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  • Libya: Airlifting from tomorrow; evacuation by sea from Sun

    Two Special Air India flights to Tripoli will operate from Saturday over the next 10 days and two Naval warships including amphibious vessel INS Jalashwa will also set sail to bring back thousands of Indian nationals stranded in strife-torn Libya. Evacuation through sea will begin from Sunday with one of the chartered ships,’Scotia Prince’, with […]

    Satellite photographs identify second suspected nuclear installation in Syria

    Newly released commercial satellite photographs have identified a second suspected nuclear installation in Syria, providing fresh evidence that Damascus may have been pursuing atomic weapons before a 2007 Israeli military strike. The photos, published in a report by the U.S.-based Institute for Science and International Security, indicate Syria attempted to hide its nuclear activities after […]

    Obama calls world leaders to discuss Libya

    US President Barack Obama has called world leaders including those from France, Italy and Britain to discuss with them the political unrest in Libya and use of lethal force against protestors by the Gaddafi regime. The call was made as part of Obama’s effort to continue consultations on the situation in Libya and coordinate US […]

    Shuttle Discovery Lifts off for Final Voyage

    U.S. space shuttle Discovery lifted off on Thursday afternoon from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, to deliver a storage room to the International Space Station (ISS), on its own final scheduled flight. According to NASA TV, the shuttle blasted off at about 4:53 p.m. EST (2153 GMT) on a tower of flame. “Good to […]

    Communication Difficulties in Libya Block Access to Humanitarian Needs: UN

    Due to extremely poor communications, it is difficult to assess humanitarian needs in Libya, UN spokesman Martin Nesirky said Wednesday. “The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarians Affairs (OCHA) in Libya is concerned about access to health services for the injured, lack of medical supplies and the need for blood,” Nesirky said at a daily […]

    Bahrain Releases 308 Prisoners under Protesters’ Pressure

    The Bahraini government on Wednesday announced the release of 308 prisoners following the orders by the leadership. Among those released are 23 terrorist suspects, who were charged to be a part of a cell aimed to jeopardize state security. The Information Affairs Authority said the decision to release the men was by a decision by […]

    Israeli Warplanes Strike Gaza

    Israeli warplanes on early Thursday carried out two successive airstrikes on targets belonging to the Islamic Hamas movement, which rules the Gaza Strip, witnesses and security sources said. The Israeli warplanes struck a training camp belonging to al- Qassam Brigades, Hamas’ armed wing, in the south of Zeitoon neighborhood in southern Gaza city. Witnesses in […]

    Libyan Crisis Prompts UN High-Level Panels Dispatch

    Prompted by what he said was “grave concern” about the latest developments in Libya, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon hurriedly returned to UN headquarters in New York on Wednesday to join the Security Council in condemning violence in the North African country and dispatch high-level teams to two countries undergoing regime change. As a first step, […]

    UN Chief Sends Senior UN Officials to Egypt, Tunisia

    UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Wednesday announced that he is sending senior UN officials to Egypt and Tunisia, the two countries rocked by mass protests over the past weeks. The secretary-general made the announcement in his remarks to reporters after he cut short his scheduled trip to Los Angles to address the latest developments […]

    U.S. Reviewing “Full Range of Options” to Pressure Libya: Obama

    U.S. President Barack Obama said on Wednesday that his administration will review “a full range of options” to put pressure on Libya. “I’ve also asked my administration to prepare the full range of options that we have to respond to this crisis,” Obama said in a televised speech. “This includes those actions we may take […]