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EU President asks China to help ending Syria crisis

Fri Nov 22, 2013 12:40:00

EU President Herman Van Rompuy says the conflict in Syria cannot be resolved by military means while calling on China to help mitigating the crisis as a member of the UN Security Council.

UN: Situation in besieged Gaza is even worse than before

Fri Nov 22, 2013 12:32:07

UN officials have said humanitarian situation in the besieged Gaza Strip has deteriorated even after a truce that ended Israeli attacks on the Palestinian enclave.

Call on China diners: Cats and dogs are friends not food!

Fri Nov 22, 2013 11:08:50

An animal rights group has started a campaign calling on Chinese diners to turn down cat and dog dishes, telling them to consider the creatures as "friends not food".

Contrary to Netanyahu, Israeli military favors a deal with Iran

Fri Nov 22, 2013 10:38:33

The Israeli military has put a positive spin on how a deal with Iran could bolster regional stability, showing deep rift among Israeli authorities over Iran talks.

US official: Israel stance on Iran is recipe for war

Fri Nov 22, 2013 09:55:53

The White House has criticized Israeli regime’s push to sabotage a deal with Iran over its nuclear energy program, saying that regime’s all-or-nothing proposal on Iran is a recipe for war.

Egypt police attain power to attack students in campuses

Fri Nov 22, 2013 09:31:24

The army-appointed interim government in Egypt has handed down police the power to enter university campuses to suppress demonstrations without getting prior permission.

Saudi Arabia calls on citizens to leave Lebanon

Fri Nov 22, 2013 08:56:38

Saudi Arabia has asked its citizens to leave Lebanon due to the risk of political violence in the country where twin suicide bombings near Iran's embassy in Beirut killed 25 people this week.

Most Americans support a deal with Iran: Poll

Fri Nov 22, 2013 08:51:50

A new poll shows a large majority of Americans support an agreement between the United States, its international partners and Iran over its nuclear energy program.

Karzai: My trust in America is not good

Fri Nov 22, 2013 07:55:04

Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai says there is little trust between Washington and Kabul over a security pact and it should not come into effect until after next year's election.

FSA bomb wounds 5 pro-Assad Jordanian writers in Syria

Thu Nov 21, 2013 21:00:49

A bomb has exploded near a bus carrying a group of Jordanian writers who met with senior Syrian government leaders on an official visit, wounding five of them, one of the delegates says.

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