News Archive - 10 March 2014

>BANGKOK, March 11 (Reuters) - Thai police suspect two men travelling on stolen passports on a Malaysia Airlines plane that disappeared on Saturday were not involved in terrorism but instead evidence was suggesting they could have been asylum seekers. Interpol confirmed on Sunday that at least two passengers on the...

>Ashton met several human rights activists including the mother of Iranian blogger Sattar Beheshti at the embassy on Saturday, which coincided with international women's day. Beheshti died in jail a few days after he was arrested in 2012 over a blog critical of the government."These actions (the meeting) will...

>Last week the Israeli navy captured a ship in the Red Sea carrying arms that the military said included forty M-302 surface-to-surface rockets manufactured in Syria and capable of striking most of Israel from the Gaza Strip.Along with the missiles, some 180 mortar shells and 400,000 rifle rounds were...

>"We will have to cope with dozens of pilotless aerial vehicles, in both the northern and southern fronts," Major-General Shachar Shohat, told a Tel Aviv security conference.Israel is itself a world leader in drone technologies and has used the vehicles extensively in combat.Uzi Rabin, an Israeli aerospace expert,...

>CAC 40 futures up 0.06 percent at 0751 GMTBOUYGUES, ILIADFrance's Bouygues Telecom has agreed to sell its mobile network and much of its spectrum to smaller rival Iliad as a way to head off competition regulators' concerns about its pending bid for Vivendi's SFR.On Monday, Iliad posted a...

Britain’s worst terror atrocity, in which 270 people died when Pan Am Flight 108 exploded above the Scottish town in December 1988, has always been blamed on Libya.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 11 — The Selangor government no longer needs to expedite approvals for the construction of the long-opposed Langat 2 project now that Putrajaya has reneged on its end of the...

ISLAMABAD: The Senate unanimously passed a resolution on Monday urging the government to formally include water disputes in the agenda for talks with India.

On the latest "Archer Vice" episode, Archer, Ray and Cyril took off for Colombia to look for distributors for their product -- which, conveniently for the drug lords, is already in the U.S., so no smuggling needed!Of course, it turns out La Madrina, the big-wig drug cartel...

THIS refers to Huma Yusuf’s article, ‘Dangerous liaisons’ (March 3), in which she rightly criticises the attitude of the Foreign Ministry towards the legislators who disapprove of Pakistan’s tilt towards Saudi Arabia at the expense of Iran.

Tickets purchased for a missing flight using fake passports were issued by a Thai tour agency.

معاون رئیس جمهور در امور زنان و خانواده در مورد حضور زنان در کنسرت های موسیقی و همچنین شرایط آزمون های استخدامی برای زنان توضیحاتی ارائه داد.

Julian Zelizer says nearly all presidents see their parties lose ground in second midterm elections

Letters on SeaWorld, immigration, vaccines.

Naghmeh Abedini reveals how she came to tell their children about their father's shocking imprisonment.

Ex CIA agent Robert Baer says former colleagues stated that Iran bombed Pan-Am Flight 103, in retaliation for the downing of an Iran Air passenger plane by a US Navy ship in July 1988        

World War III is not on the horizon, a panel of policy and military experts gathered by the Panetta Institute said Monday in Monterey.

Planning for terror atrocity began in bakery in Malta and culminated in the death of 290 people        

Al Jazeera uncovers evidence that Iran, Hezbollah and Palestinian group were behind bombing of Pan Am flight 103.

The two men said by Interpol to have been travelling on stolen passports on the Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 that mysteriously disappeared on Saturday have been identified as Iranian nationals.

DALLAS –- Luis Zamora’s frustrations began when he paid cash for a new car last week. "We were happy as a lark," Zamora said of he and his wife. But it didn't take long for that to change. "It didn't take but about two minutes," he continued. The dealership checked...

Prime Minister David Cameron plans to make his first visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories this week, a trip delayed by English floods.

