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Aid eludes many Philippine storm survivors
Hundreds of thousands of people in the Philippines are still in desperate need of help, almost a week after Typhoon Haiyan hit. Emergency supplies of food, water and medical kits are ready to be delivered but they remain frustratingly out of the survivors' reach. Valerie Amos, the UN humanitarian chief, says the situation will get better, but Al Jazeera's.. More -
Syria opposition says armed Kurds 'hostile'
The main Syrian opposition alliance has dubbed as "hostile" forces Kurdish groups that control large swathes of the country's north after they proclaimed provisional self-rule. Kurdish armed groups, dominated by the Democratic Union Party (PYD), sister party of veteran Turkish rebel group the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), have held the Afrin.. More -
Syrian regime troops on offensive in two main cities
Syrian troops have clashed with opposition forces on the southern outskirts of Damascus and in the northern city of Aleppo, activists said, in a flare-up that is part of a government push to advance and retake opposition-held areas. In the suburbs of Damascus, Tuesday’s fighting centered around the town of Hejeira, one of a patchwork of sprawling.. More -
US, UK reiterate support for Iran talks
US President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron have spoken about their expectations for the next round of negotiations on Iran's nuclear programme, as part of a phone conversation about several security issues in the Middle East, the White House said. "On Iran, the president and prime minister reiterated their support for the.. More -
Israel PM halts plans to build settler homes
Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, has ordered a reassessment of plans to build nearly 24,000 settler homes, saying he feared an international outcry that would divert attention from Israel's lobbying against a nuclear deal with Iran. The right-wing Israeli leader announced the reversal on Tuesday in the face of stiff US opposition to.. More -
Syria opposition sets preconditions for talks
The Syrian political opposition has agreed to participate in international peace talks in Geneva, but only if certain preconditions are met, the Syrian National Coalition has said in a statement. The statement, released early on Monday, outlined conditions that must be met before the talks, which aim to end Syria's two-and-a-half year civil war, by.. More -
NGO: Israeli plan for Jewish town racist
A rights organization based in Israel has accused the government of promoting "racist" policies with its decision to establish a Jewish town in the place of a Bedouin village. The Israeli cabinet on Sunday approved the establishment of "two new communities in the Negev" desert in southern Israel, naming them as Kesif and Hiran. According.. More -
Iran and US trade blame over failed deal
Iran and the United States have blamed each other for the failure to reach an agreement on a deal to limit Iran's uranium enrichment in exchange for an easing of Western sanctions in talks in Geneva. Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Monday criticized US Secretary of State John Kerry's remarks that blamed Iran for lack of the deal.. More -
Syria opposition agrees to Geneva peace talks
The Syrian political opposition has agreed to participate in international peace talks in Geneva, but only if certain preconditions are met, the Syrian National Coalition has said in a statement. The statement, released early on Monday, outlined conditions that must be met before the talks, which aim to end Syria's two-and-a-half year civil war, by.. More -
Iranian minister shot dead in Tehran
An unidentified gunman has shot and killed Iran's deputy industries minister, according to state news agency IRNA. Safdar Rahmatabadi, who was also the minister for mines and trade, was shot twice in his head and chest on Sunday in an eastern neighborhood of Tehran, IRNA reported. Police said that they believed that the deputy minister had been shot.. More -
Syria opposition forces recapture army base near Aleppo
Syrian opposition fighters retook a strategic base in the northern Aleppo province on Saturday, as shelling killed at least 11 people in nearby Aleppo city. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that the fighters launched a counterattack against regime forces after they captured parts of the 80th Brigade base on Friday. Observatory director.. More -
Iran nuclear talks break without agreement
Iran and world powers have failed to clinch a deal on Tehran's disputed nuclear programme despite intensive negotiations but will meet again on November 20 for fresh talks, officials say. EU diplomatic chief Catherine Ashton said late on Saturday that there had been "three days of intense and constructive discussions" but that Tehran and.. More -
Mass casualties feared after Philippine storm
A huge rescue operation is under way after the strongest storm to hit land since records began smashed into the Philippines. Typhoon Haiyan devastated the central Philippine city of Tacloban on Friday, killing at least 100 people and destroying most houses in a surge of flood water and high winds, officials said. The death toll and material damage.. More -
US and Israel lose UNESCO voting rights
UNESCO has suspended the voting rights of the United States, two years after it stopped paying dues to the UN's cultural arm in protest over its granting full membership to the Palestinians, according to a UNESCO source. The US has not paid its dues to UNESCO due to the decision by world governments to make Palestine a UNESCO member in 2011. Israel.. More -
Swiss study: Polonium found in Arafat’s bones
Swiss scientists who conducted tests on samples taken from Yasser Arafat’s body have found at least 18 times the normal levels of radioactive polonium in his remains. The scientists said that they were confident up to an 83 percent level that the late Palestinian leader was poisoned with it, which they said “moderately supports” polonium.. More
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