Ukraine foes cast doubt on ceasefire
BBC News
BBC News
Both sides in the Ukraine conflict have cast doubt on a newly called ceasefire, following the downing of a military helicopter on Tuesday. Pro-Russia separatist leader Alexander Borodai said that in his view "there has been no ceasefire". And Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko...
Nigerian Terrorists Abduct Another 91 Children
Mashable
Mashable
Islamist militants have reportedly taken another 60 girls and 31 boys in northeast Nigeria, compounding a crisis that began in April when the same group kidnapped more than 200 girls. The latest abductions were made public on Tuesday by the Associated Press, whose reporters couldn't safely verify...
Iraq claims control of Baiji oil refinery
Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Iraq's foreign minister has said government forces are back in control of an important oil refinery after days of fighting with Sunni rebels led by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. Hoshyar Zebari told Al Jazeera on Tuesday that special forces soldiers had taken over the Baiji refinery,...
Rebels agree to abide by cease-fire in Ukraine
The Guardian
The Guardian
VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press= DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) â Pro-Russian insurgents in eastern Ukraine agreed Monday to respect a cease-fire declared by the Ukrainian president, raising hopes for an end to months of fighting that have killed hundreds and ravaged the country's industrial...
Ukraine crisis: Obama presses Putin to stem flow of arms
BBC News
BBC News
US President Barack Obama has urged his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to stop the flow of weapons into Ukraine and halt support for separatists. The White House said that in the phone call Mr Obama warned of further sanctions if Moscow failed to act. The Kremlin says Mr Putin urged direct talks...
South Korea ferry: Court to hear evidence
BBC News
BBC News
A South Korean court is to hear evidence in the trial of the captain and 14 crew members of a ferry that sank in April, killing more than 300. The crew are charged with negligence and abandoning ship. The captain and three officers are also charged with "homicide through wilful...
Suicide bomber detonates vehicle near Lebanon cafe south of Beirut
Stars and Stripes
Stars and Stripes
BEIRUT — A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-packed vehicle near a checkpoint and a cafe in a neighborhood south of Lebanon's capital early Tuesday, causing several casualties, a Lebanese security official and witnesses said. The explosion occurred just after midnight near the Abu Assaf cafe,...
John Kerry In Iraq As ISIS Tightens Grip
Orange News
Orange News
23 June 2014, 11:27 John Kerry In Iraq As ISIS Tightens Grip Tweet Barack Obama has warned that ISIS, which is carrying out a lightning offensive in Iraq, could grow in power, destabilise the region and pose a threat to the US. The American president spoke hours after the Islamist militants made...
Al-Jazeera journalists jailed for seven years in Egypt
Digital Spy
Digital Spy
Three Al-Jazeera journalists have been jailed for seven years after being found guilty of supporting the Muslim Brotherhood. Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed were convicted today (June 23) in Cairo, while nine defendants tried in absentia received 10-year sentences. © Rex Features...
Sunni militants make major gains in western Iraq
San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Chronicle
Baghdad -- Sunni militants have blitzed through the vast desert of western Iraq, capturing four towns and three border crossings and deepening the predicament of the Shiite-led government in Baghdad led by Nouri al-Maliki. The latest military victories - including two border posts captured Sunday,...
Attack from Syria kills Israeli teen on Golan, Israel says
Toronto Sun
Toronto Sun
JERUSALEM - An attack from inside Syria on Sunday killed a 13-year-old Israeli boy on the occupied Golan Heights, the first fatality on Israel's side of the frontier since the Syrian civil war began, relatives and the military said. Israeli tanks fired at Syrian army positions in response to what an...
Shooting suspect surrounded
China Daily
China Daily
Republic of Korea runaway soldier accused of killing five comrades Republic of Korea troops exchanged fire on Sunday with a runaway soldier who was surrounded in a forest after he killed five comrades near his border outpost, and brought in his parents to persuade him to surrender, a defense...
Mauritanian president easily wins re-election
Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
The Mauritanian president has won re-election, electoral commission announced, in a vote that the major opposition parties boycotted. The commission on Sunday night said that President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz won nearly 82 percent of the vote, while the closest candidate...
Khamenei: Iran Against US Intervention in Iraq
Voa News
Voa News
Reuters DUBAI — Iran's top leader rejected possible intervention in Iraq by the United States or any other outside power, accusing Washington on Sunday of trying to manipulate Iraqi sectarian differences to retake control of the country it once occupied. In remarks published by the official IRNA...
