undermining Ukraine’s sovereignty or misappropriating Ukrainian property, Xinhua quoted the Treasury Department as saying in a statement. The sanctions prohibit American citizens…

  • Typhoon toll reach 38 in Philippines

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    The toll from the Typhoon Rammasun has risen to 38 in the Philippines, the state disaster agency said Thursday. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said the typhoon also left 10 people injured while eight others were declared missing, Xinhua reported. NDRRMC said Rammasun destroyed 668.23 million pesos ($15.32 million) worth of…

  • BRICS flays terrorism, advocates peace

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      BRICS countries have condemned terrorism in all its forms and said there can be no justification for terror, while advocating peaceful resolution of conflicts. The Fortaleza Declaration was adopted by the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) countries Tuesday at their sixth summit meeting in this Brazilian city. The declaration said the United…

  • Israeli blitz kills over 213 in Gaza

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    Four more Palestinians were killed Wednesday in a new Israeli airstrike on the Gaza Strip, taking the death toll in nine days of bombing to 213 even as the Islamic Hamas movement rejected a Egyptian ceasefire proposal with Israel. Israeli war jets pounded western Gaza city Wednesday killing four Palestinian children and wounding 10 others…

  • Fury of Typhoon Rammasun

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  • Assad sworn-in Syrian president

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    Bashar al-Assad was sworn-in the president of Syria for the second term Wednesday before the members of the People’s Assembly. President Assad was re-elected for a third seven-year term after winning a landslide victory in Syria’s first multi-candidate election June 3, the official SANA news agency reported. He won against Hassan al-Nouri and Maher Hajjar by…

  • PICS: Brics Bank to fuel growth

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    Leaders of the five Brics countries – Indian Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi, President of Brazil, Ms. Dilma Rousseff, the President of the People’s Republic of China, Mr. Xi Jinping, the President of the Russian Federation, Mr. Vladimir Putin and the President of the Republic of South Africa, Mr. Jacob Zumahave – signed a deal to create a…

  • PICS: Fireworks lit up Paris

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    Fireworks explode around the Eiffel Tower during the Bastille Day celebrations in Paris, capital of France. Bastille Day marks the July 14, 1789, storming of the Bastille prison by angry Paris crowds that helped spark the French Revolution. The French capital enjoyed a fireworks show , exceptionally fired from the Eiffel Tower.

  • Israel, Hamas declare ceasefire

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    Israel has accepted a Egyptian proposal for a truce in the conflict in Gaza. The Al-Qassam brigade, the armed wing of Hamas which controls Gaza, has said it rejects it as a “surrender”. The Egyptian initiative urges a ceasefire starting imminently, followed by a series of meetings in Cairo with high-level delegations from both sides. Palestinian…

  • OBIT: Nadine Gordime

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    Nobel Laureate Nadine Gordimer, 90, dies in Johannesburg The writer, who was one of the literary world’s most powerful voices against apartheid – died at her home after a short illness, her family said. She wrote more than 30 books, including the novels My Son’s Story, Burger’s Daughter and July’s People, BBC reported. She jointly won 1974’s…

  • Malala dares Boko Haram

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    The most famous teen in the planet, Malala Yousafali, arrives in Nigeria to support the release of 200 girls abducted from their school by Islamic militants in April. The teenager, who was shot by the Taliban, defied security warnings to fly to Nigeria on her 17th birthday, The Times reported. “I want to highlight this…

  • Ukraine denies shelling Russian town

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    Ukraine said Sunday it had nothing to do with the shelling of a Russian town earlier in the day, which left one dead and two more injured. “Ukrainian servicemen did not, do not and will not deliver fire against the neighbouring country’s territory or residential areas,” Xinhua quoted Ukrainian foreign ministry as saying in a…

  • PICS: CRY THE BELOVED GAZA

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     Since the beginning of operations, the Israeli army has targeted about 1,090 sites in Gaza, taking the death toll to over 100 people. Dozens of them were civilians. The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)  strongly condemned the Israeli offensive against the Palestinians, calling for its immediate end in the Gaza Strip. Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani, as the incumbent chairman…

  • Israel prepares for ground invasion of Gaza

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    The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) Thursday told Palestinians living near the Gaza Strip border to evacuate their homes, media reports said. More than 100,000 Palestinians residing in areas adjacent to the border received notification from the IDF in a recorded message over the phone that they must evacuate their houses as quickly as possible, Xinhua…

  • Burials in Gaza as Hamas and Israel trade fire

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    At least 81 Palestinians have died and more than 500 have been injured since Israel launched Operation Protective Edge two days ago to prevent rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip, Palestinian officials said Thursday as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ruled out any ceasefire. The number of injured was put at 567, 20 of them…

