Egypt has called on the international community to help speed up its economic recovery after a revolt that toppled president Hosni Mubarak. In a statement, Foreign Minister Ahmad Abul Gheit emphasised that Egypt remains close to the Palestinian cause and continues to support the rights of the Palestinian people, including the pursuit of a UN […]
Some 200 people were killed in a massacre in south Sudan last week. The south’s Humanitarian Affairs Minister James Kok, today said that 201 people, had been killed in what he termed a massacre. He said they were chased into a river by rebels and nearly 160 of the dead were civilians, such as children, […]
The trial of Italy’s Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi that will determine whether he is guilty of abuse of power and minor prostitution will start in Milan on April 6. The judge in the case, Cristina Di Censo today granted the request for a fast-track trial filed by prosecutors last Wednesday as she determined evidence of […]
In Iran, protesters were staging anti-government demonstrations in Tehran supporting rallies backing Arab uprisings. Riot police today fired tear gas and paintballs to disperse the agitating mops. Despite a ban, the demonstrations staged a rally to mark the first anti-government protests in Tehran since February 11, last year. In the same month last year activists […]
Egypt’s long banned Muslim Brotherhood said on Tuesday it intends to form a political party once democracy is established, as the country’s new military rulers launched a panel of experts to amend the country’s constitution enough to allow democratic elections later this year. The panel is to draw up changes at a breakneck pace-within 10 […]
The Obama Administration has proposed a USD 11.8 billion for the modernisation and security of the country’s nuclear arsenal. Noting that it remains dedicated to modernising America’s nuclear arsenal and the complex that sustains it, US President Barack Obama in his budget sent to the Congress proposed USD 11.8 billion for National Nuclear Security Administration […]
Yemenis scuffled with police on Tuesday as thousands marched in the capital for a fifth consecutive day in Egypt-inspired protests demanding political reforms and the ouster of the country’s President. Police tried to disperse the demonstrators using tear gas and batons, but some 3,000 protesters defiantly continued their march from Sanaa University toward the city […]
The US has said that there was a need for significant political, social and economic reform in the countries across the Middle East as people across the region, emboldened by the success in Tunisia and Egypt, were demanding more from their governments. “Clearly, the people in the region, emboldened by what’s happened in Tunisia and […]
Marc Grossman, former US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, is expected to replace the late Richard Holbrooke as Obama Administration’s special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan. The post has been vacant since Richard Holbrooke, 68, who was the Special US Representative for Pakistan and Afghanistan for two years, died suddenly last December. An […]
Keeping up the pressure on Pakistan to release its jailed diplomat, the US is going ahead with a key meeting on Afghanistan, sans Islamabad. “Bilateral talks between the US and Afghanistan in the areas such as security and agriculture will be held,” the Afghan Embassy spokesman Abduljalil Ghafoory said. The meeting to be held here […]
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