The US has failed to win Moscow's support for fresh sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme, with Russia's foreign minister saying that further sanctions would be "counter-productive". Sergei Lavrov said after his meeting with Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, that recent talks in Geneva between Tehran and the so-called P5-plus-1 group - Russia, China, Britain, France, the US and Germany - had raised hopes of a diplomatic solution to Iran's nuclear programme. ...
The ministry said its findings represent a 'huge challenge' for the rule of law in Iraq [EPA] ...
Gaza – Infopalestina: Gerakan Hamas mengecam keras gugurnya mujahid mereka Yusuf Hamdan Abu Zuhri, 38, saudara kandung Sami Abu Zuhri jubir Hamas bersama pengawal pribadinya setelah ditahan di salah satu penjara Mesir dan mengalami siksaan fisik. Akibatnya, korban mengalami pendarahan selama dua pekan dan akhirnya menghempuskan nafas terakhir di dalam...
By Saed Bannoura IMEMC & Agencies: The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza reported Friday that eight months after the Israeli war ended, several birth defect cases were reported among the Gaza Strip newborns.Dr. Mowaiya Hassanen, director of the Emergency department at the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza, stated that several newborn babies have heart defects and abnormalities.He said that such cases are caused by Israel’s use of illegal munitions against the civilians in the Gaza Strip. Dr. Hassanen further said...
Ahmadinjed rejected US criticism as a political game in the run-up to nuclear talks in October [AFP] Iran's president has denied his government violated International Atomic Energy Agency rules after disclosing the existence of a new nuclear-enrichment facility to the UN watchdog. Speaking...
At least 15 senior al-Qaeda members have escaped from a prison in Tikrit, Iraqi officials said, with authorities locking down the city as they search for fugitives. Major-General Abdul-Karim Khalaf, an Iraqi military spokesman, said on Thursday that six of the escaped inmates are considered dangerous. Police sources told Al Jazeera that all of the men are charged with killing civilians and...
Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader, addressed the United Nations General Assembly in New York earlier this week. His 96-minute speech, which broke the alloted 15-minute protocol, marked the first time he addressed the international body since leading a coup in September 1969 which ended rule by monarchy in Libya and brought him to power. In an interview with Al Jazeera's Ghida Fakhry on Thursday, Gaddafi repeated his belief that a two-state...
Ahmadinejad vows to 'cut the hand off' Iran's enemies ahead of UN summitPresident Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who is set to appear at the United Nations today, warned foreign powers against striking Iran, saying it would “cut the hand off” of any potential attackers before they had the chance to do so, as Tehran flaunted its hardware in a military parade.His fiery address came just hours before he flew to New York for the annual meeting of the...
Al-Maliki is planning to form a coalition that will include tribal Sunni leaders, an aide said [GETTY] A group of Shia Muslim parties in Iraq have formed a coalition ahead of January's election, but Nouri al-Maliki, the prime minister, has not joined the bloc. The coalition will include...
Oleh ZIEMANKeluhuran budi Allahyarham Ustaz Asri akan senantiasa dikenang -foto blog Ustaz Asri BELASUNGKAWA USTAZ ASRI RABBANI (3 Ogos 1969- 13 Ogos 2009) BERITA kematian di bulan Syaaban sekali lagi menyentap di hati. Pemergian mengejut Ustaz Asri Ibrahim, teraju utama kumpulan Rabbani jam 10.30 pagi 22 Syaaban adalah perkhabaran yang cukup sedih kerana Allahyarham adalah seorang insan yang sangat istimewa, luhur budi perkerti, penuh...
The catastrophe became eminent in 1924The might of Islam’s Khilafah was no moreThe world cornered the Muslims after depleting our coreThey took out their militaries and came knocking on our doorsThey then began to invade our countries from every shoreThey taught us nationalism, tribalism and our unity was out the doorThey made us pledge to useless flags and brought their kufr to our landsThey showed us their culture and we became instant...
Ten Chechen police were killed on Saturday when militants ambushed their convoy in the neighbouring Russian region of Ingushetia, one of the deadliest recent attacks in the increasingly volatile Caucasus.The convoy of six vehicles came under grenade and gun fire from unknown individuals hidden in a forest as it travelled on a road in Ingushetia at around 0530 GMT, security officials said. One vehicle burst into flames.The Chechen police...
Rouhollah Mousavi Khomeini was born on 24 September 1902 (20 Jamadi al-Akhir 1320), the anniversary of the birth of Hazrat Fatima, in the small town of Khomein, some 160 kilometres to the southwest of Qom. He was the child of a family with a long tradition of religious scholarship. His ancestors, descendants of Imam Mousa al-Kazim, the seventh Imam of the Ahl al-Bayt, had migrated towards the end of the eighteenth century from their original...
PARIS (Reuters) - French legislators on Wednesday set up a panel to look into the spread of full burqas and niqabs among Muslim women in France and will hand in its report by the end of the year. President Nicolas Sarkozy said that burqas were not welcome in France because they are a symbol of the subjugation of women. Sarkozy's remarks came after 60 legislators signed a proposal calling for the commission to be set up. A woman wearing...
At least 1,400 Palestinians were killed inthe Gaza offensive [EPA] ...
