
John Kerry gave a statement urging NATO to be prepared for the possibility that Syria is using chemical weapons against the rebels in a civil war that spans more than two years. The statement comes shortly after an Israeli intelligence official said Bashar Assad, the much contested Syrian president, has been using chemical weapons against […]
Wednesday April 24 2013, 2:39 AM EDT | Posted in
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Two men were arrested recently on the suspicion that they were planning to derail a train, and the police revealed that Al Qaeda elements based in Iran were supposedly behind the plan. But a number of experts were surprised by this statement. According to Barbara Slavin of the Atlantic Council, the link does not make […]
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Siegfried Hecker, a United States scientist and Stanford University professor said that N Korea needs at least one more test before they can develop a truly functional nuclear missile. Professor Hecker was the last westerner to visit North Korea’s Yongbyon nuclear complex in 2010. He said that the small Asian country needs at least one […]
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A Muslim Brotherhood senior leader indicated that the deadly blasts during the Boston Marathon may be linked to the war in Mali, the chaos in Iraq and Syria, and the shaky peace agreement between the PKK separatists and Turkey. Although Essam el-Erian condemned the twin blasts, he also linked the attack to a number of […]
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Ehsanullah Ehsan spokesman for the Taliban organization in Pakistan said to the press that the Pakistani Taliban were not involved in the Boston attacks at Monday’s marathon. They also added that the Taliban organization will issue another statement after the group responsible for the attacks has made itself public. The group also said that that […]
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The World Health Organization or the WHO indicated that China will be receiving help from an international team of experts in the investigation of the latest avian flu strain. So far fourteen of the sixty-three people who were affected by the H7N9 virus have died. However, there is no evidence that pointing to a human-to-human […]
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Taliban militants targeted more than secular politician in Pakistan but managed to kill only one after they issued threats where they said they will attack all secular groups in the upcoming elections scheduled on the 11th of May. Pakistan’s three main secular parties, who formed the coalition government that ran the country since the 2008 […]
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Admiral Sam Locklear, the US Pacific Command commander, revealed that the US has the capability of responding to a North Korean missile launch against the United States. He also indicated that the recent tension is at its highest level ever since an armistice was declared between the two countries in the Korean peninsula. Officials in […]
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The funeral for the recently departed former PM, will apparently be held next week on the 17th of April. Thatcher was 87 years old when she passed away this Monday, after several strokes. The funeral will take place at London’s St Paul’s Cathedral after the procession will take place in Westminster. While Lady Thatcher won’t […]
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Foreigners working in South Korea were given a warning by North Korea that they may be caught in the middle of a war if they continue to stay in the country. The recent announcement by the state-run media is the latest warning given by the North following its earlier advice that it cannot guarantee the […]
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