  • Germany expels top US spy in espionage row

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    The German government Thursday decided to deport a representative of the US intelligence agencies in Berlin in view of the emerging US spy row. The German government took US espionage cases “very seriously”, Xinhua cited German government spokesman Steffen Seibert as saying Thursday in a statement. The representative of the US intelligence agencies at the…

  • PICS – GAZA – Remains of a raid

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    Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip killed at least 14 people as they continued into Thursday, Palestinian medics said. The first strike hit a coffee shop in the city of Khan Younis, emergency services spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra told Agence France-Presse, adding that six men were killed and at least 15 other people wounded. The second, in…

  • Hamas target Israel’s n-reactor

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    Hamas fired three rockets Wednesday evening into Dimona, a city where Israel’s nuclear reactor is located, the Israeli military said. However, it caused no damage or injuries to anyone. A rocket was intercepted by Israel’s Iron Dome anti-missile defense system, while the rest fell in open fields, reported Xinhua citing Israel’s Channel 2. Hamas’ military…

  • Snowden applies for asylum extension

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    Former employee of the US National Security Agency (NSA) Edward Snowden has asked for extension of his refugee status in Russia, his lawyer Anatoly Kucherena said Wednesday. “There is a procedure stipulated by the Russian law. We have gone through the procedure of getting temporary asylum, which ends on July 31. We have submitted documents…

  • 63 women escape from Boko Haram

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    Sixty three women abducted two weeks ago by Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram are reported to have escaped from their captors in the northeastern state of Borno, security sources said Monday. The women ran away after the militants went to fight Nigerian military forces near the city of Damboa last Friday leaving the hostages…

  • Eduard Shevardnadze dies

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    Former Georgia President Eduard Shevardnadze has died aged 86 His aide Marina Davitashvili said he had passed away on Monday after a long illness. In 1992 he became the head of state of Georgia after it broke away from the Soviet Union. He led the country out of instability and civil war but in November…

  • Israeli air strike kills two Palestinians in Gaza

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    Two Palestinians were killed and one was moderately injured Sunday as the Israeli fighter jets launched air raids targeting central Gaza Strip, authorities said. The two Palestinians were killed right on spot in the strike in the central Gaza Strip refugee camp of al-Maghazi, Xinhua quoted a Palestinian health ministry spokesperson as saying. The two…

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  • PICS: 1,600 years old skeletons

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    One of the three human skeletons of more than 1,600 years old is exhibited in the National Museum of Antropology, in the city of San Salvador, capital of El Salvador, on July 4, 2014. The skeletons were found by Japanese and Salvadoran anthropologists

  • PICS: Kenya’s new airport

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    Photos show the exterior scene of the new terminal of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi, capital of Kenya. The JKIA new terminal building, which was built by Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) International Holding Corporation, started a test on Friday. The building, with a construction area of 25,000 square meters, will start…

  • Israeli jets raid southern Gaza Strip

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    Israeli fighter jets carried out a series of air raids on the Gaza Strip Friday, as Palestinian militants continued to fire rockets into Israel, security sources said. Israeli warplanes carried three air raids on a Hamas military site in the city of Rafah and another Hamas site in Khan Younis city, both in southern Gaza…

  • UAE Exchange in Germany

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    UAE Exchange launches Money2anywhere.com in Germany UAE Exchange partnering with SOFORT AG and launches Money2anywhere.com in Germany The online money transfer portal is currently available in nine countries. Germany will be the 10th. Money can now be transferred using an internet connection and computer from personal environment. UAE Exchange, the leading global remittance and foreign exchange…

  • ‘Team Shunya’ in Paris

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    Rajendra Shende writes about Team Shunya, a collaboration of IIT Bombay and Rachana Sansad’s Academy of Architecture, is one of these 20 international teams selected for 2014 Solar Decathlon Europe after first level screening in 2013  Just 20 km west of Paris stands a huge icon of French grandoise, the Palace of Versaille. Wealth has been the…

  • UN concern over Syria refugees

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    At close to three million, Syria’s refugee crisis is becoming the world’s largest displacement, a media report said. “Today, there are close to three million Syrian refugees, and the number of those seeking safe haven is increasing by 100,000 every month,” Xinhua quoted UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric as saying. If enough humanitarian support is not…

  • US against Kurds breaking away from Iraq

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     The US has opposed a call for a referendum on independence for Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region. The call from Massud Barzani, president of the Kurdish region in northern Iraq, came as Sunni militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) are continuing their offensive after seizing a large part of Iraq’s northern…

