Posted: April 13, 2013 Palestinian Prime MinisterSalam Fayyad quit on Saturday after a falling out with president Mahmoud Abbas. The decision was made by Fayyad, despite US efforts for him to stay on. Fayyad and Abbas met on Saturday for about half an hour. At that time, a Palestinian official stated that the prime minister officially handed in his resignation. Abbas has been less-than pleased with...
Posted: April 12, 2013 Beijing, China — The first case of a new bird flu strain was reported in Beijing on Friday as officials race to combat the deadly disease. The strain H7N9, has so far just been seen in eastern China, but a seven-year-old child is believed to have contracted the disease....
TOKYO: A strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit western Japan early Saturday but there was no risk of a tsunami, the country's meteorological agency reported. The quake struck at 5:33 am (2033GMT on Friday) near Awaji island in the Seto Inland Sea southwest of the city of...
Russia would eventually support an international war crimes tribunal for Syria, Russia's foreign minister has said. Russia has been one of the Syria's closest allies since the conflict began more than two years ago. "At this stage, I think the first priority is to end the violence as soon as...
US Secretary of StateJohn Kerry is due in China, where he is expected to urge Beijing to use its influence over North Korea to rein in its belligerence. Ahead of the visit, Mr Kerry said that a policy of denuclearisation shared by the US and China had to have "teeth". Mr Kerry's...
CAIRO -- With the Islamist president by his side, Egypt's army chief warned against slandering the military, denying in remarks broadcast Friday that the military committed any abuses against protesters during the turbulent transition of the past two years. The joint appearance by PresidentMohammed...
The U.S.Treasury has announced the names of 18 Russian citizens who will have sanctions imposed on them under the Magnitsky Act. According to the wording of the act, the people listed are "persons responsible for the detention, abuse, or death of Sergei Magnitsky, for the conspiracy to defraud the...
