News Archive - 27 May 2013

>* Talks to reach deal on peace conference "very difficult" (Adds quotes, details on Geneva talks)By John IrishPARIS, May 28 (Reuters) - France is testing samples of suspected chemical weapon elements used against Syrian rebel fighters and smuggled out by reporters from Le Monde newspaper and will divulge the results...

>PARIS (Reuters) - Holding a conference to end Syria's civil war will be a "tall order", Russia's foreign minister said on Monday after talks with his U.S. counterpart, but he saw some chance of success. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said...

>PARIS (Reuters) - The U.S. and Russian foreign ministers met on Monday to discuss a planned conference aimed at ending Syria's civil war against a backdrop of widening regional violence and new allegations of chemical weapons use. John Kerry and Sergey Lavrov began one-on-one discussions in Paris, a U.

>The move reflected sectarian tensions within Bahrain and across the Sunni Muslim-dominated Gulf region stoked since 2011 by Syria's civil war, and exacerbated further after Hezbollah's leader openly acknowledged it was fighting on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's side against mainly Sunni rebels."Political associations are banned from making any kind...

>BEIRUT (Reuters) - Two rockets fired at Hezbollah-controlled southern Beirut bring Syria's escalating civil war deeper into the heart of Lebanon and closer to unrestrained regional conflict. The two-year-old conflict in Syria has already tumbled into Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, exploded into deadly street fighting in its northern city of Tripoli...

Military source confirms three deaths near Sunni-majority town of Arsal close to Syria border amid rising tensions.

TEHRAN, May 28: Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says American officials will once again fail in their attempts to discourage public participation in Iran's upcoming elections.

The writer-director uses Cannes press conference to say that the US has lost its way since the second world war, and that rampant development must be controlled Robert Redford today accused the US of losing its way in the years since the second world war. Speaking at the press conference...

Move will allow members states to arm rebels battling Assad regime        

While Yair Lapid won his fight over drafting the ultra-Orthodox to IDF, the next conflict will sprout out of the inequality between soldiers from hesder yeshivas and their fellow combatants.

A stark rise in inequality has brought about unprecedented rioting in Stockholm, writes Aditya Chakrabortty. The omens for Britain are worrying.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 28 (Bernama) -- Gatehouse Bank Plc, a London-based Shariah-compliant wholesale investment bank, is exploring the possibility of securing principal banking licences in Malaysia, to expand three of its core business segments in the country.

Hezbollah is a political and militant Shi'ite Muslim group based in Lebanon. Hezbollah, whose name means “Party of God” in Arabic, was founded in 1982 following Israel’s invasion of Lebanon in the First Lebanon War.

The institution that helped mold the world view of generals with last names like Eisenhower, Patton and Schwarzkopf has called on the expertise of a Springfield resident. Yu Bin, a longtime political science professor at Wittenberg University, will begin a one-year assignment in August as a visiting research professor at...

When Australia faced Japan at the 2006 World Cup their squad teemed with European-based players. How times have changed "Did you see the interview with Jürgen Klopp when he said that Shinji Kagawa is one of the best players in the world? " asks Sydney-born defender Eddy Bosnar. "For a...

As international discussions on Syria's civil war loom, Sen. John McCain, an open critic of the Obama administration's approach to the civil war, on Monday became the highest-ranking U.S. official to slip into Syria and meet with the forces seeking to overthrow the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad.

Tala Madani, Ding Boom!, 2012© Courtesy of the artist and Pilar Corrias gallery, London. Collection of Joyce and Michael Ostin. STOCKHOLM .- Tala Madani is currently on everyone’s lips and is in the midst of making a major international breakthrough.

Lebanese militant group involvement in Syria, which it long played down, has gradually come out into the open as the casualties mount

presidential election in Iran on June 14 is expected to produce a president loyal to Supreme Leader Ayatollah

After a contentious debate over policy towards Syria, the European Union agreed Monday to let its embargo on arms shipments to Syrian rebels ? and the Syrian government ? expire… Click to Continue »

       

DESPITE easing to a 37-7 win over respectable expatriate club Bintang RC on Sunday, National 15s coach Mohd Mazuri Sallehudin stressed that there is still much work to be done if the team are to meet their target of winning the HSBC Asian Five Nations Division Two tournament at Petaling...

PARIS (AP) — The top U.S. and Russian diplomats met Monday to try to accelerate frustratingly slow peace efforts in Syria, where the signs point only to a worsening conflict.

