ANTARA News - International

33 killed in fighting between Yemen army, Qaeda

Sun, 27 May 2012 00:32:27 +0700

Aden (ANTARA News/AFP) - Thirty-three people, including six soldiers, were killed in Saturday clashes between Al-Qaeda and the army in southern Yemen as troops advanced towards the Abyan provincial capital Zinjibar, military and local sources said. Soldiers from the 25th Mechanised Brigade ...

Somali islamists vow revenge after fall of rebel bastion

Sat, 26 May 2012 20:56:51 +0700

Mogadishu (ANTARA News/AFP) - Al-Qaeda-linked Somali militants vowed Saturday to intensify the war against government and African Union troops, despite the fall of their key stronghold of Afgoye, the latest in a string of military losses. "God willing we will continue the war and we will win ...

Hollande defends French exit in Afghanistan

Sat, 26 May 2012 12:45:51 +0700

President Francois Hollande told troops in Afghanistan on Friday that France will coordinate closely with NATO allies and Afghan authorities about its imminent exit from the war.

Iranian lawmaker says talks continuation with P5+1 "positive"

Sat, 26 May 2012 10:23:09 +0700

A senior Iranian lawmaker said the decision to carry on talks between Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany (P5+1) is " positive," Iran`s Press TV reported on Friday.

20 killed as bus overturns in Pakistan

Sat, 26 May 2012 09:40:10 +0700

At least 20 people were killed and over 20 others injured when a bus overturned in Pakistan`s central city of Rahim Yar Khan on Friday night, reported local state-run TV channel PTV.

African Union expects economic cooperation with Indonesia

Fri, 25 May 2012 21:33:51 +0700

The African Union expects more economic cooperation with ASEAN countries, particularly Indonesia, in order to strengthen bilateral relations.

Taiwan businessman jailed for spying for China

Fri, 25 May 2012 18:11:16 +0700

Taipei (ANTARA News/AFP) - Taiwan`s supreme court has upheld a decision to sentence a businessman to three-and-a-half years in jail for spying for China, in a case local media said has spooked the island`s own agents abroad. Lo Ping was found guilty by a lower court of being a double-agent and ...

govt must give an explanation for Corby clemency

Fri, 25 May 2012 15:46:18 +0700

The Indonesian government must provide an explanation for President Yudhoyono's decision to cut the sentence of Australian marijuana smuggler Schapelle Leigh Corby by five years on humanitarian grounds, according to an observer.

At least 25 nurkinabe killed in Mali tribal feud

Fri, 25 May 2012 15:26:25 +0700

At least 25 Burkinabe have been killed in three days of tribal clashes along Burkina Faso's border with troubled Mali, a minister told AFP Thursday.

First South Korean war dead returned from North

Fri, 25 May 2012 14:32:33 +0700

The remains of 12 South Korean soldiers killed in North Korea during the 1950-53 war were brought home Friday -- the first time the South's war dead have been repatriated since fighting ended.

35 militants killed as Yemen army battles Qaeda

Fri, 25 May 2012 03:00:34 +0700

Aden (ANTARA Nes/AFP) - Yemeni troops killed 35 Al-Qaeda militants in overnight battles in the restive southern Abyan province, a military official said Thursday as the army pressed ahead with a 13-day offensive to retake extremist strongholds. Speaking on condition of anonymity, the ...

Amnesty critisizes US for unlawful Bin Laden raid

Fri, 25 May 2012 00:01:02 +0700

Washington (ANTARA News/AFP) - Amnesty International criticized the United States on Wednesday for its use of lethal force, particularly for the "unlawful" killing of Osama bin Laden in a clandestine US commando raid in Pakistan last May. "The US administration made clear that the operation ...

Sri Lanka sets up new courts to try war suspects

Thu, 24 May 2012 23:48:05 +0700

Colombo (ANTARA News/AFP) - Sri Lanka is setting up new courts to accelerate cases against hundreds of Tamil rebel suspects three years after the end of the island`s bloody ethnic war, a government spokesman said Thursday. Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena said the justice ministry would open ...

Gunmen kill Somali radio journalist in Mogadishu: colleagues

Thu, 24 May 2012 23:45:29 +0700

Mogadishu (ANTARA News/AFP) - Gunmen shot dead a Somali radio reporter in the restive capital Mogadishu Thursday, the sixth journalist to be killed in the war-torn country this year alone, colleagues said. "We are devastated to learn that our colleague Ahmed Ado Anshur was killed in ...

Larantuka, Lisbon formally become sister city

Thu, 24 May 2012 12:22:25 +0700

Larantuka, capital of East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) provincial district of Flores Timur, and Portuguese capital of Lisbon have become formal sister cities following the singing of a cooperation agreement here Wednesday night.

Pakistani jailed for 33 years over Bin Laden hunt: officials

Thu, 24 May 2012 00:58:58 +0700

Peshawar, Pakistan (ANTARA News/AFP) - A Pakistani surgeon recruited by the CIA to help find Osama bin Laden was jailed on Wednesday for 33 years for treason, officials said. Shakeel Afridi, who was sacked as a government doctor two months ago, was found guilty under the tribal justice ...

Three Lebanese pilgrims killed in Iraq bombing

Thu, 24 May 2012 00:24:19 +0700

Falluja, Iraq (ANTARA News/Reuters) - At least three Lebanese Shi`ite pilgrims were killed and seven wounded on Wednesday when a roadside bomb exploded near their bus in the Iraqi city of Ramadi, a police source said. The attack in Ramadi, the capital of mainly Sunni Anbar province and a ...

US ambassador in Afghanistan leaves for health reasons: US

Wed, 23 May 2012 01:03:16 +0700

Washington (ANTARA News/AFP) - The United States said Tuesday that Ryan Crocker, the US ambassador to Afghanistan, is leaving his job for health reasons in the summer. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said Crocker told the Afghan government and NATO-led forces that "he intends to ...

6 Taliban dead, 2 Afghan police hurt in clashes

Wed, 23 May 2012 00:20:35 +0700

Kabul (ANTARA News/Xinhua-OANA) - Clashes between Taliban militants and Afghan police left six insurgents dead and two policemen injured on Tuesday, officials said. In the first incident, according to officials, a group of armed Taliban stormed a police checkpoint in Ghazi Abad district of ...

Stockholm ready to boost ties with Iran

Tue, 22 May 2012 19:36:56 +0700

Outgoing Swedish Ambassador to Tehran Magnus Wernstedt on Tuesday expressed his country's readiness to boost ties with Iran in all fields of interests.