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  • Palestinian PM: No State without Jordan Valley, East Jerusalem

    Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad on Tuesday said there would be no Palestinian state without Jordan Valley and without East Jerusalem as its capital. The Jordan Valley and East Jerusalem “are undivided parts of the Palestinian land that has been occupied since 1967,” Fayyad told reporters. Fayyad was responding to his Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu, […]

    Gaddafi’s warplanes bomb eastern Libyan town of Ras Launf

    Pro-Gaddafi forces on Tuesday launched fresh air raids on Libya’s rebel-held eastern oil port of Ras Lanuf in a bid to prevent his opponents from advancing towards the capital Tripoli, amid mounting global calls for enforcing a no-fly zone over the country. 68-year-old Muammar Gaddafi’s warplanes dropped missiles near rebel positions in the desert east […]

    Iranian leader Rafsanjani loses vital position

    Former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani lost his position on Tuesday as the head of a powerful clerical body charged with choosing or dismissing Iran’s supreme leader. Mr. Rafsanjani is a bitter enemy of hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and tacitly supported his rival, Mir Hossein Mousavi, in Iran’s bitter dispute over the 2009 presidential elections. Hardliners […]

    13 killed, 35 injured in Pakistan bomb blast

    In Pakistan, at least thirteen people have been killed and more than thirty five others injured in a blast at a gas station in Faisalabad today. It is not yet clear what caused the blast, which caused extensive damage in the area. Television footage showed collapsed buildings and burnt-out vehicles. Some unconfirmed reports said the […]

    Senators demand investigations into sham universities in US

    Four influential US Senators have demanded a crackdown on sham universities helping foreign nationals illegally enter into America. In a letter to Alejandro Mayorkas, Director of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, USCIS, they said that such sham universities are not real institutions of higher learning, but rather, operate solely for the purpose of […]

    US defense chief apologises for Afghan child deaths

    The US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has apologised over the deaths of nine Afghan boys over the weekend in a NATO air strike. The incident has triggered widespread public anger in Afghanistan. Mr Gates’ apology comes just one day after Afghan President Hamid Karzai rejected an apology from Gen David Petraeus, the US commander of […]

    UN claims 1 million will need aid in Libya

    Up to 1 million foreign workers and others trapped in Libya are expected to need emergency aid because of fighting in the North African nation, aid officials said as they sought USD 160 million to deal with the crisis. UN officials say that amount is only for the next three months and they expect the […]

    US asks Gaddafi aides to leave him or face consequences

    The US has asked close associates of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to leave their leader or be ready to face the consequences of human rights violations against their own people. “Those who are around Colonel Gaddafi and making that existential choice right now about whether they want to be on the side of the Libyan […]

    US military prepare land and sea options on Libya

    With Mummar Gaddafi’s forces on an all out offensive on outgunned rebels, US military has prepared a range of land, air and sea options in Libya in case Washington and its NATO allies decide to intervene there. Pressure is building up on US and its allies to flex their military muscle in the face of […]

    Turkey Blames Europe for “Visa Walls” Against Turks

    Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu made a verbal attack Monday on Europe for trying to build “visa walls” against Turkish citizens. “While we are trying to open up to the whole world, Europe is busy putting up visa walls against us,” Davutoglu said. Davutoglu made the statement at the 25th conference of the Confederation of […]