A WOMAN in Lebanon has been killed as shells are fired from Syria.

China and the United States should explore a new type of relationship between major countries, President Xi Jinping said ahead of his summit with US President Barack Obama. Xi made the remarks when m .....        

Missile attacks on Syria, Lebanon and Gaza simulated as well as use of chemical weapons        

Peyton Manning is more relaxed heading into second year as Broncos' QB, after an off-season featuring a USO tour and golf at Augusta instead of injury rehab. ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Peyton Manning threw passes in the cavernous belly of a military plane flying 30,000 feet above Pakistan, and stood on...

Latest VideoMay 27th, 2013     Ayatollah Khamenei react angrily to US comments about election in Iran The leader of Islamic Republic react to United States comment about election in Iran during graduation ceremony  and military parade on Monday 27 May in Emam Hossein  Revolutionary Guard university on Monday 27 May .

Latest VideoMay 27th, 2013     Full video of Hojatoleslam Rohani TV capaign including attack on Iranian TV During election interview on Iranian television on Monday 27 May , the former nuclear negotiator  clergyman Hasan Rohani known as  close to Hashemi Rafsanjani attack Iranian TV for its non partial stands toward...

Latest VideoMay 27th, 2013     Revolutionary Guard military parade for Ayatollah Khamenei in Emam Hosein university Revolutionary Guard military parade for Ayatollah Khamenei in Emam Hosein university on Monday 27 May .

HISTORICALLY, Iran and Iraq have had their differences. But both nations are united in rapture over the love songs of Lionel Richie, to the astonishment of the soul legend.

Vive la France! In what turned out to be a very good year for American films at Cannes, France walked away with the Palme d’Or. The buzz built quickly for Abdellatif Kechiche’s Blue is the Warmest Color after its first screening, and it never dissipated.

A hundred years ago, anyone who might have predicted in 1913 the monumental, man-made catastrophes that would occur in the rest of the 20th century would have been considered warped, if not completely mentally deranged.

The unveiling of a new state Vietnam War memorial helped cap off Memorial Day observances in Nevada.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov admitted Monday it would not be easy to organise Syria peace talks, as European efforts to reach an accord on whether to arm the rebels appeared to have stalled.

Latest VideoMay 27th, 2013     Ali Daei representative talk about appointmewnt of his brothers and asistants in Persepolis FC Representative of footballer Ali Daei talk about  appointment of  brother of Ali Daei as coach in Persepolis FC ,  after Daei was selected as head coach of Persepolis FC .

DAMASCUS - Iran has opened two lines of credit totalling $4 billion to Damascus and expects to open up a third to counter the effects of an international embargo, Syria's central bank said on Monday.

Six women Nobel Peace laureates from all over the world are in Northern Ireland to attend a major conflict resolution conference. - Video available

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., an outspoken critic of Obama's Syria policy, met with rebels fighting in the violent civil war there

Some questions about Iran's June 14 presidential election and beyond.        

Today is the National Day of Armenia which commemorates the declaration of Armenia's independence by the Armenian National Council in 1918. Also known as First Republic Day, National Day provides an opportunity for Armenians to take pride in this first breath of life of an independent Armenian state.

A sign posted at the Malcha shopping mall directs shoppers where to find shelter during drill. / Michele Chabin, Special for USA TODAY JERUSALEM - How do you prepare your citizens for the threat of a chemical, biological or nuclear weapons attack without scaring them to death?

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THE Philippine Women’s football team, also known as the Malditas, failed in its bid to qualify for next year’s AFC Women’s Cup finals but it definitely made a big impact in terms of the achievements in its three games for the Group B matches last week held at Bangabandhu National...

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Latest VideoMay 27th, 2013     Candidate of presidency Ali Akbar Valayati explain his program on Iranian TV Monday 27 May was the turn of the former minister of foreign affairs Ali Akbar Velayati to explain his programs . In this speech , Velayati  made a show off of his relation with...

Royal Bank of Scotland is grooming Nathan Bostock, the state-backed lender’s restructuring boss, for the top job as part of long-term plans to replace chief executive Stephen Hester.

As the PM steels himself to return to the House for the first time since the Senate expense scandal broke -- that is, unless more pressing business keeps him away -- the Commons will start the day with a final round of debate on Liberal MP Judy Foote's bid to...

As the Obama administration tries to unbury itself from snowballing scandals, my apocalyptic thriller steadily crawls from fiction to fact. The Middle East is an insane place. And it's going nuclear.

