News Archive - 28 March 2014

>"Today, given the extent of time they spent on Iran and Syria, they didn't get to a number of issues, and it wasn't just human rights," the official said. The official added that Obama on Saturday would present a State Department Woman of Courage Award to a Saudi woman fighting...

>It added that Washington and Riyadh were working together to address critical bilateral and regional issues, including "the crisis in Syria, preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, counterterrorism efforts to combat extremism, and supporting negotiations to achieve Middle East peace".Last year senior Saudi officials warned of a "major...

>* Obama examines "tactical differences" with Abdullah* US still concern about supplying manpads to Syria rebels (Adds US official, quotes)By Jeff Mason and Steve HollandRIYADH, March 28 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama told Saudi king Abdullah he would not agree to a bad deal with Iran on its...

Concerning the “Don’t Shoot” program, I believe one element has been overlooked in its implementation: The gang members have not read the book. Therefore, I would suggest this:

INDIA is so big and Indians so self-absorbed, that traditionally, foreign policy issues rarely figure in an election. It is not that Indians behave like the ostrich. Their freedom movement waded them through two World Wars. The Jawaharlal Nehru era saw India playing a proactive role in world affairs and...

KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia will not reveal any information on the ongoing investigations just to appease the anger of relatives of Chinese nationals on board Flight MH370, Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said. RELATED STORIES MAS plane missing: All the latest reports The Acting Transport Minister said doing so would affect...

Despite the disarray caused by the sudden mass resignation of election chiefs ahead of next month's polls, candidates for seats in the Iraqi parliament are pressing ahead with unofficial campaigning. Keeping the printing houses whirring, they have been putting up posters and distributing leaflets. But wary of breaking the rules,...

Russia has told the United Nations Security Council that it has occupied Crimea at the request of the ousted Ukrainian president, Viktor Yanukovich, in order to protect civilians from armed extremists.        

The world's most powerful democracy and the world's most absolute monarchy have long been close, if unlikely, allies.

"Find out why they didn't have their goddamned...

Chuck Hagel says that despite force’s growth, U.S. will practice “restraint” in any operations outside the U.S.

Last Updated: 3:13pm, Mar 28, 2014 KUALA LUMPUR (March 28): National Service Training Council (MLKN) chairman Datuk Noor Ehsanuddin Mohd Harun Narrashid today stressed that deaths th

SAO PAULO: Tickets for only seven of the 64 World Cup matches remain available as FIFA’s latest sales phase nears an end.

Jihadist outfit Jaish al-Adl kidnaps five Iranian soldiers, killing one, the latest attack of a two-year long insurgency in Balochistan, the restive south-east province of Iran        

Interpol hit back Friday at Malaysia's claims that consulting a stolen passport database would have caused too much delays to be useful, after confusion caused by Kuala Lumpur's failure to detect two illegal ...

In this Oct. 16, 2008 photo, Matt Stolper, director of the Persepolis Fortification Archive at the University of Chicago's Oriental Institute, examines a tablet that is part of a collection that provide a top-to-bottom look at life in the Persian empire 2,500 years ago.

WASHINGTON - Seventeen individuals, companies and foundations - some with business before Congress - have contributed at least $100,000 each to help fund an institute tied to Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.

ROME (AP) - President Barack Obama is leaving the European continent and shifting his attention from an Eastern European power play to the complicated religious and tribal politics of the Middle East.

Washington is keen to deepen cooperation with Gulf states on missile defence

A senior Iranian cleric has condemned the execution of an Iranian border guard by Jaish-ul-Adl terrorist group.

DETROIT (AP) — U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers of Michigan, who has taken on an increasingly sharp profile in Washington as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee in a time of widening global security crises, has decided to give up Congress for a full-time career in broadcasting.

Soros Promotes Oil Sales to Punish Putin

At least 778 executions were carried out across the world in 2013, according to figures out today from Amnesty International. See how the data breaks down by country At least 778 executions were carried out in 2013 - up from at least 682 in 2012 - according to the latest...

One senior Obama administration official called Vladimir Putin's actions in the Ukraine "outrageous." A second described them as an "outlaw act."        

>* Says BASF, RWE deals with Russia "unproblematic"BERLIN, March 28 (Reuters) - German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel said there was "no sensible alternative" to Russian natural gas imports and it was unlikely Russia would stop deliveries because of the crisis over Ukraine, a German daily reported on Friday."Even in...