UN calls for immediate Gaza truce
UNITED NATIONS: The UN security council has called for “an immediate and unconditional humanitarian ceasefire” in the Gaza war between Israel and Hamas. The council adopted the presidential statement at an emergency meeting just after midnight on Monday as Muslims started celebrating... read more »
Attack on prisoner convoy kills 60 people in Iraq
BAGHDAD: Iraqi officials say militants have attacked a prisoner convoy north of Baghdad, killing 52 prisoners and eight soldiers. They said the dawn attack began with militants firing mortar rounds on Iraqi army bases in the town of Taji where suspects accused of terrorism were being held,... read more »
Defying flight ban, Kerry lands in Israel on truce mission
Washington’s top diplomat flew into Tel Aviv on Wednesday, defying a US flight ban, to try to broker an end to violence in Gaza, which has killed hundreds and hobbled Israel’s main airport. Secretary of state John Kerry jetted in from Cairo to Ben Gurion airport, with reporters banned... read more »
Al-Qaida vows to sever hands of ‘corrupt’ Yemen officials
ADEN: Al-Qaida has threatened to sever the hands of “corrupt” officials in the southeastern province of Hadramawt, where the jihadists have been trying to impose their strict version of Islamic sharia law. “After we eliminated agents of the United States in Hadramawt and after we... read more »
