Monday, 05 August 2013
Orange News 5 August 2013, 12:25 Turkey: 21 Suspects Acquitted In Coup Trial Tweet A Turkish court has acquitted 21 suspects in the trial of 275 people accused of plotting to overthrow the country's...
Al Jazeera Syria's President Bashar al-Assad has described the main opposition National Coalition as a "failure", adding that it can have no role in ending the country's war. Syria's crisis will only be solved...
- Baltimore Sun: Colombia's Santos urges rebels to get on the 'peace train'
- Peace FM Online: Rawlings Decries Persecution Of Morsi
- Zeenews: Assad regime's ballistic missiles killing children in Syria: HRW
- The Guardian: US official visits senior Egypt Islamist in jail
- Zeenews: Heavy rains, floods kill 60 in Pakistan; Karachi worst-hit
- Wall Street Journal: West on Alert Over Fears of al Qaeda Attacks
The Independent Prime Minister Kevin Rudd called an election for Sept. 7 and said Sunday that it will be fought over who can be trusted to manage the Australian economy as it transitions from a decade-old mining boom fed by Chinese industrial demand that is now...
Khaleej Times Iran’s new President Hassan Rohani was set to take the oath before parliament on Sunday a day after taking office with a promise to work to ease crippling Western sanctions. Rohani formally took office on Saturday at a ceremony in which he received...
Middle East Online RABAT – Morocco’s king on Saturday announced an investigation into the release of a Spanish paedophile convicted of raping 11 children aged between four and 15. Daniel Galvan Vina, said to be in his 60s, was pardoned by King Mohammed VI and freed on...
Denver Post Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah makes a rare public appearance Friday during a rally to mark Jerusalem day, or Al-Quds day, pledging to continue to support the Palestinian cause. (Hussein Malla, The Associated Press) BEIRUT — The leader...
Lexington Herald-Leader BEIRUT — United Nations experts are investigating allegations that rebels killed dozens of Syrian soldiers in a village near Aleppo after they captured it from government troops, an incident that could amount to a war crime, the world body's...
Fast Company A new Chinese government website made with the cooperation of executives from Yahoo, China Telecom, Baidu, and Sohu is setting out to debunk urban legends on the Internet. The site, py.qianlong.com, is an attempt by...
The Australian EGYPTIAN authorities have outlined plans to break up two sit-ins by supporters of deposed President Mohammed Morsi, saying they would set up a cordon around the protest sites, as riot police used tear gas to disperse demonstrators threatening a TV...
Syracuse WASHINGTON (AP) -- The United States issued an extraordinary global travel warning to Americans Friday about the threat of an al-Qaida attack and closed down 21 embassies and consulates across the Muslim world for the weekend. The alert was the first...
Skynews Al Qaeda chief Ayman al Zawahiri has accused the United States of "plotting" to overthrow Egypt’s Islamist president Mohamed Morsi. In an audio recording posted to militant Islamist forums, he said the US colluded with the Egyptian military,...
The New York Times ROME — Lawmakers from former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s political party said Friday that they were prepared to resign en masse to protest Mr. Berlusconi’s definitive conviction for tax fraud, a move that would effectively sink the uneasy...