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Deepening divisions with Putin over Syria to overshadow G8 meet

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:40:40 -0400

ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland - The escalating civil war in Syria and the deepening divisions between the western powers and Russian President Vladimir Putin over the war-torn country are to be the focus of the G8 summit that opened here Monday. Putin is likely to attack US President Barack Obama over his move to arm the rebels fighting the Assad regime. "The EU is convinced that we are at ...

Al Jazeera to launch US channel in August

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:28:01 -0400

WASHINGTON - Al Jazeera's new American channel coming in summer hopes to be different with lesser focus on celebrities or other tabloid fodder found on U.S. television news. Al Jazeera America hopes to stand out with a diet heavy on "fact-based, in-depth, long-format news." According to Ehab Al Shihabi, executive director of international operations for Al Jazeera Media Network, Al Jazeera ...

Palestinian refugee camps in Syria now theatres of war - UN agency chief

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:16:44 -0400

17 June 2013 150 Warning that the centrifugal force of the Syria crisis continues to imperil the region, a senior United Nations agency official today said that more than half of the Palestinian refugee camps in Syria have become "theatres of war," where killings and kidnappings have become the norm. According to the Commissioner-General of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine ...

Irans Rowhani Promises New Era

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:15:26 -0400

Iran's newly elected president is giving a glimpse into what he says may lie ahead for relations between Tehran and the rest of the world. Cleric Hassan Rowhani spoke at a news conference Monday, during which he promised to follow a path of moderation. President-elect Hassan Rowhani took to the podium to make clear his victory represents a new era, hinting at a new start with world ...

MERS Coronavirus Kills Four More in Saudi Arabia

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:15:08 -0400

DUBAI Four more people have died and three more have fallen ill in Saudi Arabia from the new SARS-like coronavirus MERS-CoV, the Saudi Health Ministry said on Monday. The ministry said the four deaths were among previously registered cases. The new infections were in Eastern Province, in the capital Riyadh and in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah. Saudi Arabia has been the country ...

Assad Warns Europe Will Pay the Price for Arming Rebels

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:15:06 -0400

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is warning Europe it will "pay the price" if it arms the rebels fighting to drive him from power. Assad told Germany's Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper that giving the rebels weapons would "export" terrorists to Europe. He said fighters in Syria would gain combat experience and return to Europe with extremist ideologies. The Syrian president ...

Syria Conflict Exposes Old Rivalries at G8 Summit

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:15:04 -0400

LONDON World leaders gathering at the G8 Summit in Northern Ireland have been discussing how to end the Syrian conflict - and Russian President Vladimir Putin has been defending his support for Syrian leader Bashar al Assad, despite criticism from the his G8 counterparts. Intense gun battles rage in the heart of Damascus and Aleppo on the same day that G8 leaders gather in Northern ...

US lawmakers urge Obama to impose no-fly zone over Syria than arming rebels

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:10:01 -0400

US lawmakers have pressed President Barack Obama to go beyond supplying Syrian rebels with small arms and to consider imposing a no-fly zone over the war-torn country. South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said supplying rebels with automatic weapons and ammunition is not enough to stop the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. According to Fox News, Graham said they need to ...

Bharti completes 5 percent equity allotment to Qatar Foundation Endowment

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:50:01 -0400

Telecom services provider Bharti Airtel Monday completed the allotment of 199.87 million new equity shares, representing 5 percent equity stake in the company, to Qatar Foundation Endowment, it said in a communication to the Bombay Stock Exchange. Bharti Airtel, which has operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, has issued the equity shares, with a face value of Rs.5, at Rs.340 each on ...

Analysts cautiously optimistic following moderate Rouhanis presidential win in Iran

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:50:03 -0400

The election of moderate cleric Hassan Rouhani as Iran's president is seen with optimism among analysts in Oman. Most analysts moreover see him as the best bet among the eight candidates in Saturday's elections. According to Gulf News, Turki Al Belushi, journalist who runs Oman's popular news portal Albaladoman.com., said that the reformist in Rouhani raises some hopes for the region, but then ...

Israeli PM says sanctions on Iran should increase despite newly elected moderate president

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 02:50:02 -0400

Israel has warned the international community not to ease sanctions on Iran following the election of a moderate president. Israel said Iran's nuclear efforts remain firmly in the hands of the country's extremist ruling clerics. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued the warning a day after Hasan Rowhani won the presidential election in Iran. According to news24, although Rowhani is ...

