Archive for: August, 2014

Australia to allow 4,400 refugees from Syria and Iraq

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Australia will offer to resettle 4,400 refugees from Iraq and Syria and places like Lebanon according to Australian immigration minister Scott Morrison.  The minister said that government’s program to successfully block the arrivals of boat people has allowed to allocate the spots for Syrians and Iraqis who are oppressed and are running away to save […]

Militants repel Iraqi forces attempt to regain Tikrit

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The success of the operation to recover the Mosul Dam seem to encourage the Iraqi army on Tuesday to launch a new assault on the city of Tikrit, also in the hands of the Islamic State (EI). However, by mid-afternoon the maneuver was aborted, highlighting not only the fierce resistance of the extremist group, but […]

Merkel to visit Kiev to push end of conflict

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel prepares to visit Ukraine on Saturday as the guest of President Petró Poroshenko in a wave of diplomatic contacts to resolve the war crisis in the east. The announcement coincides with confirmation that the Russian and Ukrainian presidents will attend the 26th at a regional summit in Belarus in which they […]

Kurdish PKK militia killed Turkish soldier

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A Turkish army lieutenant died last night and another wounded by gunfire from militants of the Workers Party of Kurdistan (PKK), according to local media. The guerrillas fired at military while they were conducting a patrol in the province of Van, near the Iranian border, according to the information coming from the field. This is […]

World is watching closely Ferguson protests

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Protests in Ferguson (Missouri) congregate during the day to a few thousand people in a segment less than a mile on a street in a small town in the Midwest United States. At night police incidents recur. With hundreds of journalists and activists -journalists and activists observing filming, write and tweet the-minute effects are global. […]

French President confirms arming Syrian opposition

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French President François Hollande, who last week announced the delivery of weapons to Iraqi Kurds facing jihadists, confirms for the first time  country has also armed the Syrian rebels “democratic opposition” with ” material according to European commitments “. It does so in a long interview with the newspaper Le Monde to mark the resumption […]

32 dead, 9 missing in landslides in Hiroshima

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At least 32 people have died and nine others were missing as a result of landslides occurred lands after the “terrible rains” that have been downloaded on the Japanese city of Hiroshima (western Japan, approximately 1.2 million inhabitants). Local authorities have been advised to evacuate roughly 65,000 people about 26,000 households in mountainous areas most […]

Hamas military commander’s wife and 3 years old son killed by Israel

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Hamas has accused Israel of directly attacking Mohamed Deif, the commander of its armed wing in Gaza. It has not transcended if Mohamed Deif is alive or dead, not even if he was in the house of Sheikh Radwan neighborhood at the time of the attack. According to medical sources in the Gaza three killed […]

Government and PTI committees to hold talks

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Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has reportedly agreed to initiate talks with government on its six point agenda on Wednesday. PTI and government have formed the committees to start the dialogue on Thursday. Government committee includes Governor Punjab, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, Ahsan Iqbal and Abdul Qadir Baloch. PTI negotiation committee is comprised of Shah […]

Resignation of Nawaz must to initiate negotiation, Imran Khan

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Imran Khan has said that resignation of Nawaz Sharif as Prime Minister is the first point of agenda and negotiations only possible after he steps down as Prime Minister. Imran Khan said that he trusts Pakistan Supreme Court and will accept any decision by the apex court. However, he alleged that justice is not possible […]

Pakistan defeats India by 2-0 in football match

Pakistan and India football match

Pakistan football team defeated host India by 2-0 in a football match on Wednesday August 20, 2014 in Banglore to level the two matches series. India won the first game by 1-0. Both teams played excellent football and attacked each others goal posts to net the football. Pakistani forward Kalimullah was able to score in […]

COAS General Raheel once again advise for political dialogue

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Pakistan Chief of Army Staff, General Raheel Sharif, has once again asked the politicians to engage in a meaningful dialogue to diffuse the political turmoil during his meeting with Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan and Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Wednesday August 20, 2014. Shahbaz Sharif and Chaudhry Nisar Khan visited COAS General […]

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