TEHRAN, Aug 26 (AFP): Iran's President Hassan Rouhani came out strongly in favour of talks on Monday as his top diplomat came under fire from hardline media for a surprise visit to a G7 summit."I believe that for our country's national interests we must use any tool," Rouhani said in...
Read moreNEW YORK, Aug 26 (BBC): Using nuclear weapons to destroy hurricanes is not a good idea, a US scientific agency has said, following reports that President Donald Trump wanted to explore the option.The Axios news website said Mr Trump had asked several national security officials about the possibility.The National Oceanic...
Read moreMADRID, Aug 26 (AFP): Seven people including two children werekilled in a mid-air collision between a helicopter and a light aircraft overSpain's Mallorca island on Sunday, authorities said.The two aircraft crashed over the central town of Inca at 1:35 pm (1135 GMT), the regional Balearic Islands government said on its...
Read moreDOHA, Aug 26 (AFP): US and Taliban representatives held negotiations in Doha on Sunday, an American source close to the process said, as potentially decisive talks to enable Washington to drawdown its military in Afghanistan stretched into the evening."Talks resumed late morning today," the US source said.The third day of...
Read moreRAMALLAH, Aug 26 (Xinhua): Palestine slammed on Sunday the United States for deleting the name of Palestine from its list of countries and states. Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokesman of the Palestinian presidency, said in an official press statement that the decision represents "unprecedented deterioration in the American foreign policy." "This...
Read moreMOREK, Aug 26 (AFP): Syrian soldier Ahmad Amuri rolls up on a motorbike to hand water bottles to comrades standing guard under pistachio trees, just a few dozen metres from a Turkish observation point in northwest Syria.President Bashar al-Assad's troops seized the town of Morek from jihadists and allied rebels...
Read moreDUBAI, Aug 26 (AP): Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates pledged on Monday to keep their floundering coalition war against Yemen's Houthi rebels together after an Emirati troop pullout and the rise of the southern separatists they supported. The joint communique came as the Houthis launched at least six...
Read moreKHARTOUM, Aug 26 (Xinhua): Sudan's newly-formed Sovereign Council announced on Sunday that the governor of Red Sea State in eastern Sudan was relieved of his post in the wake of deadly tribal clashes in the state. "The Sovereign Council announced relieving the Red Sea State governor along with the state's...
Read moreGrenade attack hits Kiev office bldgKIEV, Aug 26: Ukrainian police said Monday they were investigating a grenade attack on a Kiev office building that caused damage but no injuries. An unknown assailant fired the rocket-propelled grenade at the building in central Kiev at 1:30 am (22:30 GMT), police said. The...
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