Kerry in Kurdistan to urge leaders to be part of national govt
ARBIL: US Secretary of State John Kerry was in Iraqi Kurdistan on Tuesday to urge its leaders not to withdraw from the political process in Baghdad after their forces took control of the northern oil city of Kirkuk. Peshmerga fighters, the security forces of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish north,... read more »
John Kerry lands in Baghdad to press Iraqi leaders as insurgency spreads
BAGHDAD: US secretary of state John Kerry landed in Baghdad on Monday to press Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to form a more inclusive government in response to a Sunni insurgency that has swept much of northern and western Iraq. Kerry’s visit came after Sunni militants took strongholds along... read more »
Rain havoc in China, 26 killed
Beijing : past four days in southern China storm caused 26 people were killed and three others missing in nine province level. The government said on Sunday. According to Xinhua News Agency, Ministry of Civil Affairs said in a statement last four days due to rain Fujian, Jiangshi, Hubei, Hunan,... read more »
Israel kills Palestinian teen in escalating West Bank arrest raids
HEBRON, West Bank: Israeli troops killed a Palestinian teenager in the occupied West Bank on Friday and arrested 25 people, pursuing a weeklong crackdown against Islamist militants and house-to-house searches for three Israeli teenagers who went missing eight days ago. Palestinian medics said... read more »
