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EU gives ultimatum to Russia, threatens new sanctions

Sun Aug 31, 2014 10:42:31

European Union leaders on Sunday gave Russia a week to reverse course in Ukraine or face a new round of sanctions as Kiev warned it was on the brink of "full-scale war" with Moscow.

Australia to join multinational weapons drop into Iraq

Sun Aug 31, 2014 10:14:32

Australia will drop military equipment and aid to Kurdish forces fighting the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorists in northern Iraq, Prime Minister Tony Abbott says.

16,000 Iraqi Yazidis flee from ISIL attacks to Turkey

Sun Aug 31, 2014 09:49:01

Some 16,000 Yazidi Kurds have taken refuge in Turkey to escape violence by the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) Takfiri terrorists, a top provincial official says.

Two Pakistani killed, 400 injured in anti-gov’t protests

Sun Aug 31, 2014 09:40:47

Two persons were killed and more than 400 wounded in clashes between police and protesters in Pakistan's capital Islamabad, hospital officials said Sunday, as a fortnight-long political impasse took a violent turn.

Iraqi Shia Turkmen vow death before ISIL capture

Sun Aug 31, 2014 08:24:39

Residents of a besieged Iraqi town say they have prepared graves for their families and will kill their wives and children if the city falls to the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorists.

ISIL seeking to recruit extremists throughout Africa

Sun Aug 31, 2014 08:21:10

So-called Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) militant group has set its sights outside the Middle East and has emboldened extremists in Africa operating in voids left by weak governments and rampant corruption, analysts warned.

Maldives media raise nearly $2m for Gaza

Sun Aug 31, 2014 07:52:16

The Maldives Islands has raised around $2 million to help the Palestinians of the war-ravaged Gaza Strip after seven weeks of atrocities by Israel.

Iraq receives Russian Mi-28 gunships amid ISIL unrest

Sat Aug 30, 2014 22:45:42

Iraq has received Russian Mi-28 attack helicopters, as Baghdad steps up its anti-terrorist operations against the militants from the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorist group.

Innocent little boy who suffered world’s heartless silence to death

Sat Aug 30, 2014 22:13:41

His name was Aziz (means darling), a four-year-old cute chubby boy who faced a horrible future as his terrified family who were running from radical ISIL monsters in north of Iraq had to leave him behind to save their other three children.

Number of hunger strikers in Egypt highest since Sadat’s presidency

Sat Aug 30, 2014 20:58:03

Egyptian activists refuse to back down from the hunger strike that they embarked on to protest their arrest and the conditions they are facing in their detention. The list of participants grows ever longer, and it includes activists from different political affiliations.

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