  • UK plan to arm Syria rebels exposed

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    BBC exposed a secret UK plan to arm Syrian rebels – ‘Extract, equip, train’ The UK drew up plans to train and equip a 100,000-strong Syrian rebel army to defeat President Bashar al-Assad, BBC Newsnight revealed. The secret initiative, put forward two years ago, was the brainchild of the then most senior UK military officer, General Sir…

  • Airports on top alert in the UK

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    Security at British airports has been increased followings warnings from US experts that two terrorist groups are developing a bomb that could bypass existing safety measures, Sky News reported. US Homeland Security chief Jeh Johnson said he had tasked officials to “implement enhanced security measures in the coming days at certain overseas airports with direct flights…

  • Abbas wants Netanyahu to condemn murder

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    Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has demanded that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemn the suspected retaliatory killing of an Arab teenager in occupied East Jerusalem early Wednesday. “We demand Netanyahu condemn the kidnap and murder of a Palestinian teenager as we did condemn the abduction and killing of three Israeli settlers,” Xinhua quoted Abbas as…

  • Sarkozy placed under investigation

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    Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy Wednesday was placed under investigation for corruption, after he was called for questioning Tuesday. Sarkozy Tuesday arrived in Nanterre, west of Paris, where the police held him for questioning over suspected influence-peddling, Al Jazeera reported. The former French president was held for questioning for 15 hours over suspicions that he…

  • Hong Kong begins crackdown

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    Hong Kong police have arrested over 500 protesters who staged a pro-democracy sit-in at the city’s business district, BBC reported. The demonstrators were arrested for illegal assembly and obstructing police officers, police said. The sit-in came after tens of thousands of protesters marched on Tuesday in what was described as the city’s largest democracy rally…

  • Israel accused of ‘aggression’

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    Rights forums based in London accused Israel of launching collective punishment against Palestinians over the killing of three settler youths “The international community must take urgent action to stop Israel from using the deaths of three hardline settlers to collectively punish the Palestinian people,” the Islamic Human Rights Commission said in a statement. “The bodies of the missing…

  • Three Israeli teenagers laid to rest

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    Three Israeli teenagers whose bodies were found Monday were laid to rest at a joint funeral Tuesday in Modiin near Jerusalem. Thousands of people, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Shimon Peres, participated in the funeral in which the caskets were wrapped with Israeli flags, Xinhua reported. “The whole nation has witnessed your inner…

  • East Africa gains from India

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    Francis Kokutse says India’s trade with East Africa rises 13-fold Trade between India and the East African Community (EAC) has risen 13-fold, from $490.8 million in 2002 to $6.6 billion in 2012, a study by India’s Exim Bank showed. The bank, which studied India’s trade and investment potentials in the region, said, “India’s trade and…

  • US urges North Korea to release jailed Americans

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    The US Monday called on North Korea to release two Americans, who have been detained and are facing trial in that country. The US is aware of reports that citizens Matthew Miller and Jeffrey Fowle will face trial in North Korea, Xinhua quoted State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki as telling a regular briefing. “Out of…

  • US deploys more troops in Iraq

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    US President Barack Obama said that about 200 troops arrived in Iraq to protect the US embassy in Baghdad amidst fierce fighting in the war-torn country, a media report said Tuesday. The new troops, who arrived Sunday and Monday, will provide security for the embassy, the Baghdad airport and other facilities in Iraq, CNN quoted…

  • Sarkozy held over poll probe

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    French ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy has been detained for questioning over alleged influence peddling, BBC reported. The decision to detain him at Nanterre, near Paris, is an unprecedented step against a former president. Mr Sarkozy’s lawyer was questioned on Monday on suspicion of seeking inside information about a case against the former leader. The latest developments…

  • Oscar Pistorius’s trial resume

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    Murder-accused paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius Monday was back for his trial in the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, after completing his psychiatric evaluation. Pistorius’s psychiatric evaluation began May 26 at the Weskoppies Psychiatric Hospital, where he was assessed by four specialists for seven hours everyday for 30 days, Independent Online reported. Pistorius is on…

  • Netanyahu warns Iran

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    Israeli Prime Minister  urged the P5+1 countries not to surrender to Iran ahead of a deadline for a permanent nuclear deal, media reported Monday. Netanyahu Sunday said in a statement that Iran should be stripped of its uranium enrichment capacities, Xinhua reported. According to the statement, Netanyahu said that Iran is “interested in obtaining a…

  • US increase fleet in Persian Gulf

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     The US has sent another warship to the Persian Gulf with 1,000 marines on board as clashes between Iraqi forces and Islamic militants intensified Sunday, the media reported. The USS Bataan will join seven other American warships — the USS Arleigh Burke, the USS Truxton, the USS Gunston Hall, the USS George HW Bush, the…