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Turkey, Iraq fear spillover from Syria war

Fri Oct 25, 2013 16:35:21

Turkey and Iraq said on Friday that their strained relations will be improved in a bid to defy the spillover of al Qaeda from Syria to their territories.

Norway rejects US demand to destroy Syria CWs

Fri Oct 25, 2013 14:13:27

Norway has rejected a US request to help destroy Syria's chemical arms, arguing that the Nordic nation was an unsuitable site because it lacked suitable staff, equipment and regulations.

Needy village in Hungary shows off murals by Gypsy artists

Fri Oct 25, 2013 13:37:30

Roma artists from Hungary and across Europe have finished up a project to paint large murals on the outside walls of 33 homes in Bodavalenke, a small Hungarian settlement in one of the poorest regions in the country.

Brazil, Germany turn to UN to restrain US spies

Fri Oct 25, 2013 12:15:17

Brazil and Germany have joined forces to press for the adoption of a UN General Resolution that promotes the right of privacy on the internet, marking the first major international effort to restrain the National Security Agency's intrusions into the online communications of foreigners, according to diplomatic sources familiar with the push.

US ‘very concerned’ by Turkey-China missile deal

Fri Oct 25, 2013 12:08:18

The United States is very concerned about a missile deal between Turkey and China, US Ambassador in to Turkey Francis Ricciardone has said.

UN condemns anti-Muslim violence in Myanmar

Fri Oct 25, 2013 11:17:36

The United Nations has warned the impact of violence against a Muslim minority in Myanmar on feeding a wider anti-Muslim feeling that poses a serious threat to the country's economic and political reforms.

Riyadh warns against women driving campaign

Fri Oct 25, 2013 10:55:36

Saudi Arabia has warned that it will take measures against activists who go ahead with a planned October 26 campaign to defy a ban on women drivers in the conservative kingdom.

Beware of the Middle East's fake feminists

Fri Oct 25, 2013 10:45:03

We've all heard the story before: those Arab dictators may be mad with power, but at least they end up treating women better than Islamists do. The Arab world is sorted into states that are good-to-women and bad-to-women, with countries from Morocco to Qatar getting a pass for their supposed progressivism when it comes to feminist issues.

White House presses Congress to delay new Iran sanctions

Fri Oct 25, 2013 09:33:16

The Obama administration reportedly is asking Congress to delay passing new Iran sanctions.

20 Egyptians injured in university clashes

Fri Oct 25, 2013 09:12:33

Clashes between pro and anti-Muslim Brotherhood students have left 20 injured at the University of Zagazig in northern province of al-Sharqia.

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