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Egyptians go to presidential polls amid boycott calls

Mon May 26, 2014 11:47:41

Egyptians have begun voting in a two-day presidential poll devised by the military-installed interim government in which former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is widely expected to win, amid calls by Islamist groups to boycott the vote.

Karzai snubs Obama during surprise Afghan visit

Mon May 26, 2014 10:49:09

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has turned down an American offer to meet with US President Barack Obama who made another surprise visit to the war-ravaged nation to salute invading US military forces at an American airbase outside the Afghan capital Kabul.

HRW slams inaction on migrants in Yemen, S. Arabia

Mon May 26, 2014 10:15:31

Human Rights Watch has released a new report that documents the desperate conditions of people who fled poverty and armed conflict in Africa, only to be abused at the hands of human traffickers who have the backing and active support of some state security officers in Yemen and Saudi Arabia.

Syrians eager to cast vote in presidential poll

Mon May 26, 2014 10:09:12

Syrian people continue to take to the streets and organize activities in daily outpourings of enthusiasm ahead of the country's presidential election slated for June 3.

Russia threatens replacing dollar with ruble in trade

Mon May 26, 2014 09:53:09

Russia’s Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has threatened to replace US dollar with Russian ruble as its currency for global trade, citing US-led Western sanctions against Moscow over Ukraine tensions.

Billionaire Poroshenko wins Ukraine presidency: Exit polls

Mon May 26, 2014 08:56:27

Confectionary magnate Petro Poroshenko has won Ukraine's presidential election with an absolute majority, exit polls showed, averting the need for a runoff vote next month that he had said could destabilize the country.

Qatar cleric urges boycott of Egypt presidential poll

Mon May 26, 2014 08:32:53

Influential Qatar-based Sheikh Youssef al-Qaradawi has called on Egyptians to boycott presidential elections and shun front-runner Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, saying the ex-military strongman had "disobeyed God".

Terror bombings in Syria's Homs kills 10, injures 42

Sun May 25, 2014 23:54:39

Foreign-sponsored terrorists have detonated two car bombs in the recently liberated Syrian city of Homs, killing 10 citizens and wounding some 42 others as the nation prepares for the country's presidential election next week.

'Hezbollah, Syria will surely rout Israeli terrorist project'

Sun May 25, 2014 23:17:22

Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah has vowed that the ‘axis of resistance’ will defeat what he referred to as the Israeli terrorist project in the region, reiterating the movement’s intensified military readiness to encounter the Israeli aggressions.

Syrian forces inflict crushing blows on insurgents

Sun May 25, 2014 22:46:37

Syrian military forces have carried out new operations against foreign-backed insurgents across Syria, crushing their staging areas and hideouts, thwarting their infiltration attempts and eliminating their war machines and fighting forces around Daraa, Damascus, Aleppo and Homs.

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