Israeli military bulldozers have demolished yet another mosque and some structures in the Khirbet Yarza area in the northern Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank.Earlier on Thursday, Israeli forces had destroyed a Palestinian mosque built before the 1967 Israeli occupation in Tubas, a small town in the occupied West Bank, violating basic rights of […]

The British intelligence service is said to have spent a year nurturing and paying a man claiming to be Mullah Akhtar Muhammad Mansour, one of the most senior commanders of the Taliban.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday Turkey and Union of Arab Banks had initiated Strategical Dialogue Mechanism two years ago. Erdogan was speaking at a ceremony in Lebanon where Union of Arab Banks presented him “Leader of the Year” Award.

SANAA: An explosion in northern Yemen has killed at least 17 Shia Muslims as they made their way to a religious ceremony in the north of the country. The attack was aimed at Houthi rebel supporters who were celebrating a religious event in Al Jawf province.

WASHINGTON: The United States is concerned about a big dumping of classified documents by WikiLeaks which is expected to include diplomatic cables, State Department spokesman Philip Crowley said.

Ten people have been detained by police in three European countries for allegedly plotting an attack in Belgium, officials have said. A spokesman for the country’s federal prosecutors office said in a statement that the suspects were arrested in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany on Tuesday, as part of “an inquiry into international jihadist terror”.

London: British arms companies have faced heavy criticism at the Russell Tribunal on Palestine (RTP) for aiding and abetting Israeli war crimes and human rights abuses.The three-day international tribunal in London, investigating corporate complicity in Israel’s violations of international law, heard evidence about the unethical dealings of major multinational companies, including British-Danish security company G4S.

A national conference is being held designed for all service sectors in Canada, including: social services, mental health, health, education, law enforcement, government and public agencies, multi-cultural and settlement agencies.

South Korea has returned fire after the North fired artillery shells onto a South Korean island and into the sea near the countries’ disputed western border. The South Korean military has said that one of its soldiers has been killed and three seriously hurt.

At least 410 people have been killed in a stampede at a water festival on a small island in the Cambodian capital. The crush occurred on the island of Koh Pich following a traditional boat race along the Tonle Sap river on Monday evening.