News Archive - 24 August 2014

>* Iran has said in past it captured U.S. spy drones* Natanz at heart of nuclear dispute (Updates throughout)By Mehrdad Balali and Michelle MoghtaderDUBAI, Aug 24 (Reuters) - Iran said on Sunday it had shot down an Israeli spy drone that was heading for its Natanz nuclear enrichment site,...

>* Britain says it close to identifying Foley killer* Iraq urges international effort against Islamic State* Iran backs Baghdad's fight against the militantsBy Babak Dehghanpisheh and Eric BeechBAGHDAD/WASHINGTON, Aug 24 (Reuters) - Britain is close to identifying a suspected British national shown beheading American journalist James Foley in a video...

TEHRAN, Iran – Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard said it has brought down an Israeli stealth drone above the Natanz uranium enrichment site in the center of the country. "A spy drone of the Zionist regime (Israel) was brought down by a missile... This stealth drone was trying to approach the...

>BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's Prime Minister-designate Haider al-Abadi said on Sunday during talks with Iran's foreign minister that international efforts would be necessary to destroy Islamic State Sunni militants who have seized swathes of his country and of Syria. Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif of Iran, a Shi'ite Muslim regional...

Obama's TV view doesn't fit reality.

Iraq is struggling to regain significant parts of the country after a lightning militant offensive led by the Islamic State.

Israel, widely assumed to have the Middle East’s only atomic arsenal, demands Iran be stripped of all nuclear technologies, something Tehran rules out and which most foreign diplomats deem unrealistic.

Press statement on the petroleum exploration and production bill 2013 A modern concession. Why ghana?

Meet Safia, she’s a young woman who works part-time in the Apple Store in Walnut Creek, close to San Francisco. She talked very knowledgeably about options for the new laptop I wanted to buy, and I discovered she was originally from Afghanistan, and is now studying for a law degree.

Just before he flew off to Martha’s Vineyard for a two-week vacation, President Barack Obama fielded some questions about the U.S. military campaign against Islamic State militants in Iraq. We imagine that he also had Syria (rebels besieged in Aleppo), Afghanistan (election recount debacle), Ukraine (plane shot down, Russian...

The world it seems is clearly divided on the issues pertaining to population control. The Inquisitr had recently reported how America is making it easier for all women to have access to birth control techniques. However, across the globe, Iran has just made permanent contraceptive techniques illegal in the country...

MYTHS, or widely held misconceptions, are sometimes so deep-rooted that no matter how hard you try to dispel them by proving them wrong, they refuse to go away. And it is not limited to our society. Many incorrect notions had lovingly been held in the west for centuries.

Iraq's Maliki Drops Struggle for Power

Hong Kong, Aug 14, 2014 - (ACN Newswire) - Featuring more than 1,600 exhibitors, a series of four concurrent fairs, organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), got under way today at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.

Peter Bergen and Emily Schneider say a YouTube video apparently posted by ISIS seems to show that the group has a surveillance drone, highlighting a new reality: Terrorist groups have technology once only used by states

A multinational anti-terror drill was kicked off by the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in north China's Inner Mongolia on Sunday.

EXCLUSIVE Anguish over indefinite detention leads to suicide attempts, analysis shows.

Member of legislative assembly, Mangal Prabhat Lodha has written a letter to prime minister, Narendra Modi asking for subsidy for Parsi community to help them visit their "place of origin".

A fire at a popular inner-city Melbourne restaurant has caused more than $400,000 worth of damage.

A special cabinet council will be held today as the government moves to re-boot its budget sales pitch.

The beheading of American journalist James Foley is only the latest in a catalogue of atrocities perpetrated by the Sunni militants of the Islamic State, also known as Isis. But Foley’s murder and the grotesque video documenting it have finally shocked western capitals into grasping the threat that Isis represents...

Dubai Investments unit plans to extend footprint of Raha juices to Oman and Qatar amid overseas push

An American who has been held hostage for two years by an Islamic rebel group in Syria has been released.

Aug. 16, 2014, 7 a.m. 6.30AM: Good morning and welcome to our second regional morning report, the South Coast Brekkie Wrap! Over the next few hours we will be bringing you as much information as possible from across the NSW South Coast and nationally.

Human remains have been found at the site of a steel factory fire in central Victoria.

California's governor has declared a state of emergency following a 6.0-magnitude earthquake.

Westhampton Beach, New York (CNN) – Hillary Clinton, who has yet to comment about the protests over the death of an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri, ignored questions about the incident on Sunday. After signing more than 700 books at Books & Books in Westhampton Beach, Clinton was asked...

Iran unveiled a new generation of short-range marine missiles and aerial drones on Sunday, as President Hassan Rouhani said its military doctrine was based on deterring and countering threats from unnamed foreign powers.

FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Michael Brown Jr. was on the verge of starting college, eager to launch himself into the adult world.

EXCLUSIVE Almost one in four refugees in indefinite detention have attempted or threatened suicide: analysis.

Baghdad (AFP) - Iraq called Sunday for urgent global support for its fight against jihadists, as Shiite neighbour Iran said it was helping Baghdad resist the militants but not with soldiers on the ground.

Baghdad, Aug 24 (IANS) Iran Sunday denied allegations that it had sent troops to Iraq for fighting Islamic State (IS) militants, and called for regional cooperation against the extremist Sunni militant group. "We are on the side of our Iraqi brothers from all sects -- Kurdish, Sunnis and Shia --...

Baghdad, Aug 24 (IANS): Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrived here to hold talks with Iraqi leaders, an official said Sunday.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif today began a two-day visit to Iraq, which is fighting a Sunni Muslim insurgency led by Islamic State jihadists, an official news agency reported.

Taqba Air Base is a strategic point for both sides. How long can Assad forces hold it?

Baghdad (AFP) - Iran, which is helping Iraq in its fight against jihadist-led militants, sent its foreign minister to Baghdad Sunday, as gunmen made a renewed push for the country's main oil refinery.

My hunch is that historians will be a lot kinder to President Obama than we are in 2014. We’ve had presidents who have faced major-league crises — think Lincoln in 1861 or FDR as he battled both The Great Depression and the expansion of fascist Germany and Japan.

The Iranian Navy’s 31st fleet of war vessels has docked at the Port of Djibouti as the Islamic Republic pursues to expand its naval presence in international waters.

August 24, 2014: The current war between Hamas and Israel as, like the two previous conflicts, brought out a lot of pro-Arab (if not pro-Hamas) hackers to attack Israeli Internet operations.