CAIRO, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) — Thousands of Egyptians rallied Friday in Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo, calling on the military rulers to transfer power as early as possible and ban members of the disbanded former ruling party from running in the upcoming parliamentary elections. The protesters demanded the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) [...]
ANAA, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) — The Yemeni government signed Tuesday a ceasefire deal with the dissident army and opposition rebels in the capital Sanaa, the Defense Ministry said. The ceasefire, which was mediated by a committee assigned by Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh and his deputy Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, will take effect as of Tuesday [...]
Beyondheadlines Foreign Reporter. A plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to United States was unfolded, masterminded by Iran. This was discussed by President Obama and King Abdullah of Saudia Arabia in White House yesterday. Both leaders committed to pursuing a strong, unified international response to hold the alleged plotters responsible.ion” of what the U.S. claims [...]
BeyondHeadlines News Desk New Delhi: Notwithstanding United States’ opposition to membership of the Palestinian Authority in the United Nations immediately, India today said it will fully support such a move but feels it was still not certain whether the issue would go to the General Assembly, The Press Trust of India (PTI) reported. Palestinian Authority [...]
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) — U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday that the effort by the Palestinians to seek statehood at the United Nations was a “distraction,” according to media reports. During a roundtable discussion with Hispanic journalists, Obama said the Palestinian effort would not solve the problem of statehood, said the reports. The [...]
CAIRO, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) — Some Egyptian protestors broke into a building which houses the Israeli embassy in Cairo late Friday night. Some pieces of paper were seen thrown from the windows of the building and flying in the air. Egypt’s official MENA news agency said some protestors threw “confidential” documents from one of the [...]
TRIPOLI, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) — Libyan rebels announced late Thursday to transfer their leadership from Benghazi to the capital Tripoli. Doha-based TV channel Al-Jazeera quoted the announcement by a senior official of the rebel National Transitional Council (NTC) at a press conference as saying that the NTC has transferred its executive committee’s work to Tripoli. [...]
BENGHAZI/TRIPOLI, Libya, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) — Libyan rebels vowed to capture Muammar Gaddafi as NATO continued airstrikes on Gaddafi’s compound in Tripoli early Tuesday. Gaddafi’s era is over and the real victory of Libyan revolution lies in the capture of him, said Mustafa Abdul Jalil, head of Libya’s National Transitional Council, at a press conference [...]
TRIPOLI, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) — Brega and Zawiyah, Libya’s two oil-rich towns, are still in the complete control of Libyan government forces, said government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim on Tuesday. He denied that rebels had taken the two key oil towns, adding that government troops are deadlocked in a tug of war with rebel forces in [...]
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) — The White House spokesman Jay Carney said on Monday that the isolation of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi “grows more extreme” day by day, as the country’s rebels are advancing toward the capital city of Tripoli. “I think it’s becoming increasingly clear that Qaddafi’s days are numbered,” Carney told reporters during [...]
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