Stephen Sestanovich, a former U.S. ambassador-at-large for the former Soviet Union, says Russian president Vladimir Putin's dramatic steps in Ukraine have been improvised as part of a visceral response to the downfall of president Viktor Yanukovich. "It's a kind of a broken play," says Sestanovich.

Australia led secret diplomatic efforts to frustrate a New Zealand-led push for nuclear disarmament, according to documents released under freedom of information laws.

JERUSALEM - -Blue seas, red mountains and green rockets set the stage for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday as he launched a fierce critique of the international community, which he accused of hypocrisy regarding Iran and a double standard toward Israel.

Hamas unveiled a rocket-shaped statue Monday showcasing its capacity to strike arch-enemy Israel, as the Jewish state boasted its own haul of captured weapons it claims were bound for Gaza. "Hamas managed to take the battle to the heart of the Zionist entity (Israel) after developing its rocket system, succeeding...

March 4, 2014, 7 a.m. 6.30AM: Good morning and welcome to our second regional morning report, the South Coast Brekkie Wrap! Over the next few hours we will be bringing you as much information as possible from across the NSW South Coast and nationally.

In the port city of Eilat, Israel puts on display its latest capture. Missiles and mortal shells bound for a destination Israel says was Gaza. Israeli forces seized the weapons after capturing a ship in the Red Sea last week. Israel says the weapons came from Iran. Israeli Prime Minister...

UN chief Ban Ki-moon said there is still much progress to be made to advance women's rights, despite recent strides, as he opened an annual conference on women Monday. Among priorities are health needs, maternal and child health, sexual education, contraception and fighting violence against women, including female genital mutilation,...

Ukraine's interim president Oleksandr Turchynov (State Dept.)

Two days after Iran's Supreme Leader expressed concern over cultural issues in Iran, President Hassan Rohani lashed back at the rising criticism, denouncing "pressure and policing methods" as a way of confronting cultural issues facing the country.

International Women's Day events in Tehran were cancelled on March 8 after authorities withdrew the permit. Women's rights activists such as Elaheh Kolayi, Alieh Shekarbeigi and Soraya Azizpanah were set to speak at the event, which was organized by the independent women's group Asr-e Kherad in collaboration with the Etemad...

When President Barack Obama warned Russia President Vladimir Putin that "there will be costs" for violating Ukrainian sovereignty, I doubt that Putin worried. The Syria revolt taught all about Obama and his "red lines.

The European Union's foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, has cautioned there is "no guarantee" that talks with Tehran over its disputed nuclear program will lead to a comprehensive final deal. Ashton made the remark at a joint press conference in Tehran with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif.

The Iranian government is determined to "interact constructively" with the entire world, including the European Union, based on "common interests and mutual respect", Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said in a meeting with EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton in Tehran on Sunday.

Our forces have unloaded these weapons from #Iran onto #Israel 's shores. Later today, we will tweet all the evidence http://t.co/7zCzv0feCk By using this site, you agree we can set and use cookies.

March 9, 2014: Israeli soldiers work around containers with boxes containing missiles and weapons unloaded from the seized KLOS C civilian cargo ship, in the military port at the Red Sea city of Eilat, southern Israel.

Facing a complex crisis with no good guys, our foreign policy is self-servingly simplistic.

» by Paul Dakiki The release took place around midnight, hours after the news first broke. The Lebanese and Qatari security chiefs Abbas Ibrahim and Ghanim al- Kubaisi were key mediators.

Iranian president is expected to witness the signing of several important agreements between the two countries

NEW YORK (AP) — The most dangerous parts of a flight are takeoff and landing. Rarely do incidents happen when a plane is cruising seven miles (11 kilometers) above the earth.

Derek Ellis Abbott, 44, and Tessa Marie Wilkinson, 42, both of Des Moines.

(BRUSSELS ) - It is all change at the top this year for the European Union, kicking off with May elections for the European Parliament followed by the naming in July of a new speaker.