Israels Peres Unemployed terrorists flocking to Syria

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:18:48 -0400

Israeli President Shimon Peres has dismissed fears that U.S. plans to arm Syrian rebels could expose the Jewish state's national security to danger, adding that the world's "unemployed terrorists" were heading to the region. Israeli President Shimon Peres has dismissed fears that U.S. plans to arm Syrian rebels could expose the Jewish state's national security to danger, ...

Russia against imposing no-fly zone in conflict-ravaged Syria

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:09:58 -0400

Russia said Monday that it would not allow the imposition of a no-fly zone over the conflict-ravaged Syria and expressed surprise over Cairo severing ties with Damascus."Russia sees no necessity of introducing such measures and considers them counter-productive," reported Xinhua citing Russian foreign ministry spokesperson Alexander Lukashevich over the need to impose no-fly zone over ...

Protest group calls on Socceroos fans to chant Peace for Iraq

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:05:01 -0400

Australia 's previous involvement in the Iraq war.Members of Love from Australia, a peaceful protest group, will stand outside ANZ Stadium in Sydney distributing flyers and placards, which call on fans to chant Peace for Iraq at the end of the game.Love from Australia member Shayne Hunter told Guardian Australia the match provided a perfect platform for people to voice their discontent at ...

G8 leaders push for transatlantic trade deal but its stalemate over Syria

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:03:38 -0400

Diplomatic ‘bons amis’ apart British Prime Minister David Cameron is discovering that hosting a G8 summit is a tough job. Transatlantic trade and sorting out Syria have dominated the first day in Northern Ireland, but resulting in widely differing degrees of success. The US and the European Union have however, agreed to launch talks on creating between them a free-trade zone. ...

G8 3 Ts and Syria top summit agenda

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:03:33 -0400

The three ‘T’s – trade, transparency and tax – look likely to be usurped by Syria as the topic of the day at the G8 summit, which has opened in Northern Ireland. Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Barack Obama will meet in their first private tte--tte in a year to find common ground in the Syrian conflict which has divided the opinions of the two ...

At the G-8 leaders seek a Syria consensus despite a US-Russia divide

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:02:20 -0400

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, left, shakes hands with US President Barack Obama during arrivals for the G-8 summit at the Lough Erne Golf Resort in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland on Monday, June 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Lefteris ...

East Africa Somali Military Bolstered By East Africa Middle East Allies

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:59:18 -0400

Mogadishu - Somalia's allies throughout East Africa and the Middle East are committing to help rebuild Somali military institutions through monetary and technical support. Egypt is the latest regional country that has promised to help rebuild Somalia's military infrastructure, which was destroyed by two decades of civil war. "The new Somali government is determined to ...

Djibouti Yemen Djibouti Strengthen Ties Against Maritime Crime

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:59:17 -0400

A Yemeni delegation visited Djibouti at the weekend to sign a series of accords addressing maritime issues such as illegal weapons, human trafficking and contraband, Djibouti's La Nation reported Sunday (June 16th). The delegation, led by Yemeni Minister of Interior Abdul Qader Qahtan, met with Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh, Interior Minister Hassan Omar Mohamed, and police and ...

Obama Skeptical About Syria No-Fly Zone Potential

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:31:54 -0400

In a television interview broadcast late Monday, Mr. Obama said if there was a move to restrict flights by the Syrian air force, that "may not be actually solving the problem." The president also said he will "preserve every option" available to him, and that the U.S. will be involved in a "careful, calibrated way." The White House has not completely ruled out a ...

No to war in Syria

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:31:49 -0400

categorically condemns the Obama administration's decision to directly arm the right-wing Islamist mercenaries conducting the Western-backed war for regime-change in Syria.We denounce the meeting of the leaders of the G-8 major powers in Northern Ireland as a gathering of criminal warmongers to plot Syria's dismemberment. As in Libya, Iraq and Afghanistan before it, the Syrian ...

G8 summit rent by divisions over Syria

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:31:45 -0400

Efforts by the United States, Britain and France to push for military intervention in Syria have led to acute tensions with Russia and divisions between and within the European powers.Syria has already descended into a bloody civil war and is now shaping up as an all-out proxy war between the US and Russia. As a result, British Prime Minister David Cameron, who is hosting the G8 summit at Lough ...

New Iranian President Known As The Diplomat Sheikh

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:24:26 -0400

Copyright © 2013 NPR. For personal, noncommercial use only. See Terms of Use. For other uses, prior permission required. ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Robert Siegel. MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: And I'm Melissa Block. Today, the new president of Iran vowed to follow the path of moderation and justice, not extremism. Hasan Rowhani talked of enhancing ...

Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabian activists convicted for answering call for help

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:20:37 -0400

A Saudi court convicted two Saudi women's rights activists on June 15, 2013, for trying to help a woman flee the country, Human Rights Watch said today. Wajeha al-Huwaider and Fawzia al-Oyouni were each sentenced to 10 months in prison and two-year travel bans.Al-Huwaider, a member of the Human Rights Watch Middle East advisory committee, told Human Rights Watch that she believes authorities ...

Moderate leaders election in Iran stirs local hopes

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:18:21 -0400

Iranian president-elect Hassan Rowhani expresses hope Iran can reach agreement with world powers on its nuclear program.Iranian president-elect Hassan Rowhani claps during a press conference in Tehran on June 17, 2013. Rowhani expressed hope that Iran can reach a new agreement with major powers over its disputed nuclear programme, saying a deal should be reached through more transparency and ...

$39mn remitted into Oman in 2012 World Bank report

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:16:04 -0400

Jordan remains the main source of remittance inflows to Oman A World Bank report has shown that the sultanate received US$39mn in remittances from Omani expatriates in 2012, ranking it 145th out of the 165 countries for which there is remittance inflow data.There has, however, been no increase in the remittance inflow over the past five ...

Oman inflation falls to 40-month low

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:15:47 -0400

Personal-care items and services dropped by seven per cent in April, on month Helped by moderating global commodity prices and a strong US dollar, to which Oman keeps its currency pegged, the sultanate's annual inflation fell to a 40-month low in April.The annual inflation, based on the consumer price index (CPI), dropped to 1.2 per cent in April, the lowest level since December 2009 when it ...

Qatar Air in talks with Boeing over new 777 launch

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:15:40 -0400

Qatar Airways is talking to Boeing about being a launch customer for a successor to its mini-jumbo, the 406-seat 777-9X, CEO Akbar Al Baker has said at the Paris ...

Bahrains Investcorp buys stake in Saudi oil firm

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:15:36 -0400

Bahrain-based Investcorp has bought a 38 percent stake in a Saudi oil and gas services company and expects to complete up to three more deals via its $1bn Gulf fund in 2013, an executive at the firm ...

G8 Summit Cameron Urges Unity Over Syria

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:09:33 -0400

David Cameron was today hoping for a show of unity over Syria from the world's most powerful nations after a late-night showdown at the G8 summit in Northern Ireland. Western nations last night faced down Russian president Vladimir Putin at a summit dinner over his support for the regime of dictator Bashar Assad. Downing Street welcomed a "very positive" response from the ...

South Korea Eases Crude Import Rules for Non-Middle East Supply

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:08:22 -0400

Middle East countries, including those in the European Union. The government cut the minimum amount required for a buyer to claim the deduction of shipping charges for oil shipped from non-Middle East regions to 2 million barrels a year from 7 million previously, effective June 1, according to a statement posted on the energy ministry's website and Kelvin Han, a spokesman for ...

Memo From Jerusalem Trying to Revive Mideast Peace Talks Kerry Finds a Conflicted Israel

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:04:19 -0400

During clashes with Israeli security forces on Friday, a Palestinian protester climbed a separation barrier built by Israel in the West Bank near the Jewish settlement of ...

Obama and Putin at Odds on Syria but Want Talks

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:59:37 -0400

ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland ...

Outside View Irans Show-Me president

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:52:32 -0400

Iran's former top nuclear negotiator and presidential candidate Hassan Rouhani shows his ballot paper prior to voting in Iran's presidential elections at a polling station in Tehran, Iran on June 14, 2013. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei urged all Iranians to vote and slammed suggestions by the United States that the election would be a sham. UPI/Maryam ...

Pro-Gadhafi soldiers and rebels abuse of detainees

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:48:43 -0400

Pro-Gadhafi soldiers and rebels abuse of detainees Libya, Politics, 8/26/2011 Amnesty International reported yesterday that it has gathered powerful testimonies from survivors of abuse at the hands of both pro-Gadhafi soldiers and rebel forces, in and around the town of Az-Zawiya. Amnesty International met on Tuesday with "officials at Bir Tirfas School which is now being used to ...

El Salvador recognizes Palestinian state

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:48:43 -0400

El Salvador recognizes Palestinian state Palestine-El Salvador, Politics, 8/26/2011 El Salvador Thursday recognized Palestine as an independent and sovereign state, according to Palestinian officials. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas thanked the president of El Salvador for the recognition, expressing hope that it will bolster bilateral relations. Foreign Minister Riyad Malki had ...

Ahmadinejad Iran backs restoration of security in Iraq