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North Korea 'plans to conduct nuclear test'
North Korea has said it planned to carry out a third nuclear test and more rocket launches aimed at its "arch-enemy" the US, two days after the UN condemned its rocket launch. "We are not disguising the fact that the various satellites and long-range rockets that we will fire and the high-level nuclear test we will carry out are targeted.. More -
Planes sent to evacuate Russians from Syria
Russia is sending two planes to Lebanon to evacuate more than 100 of its citizens from Syria, the Emergencies Ministry said, in the clearest sign yet that Moscow may be preparing for President Bashar al-Assad's possible defeat. "On orders from the leadership of the Russian Federation, the Emergencies Ministry is sending two airplanes to Beirut.. More -
Jordanians vote in parliamentary polls
Jordanians are voting in parliamentary elections boycotted by the Muslim Brotherhood, which says the electoral system is rigged in favor of rural tribal areas and against the urban poor. The Brotherhood and the National Reform Front of former prime minister and intelligence chief Ahmad Obeidat are staying away from the polls, which opened for 12.. More -
Netanyahu claims victory in Israel polls
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has pledged to move ahead with building a Jewish settlement in a strategic area of the West Bank, speaking just hours after Israeli troops dragged anti-settlement protesters from the site marked for construction. The planned settlement, known as E1, would deepen East Jerusalem's separation from the West Bank,.. More -
Activists: Fighting rages as Russians leave Syria
Syrian activists say fighting between regime forces and opposition forces is raging in the suburbs of Damascus and elsewhere in the country, as a group of Russian citizens prepares to be evacuated to escape the 22-month crackdown. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the clashes Tuesday are concentrated near the capital, including.. More -
Netanyahu vows to push on with E1 settlement
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has pledged to move ahead with building a Jewish settlement in a strategic area of the West Bank, speaking just hours after Israeli troops dragged anti-settlement protesters from the site marked for construction. The planned settlement, known as E1, would deepen East Jerusalem's separation from the West Bank,.. More -
Egypt court orders retrial for Mubarak
An Egyptian court has accepted an appeal by ousted president Hosni Mubarak and his former interior minister Habib el-Adly, allowing them to be retried over the killings of protesters in the 2011 uprising. Judge Ahmed Ali Abdelrahman told the court on Sunday he had accepted the appeals by Mubarak, el-Adly and the prosecution. The decision cancelled.. More -
Syrian opposition forces free Iranian hostages in swap
Forty-eight Iranians held hostage by Syrian opposition forces for five months have arrived in a Damascus hotel after being freed in a prisoner swap for more than 2,000 regime prisoners. The Iranians, described by Iran as "pilgrims" and by the opposition forces as captured Revolutionary Guards members supporting Syrian forces, looked visibly.. More -
Abbas and Meshaal in Cairo for talks
The leaders of Fatah and Hamas are meeting in Cairo with the Egyptian president in the latest round of reconciliation talks between their long-divided factions. A spokesman for Mohamed Morsi's office said the Egyptian leader will mediate Wednesday's talks between Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian Authority (PA) president, and Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal... More -
Qatar increases aid to Egypt to $5bn
Qatar has said it would lend Egypt's government an additional $2bn and grant it an extra $500m outright, extending a lifeline as the government battles to contain a currency crisis. "There was an initial package of $2.5 billion, of which $0.5bn was a grant and $2bn a deposit," Prime Minister Hamad Bin Jassim Al-Thani told reporters on Tuesday.. More -
Abbas and Meshaal in Cairo for talks
The leaders of Fatah and Hamas are scheduled to meet in Cairo with the Egyptian president in the latest round of reconciliation talks between their long-divided factions. A spokesman for Mohamed Morsi's office said the Egyptian leader will mediate Wednesday's talks between Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian Authority (PA) president, and Hamas chief Khaled.. More -
UN unable to feed one million hungry Syrians
About one million people inside Syria are going hungry due to the difficulty of getting supplies into conflict zones, the UN has said. The UN's World Food Programme (WFP) is handing out rations to about 1.5 million people in Syria each month, still short of the 2.5 million deemed to be in need, Elisabeth Byrs, WFP spokeswoman, said on Wednesday. Bread.. More -
Domestic Syria opposition rejects Assad offer
Syria's tolerated opposition has rejected an offer to enter into talks with the government of President Bashar al-Assad to find a solution to end the 21-month conflict. The National Coordination Body for Democratic Change in Syria (NCB) made the announcement on Monday even as Prime Minister Wael al-Halaqi said his cabinet would meet soon to draw.. More -
Obama picks CIA chief and defence secretary
US President Barack Obama has nominated his top counterterrorism adviser, John Brennan, as the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency. On Monday Obama also formally announced his nomination of Chuck Hagel as his next defense secretary. "I urge the senate to confirm them as soon as possible so we can keep the American nation secure,.. More -
Syria's Assad outlines new peace plan
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has outlined a new peace initiative, including a national reconciliation conference and a new government and constitution, but demanded regional and Western countries stop funding and arming rebels first. The president was speaking on Sunday in a rare address to the nation, his first since June. He spoke to a packed.. More
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