FILE - In this Friday, Feb. 1, 2013 file photo International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge speaks during a press conference in Seoul, South Korea.

Jammu and Kashmir police said Monday that a special investigating team (SIT) has been constituted to probe the alleged sexual exploitation of four minor girls by a fake "soul healer" in central Kashmir's Badgam district.

TEL AVIV — Israel has sought to maneuver between two schools on how to deter Iran, a report said.

Parliamentarians from across the political spectrum will come to together to launch the Iranian Political Prisoner Global Advocacy Project to herald the beginning of Iran Accountability Week.

From a computer keyboard in London, an Iranian emigre plays the role of counsellor, social media guru and all-around adviser for internet users back home seeking ways around the cyber-blocks set up by authorities in Tehran. These have been busy days.

Saudi Arabian Oil Co. production rose to a record 9.51 million barrels a day of oil last year, the company said in its annual review. Reserves stood at 260.2 billion barrels.

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair Robert Menendez denies that his Committee is overstepping bounds in trying to dictate the direction of U.S. involvement in Syria -- but he is wrong.        

India’s Petroleum Minister M Veerapa Moily on Monday discussed with Rostam Ghasemi, Minister of Oil of Islamic Republic of Iran, ways to continue crude trade with Iran amid sanction from...

U.S. National Security Advisor Tom Donilon is holding talks with Chinese officials in Beijing in preparation for an upcoming meeting between the two countries' presidents. As differences grow between the United States and China, they are searching for a new model for relations. During their meetings Monday, U.S.

Russia’s Foreign Minister Lavrov pointed out that joint military exercises were becoming more regular between CSTO member states.

TEHRAN, Iran: Iran will host on Wednesday an international forum to help find a “political solution” for the conflict in ally Syria, the foreign ministry said, as France, the United States and Russia push for their own peace conference.

The nuclear question and Iran's role in Syria could remain unresolved and unclear even after the polls next month The field of 700 candidates has been winnowed down to eight men acceptable to the guardians of the revolution in Tehran, and those men must now compete for an office that...

Sectarian fighting between two Tripoli neighborhoods, Bab Tabbaneh and Jabal Mohsen, goes back several decades, but these days it's a proxy battle of the rival sides in Syria.

Latest VideoMay 27th, 2013     Religious ritual of Etekaf began and end with tears ! Iranian TV Report about ending of the religious Etekaf on Monday 27 May .

Rattled by Indias sharp cut in purchase of its oil, Iran on Monday offered oilfields on lucrative terms, routing gas pipeline through sea to avoid Pakistan, and insurance to refiners provided New Delhi raised oil imports. Iran mounted a high-level delegation led by its Oil Minister Rostam Ghasemi to impress...

The Central Assemblies of God church in Tehran was closed on Thursday due to pressure from Iranian security authorities.

SYDNEY: Australian police said Monday 28 life-jackets had washed up on a beach in the Cocos Islands, but there was no specific incident they could link them to and no search was under way.

[Daily Trust]Ilorin -The Ilorin division of Federal High Court has ordered the State Security Service (SSS) to release Abdullahi Mustapha Berende, who was paraded in February for allegedly being a contact person for an Iranian terror group.

Two Pakistani women have become the first Muslim lesbians to get married in the UK, tying the knot in a civil ceremony in Leeds. The...

"Humans are great at self-delusion," the polymath philosopher Nassim Nicholas Taleb has observed. I'm confident he'd agree that the humans who populate the foreign policy community are no exception.

For Iran's June 14 presidential election, the Guardian Council has whittled the list of nearly 700 would-be candidates down to eight, most of them hard-liners loyal to the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

What Steve and Martha Smith remember most vividly about a spring day in 1979 revolutionary Iran is not the bullets and violence but rather the woman with tea. The Smiths, an American husband and wife camera crew on assignment for CBS, were getting footage of a firefight between Kurdish militants...

Brussels/Beirut (dpa) - European Union attempts to reach a common position on its arms embargo for Syria have failed, Austrian Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger said Monday, leaving all EU sanctions on Syria - including a ban on weapons sales - to expire later this week."I regret that after many...

Latest VideoMay 27th, 2013     Ministry of defense delivered mass quantity of missile launcher to Revolutionary Guard Ministry of defense delivered mass quantity of  missile launcher on Sunday 26 May to Revolutionary Guard .