TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s official IRNA news agency says that Foreign Minister Javad Zarif has been summoned before parliament to explain his recent public stroll with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. The IRNA report on Sunday says that 21 parliamentarians have demanded that Zarif explain his 15-minute walk through …
Read More »
The Malaysian governmentformally declared the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 to be an accident Thursday, saying that it believed all 239 people on board had died. Malaysia civil aviation chief Azharuddin Abdul Rahman said Thursday that the search for the jet “remains a priority.” The announcement was made in …
Read More »
CAIRO – An Egyptian court has sentenced 183 people to death over the killing of 15 policemen in violence that engulfed the country after the 2013 ouster of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi. Monday’s verdict came at the end of one of several mass trials in Egypt that have sparked an …
Read More »
BAGHDAD – Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has ordered the end of a decade-old midnight curfew in Baghdad. A government statement issued Thursday says the midnight to 5 a.m. curfew, first implemented in 2004, will be lifted starting Saturday. The move appeared to be aimed at restoring a sense of …
Read More »
Hooded gunmen reportedly fired on French police in the northern suburbs of the Mediterranean port city of Marseille Monday ahead of a visit by the country’s Prime Minister. There were no immediate reports on possible casualties. Reuters reported that elite troops were being sent to the scene.The French newspaper Le …
Read More »
JERUSALEM – The Israeli military says a boat carrying materials for making weapons was intercepted by the navy last month en route to the Gaza Strip from the Sinai Peninsula. It says charges against three suspected smugglers, who were detained on board, were filed this week. The statement late Wednesday …
Read More »
CAIRO – Egypt’s state news agency says gunmen opened fire on a traffic police patrol in the Nile Delta town of Benha, killing one policeman and wounding three others. MENA said the gunmen fired on police from a flyover early Sunday before fleeing, adding that a police car was damaged. …
Read More »
JUBA, South Sudan – A South Sudan government spokesman says that a British aid worker for the Carter Center was killed in Juba, the capital of South Sudan. Presidential spokesman Ateny Wek Ateny said the man was entering his compound Tuesday night when gunmen shot him to death. The British …
Read More »
TOKYO – North Korean authorities are barring foreigners from this year’s Pyongyang marathon, a popular tourist event, due to ongoing Ebola travel restrictions. Nick Bonner, co-founder of Beijing-based Koryo Tours, a tour agency that specializes in North Korea travel, said more than 400 foreign runners had signed up with his …
Read More »
ROME – Italy’s police chief says Italy is “more exposed” to the threat of international terrorism than in the past because of conflicts in nearby Libya and the risk of lone-wolf fighters. Chief Alessandro Pansa told a parliamentary committee Wednesday that new anti-terrorism measures approved by the government, which allow …
Read More »