News Archive - 27 September 2014

>UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Iran President Hassan Rouhani on Thursday blamed the rise of the Islamic State group and other militants on the mistakes of the West and said the solution to stopping them must come from the Middle East. "The strategic blunders of the West in the Middle East,...

PARIS: The chairman of BNP Paribas has resigned, some three months after the French bank was hit by a record $8.9 billion fine for violating US sanctions, the bank said.

>INTERNATIONAL/REGIONAL* GLOBAL MARKETS-Gross' Pimco exit hits bonds; U.S. GDP data lifts stocks, dlr* Brent steady, U.S. crude up on supportive economic data* Iran urges OPEC to stop oil slide, Gulf members relaxed* PRECIOUS-Gold falls as dollar soars; posts 4th weekly loss* Islamic State defies air strikes by shelling...

A leading Muslim scholar has argued that contemporary Muslims needed to come up with a new interpretation of apostasy to reflect freedom of religion and…

The crisis in Ukraine has exposed the need for renewed diplomatic efforts to mend the US-Russian relationship, but Ukraine should not be prerequisite for engagement, former US ambassador to Russia Thomas Pickering told RIA Novosti.

Don’t let Joey Tillinger fool you. Listen to him and you’ll imagine that he gardens on the brink. He’ll tell you that the delphinium is a colossal disappointment and the roses are all in retrograde.

MANILA—Gilas Pilipinas thought it finally broke the curse of Korea when it beat its rivals at home last year in the Fiba Asia Championship but it turns out, it may have just been a prelude to yet another disappointment in the Asian Games. Gilas Pilipinas squandered a 16-point lead in...

Cuba slammed the United States for applying unilateral sanctions as a foreign policy instrument — like the five-decade US embargo on Havana.

Israeli leaders emerged from a long weekend of the Jewish New Year and Sabbath to denounce speeches delivered at the United Nations General Assembly last week by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.

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Derek Jeter went 1 for 2 with an infield single and left for a pinch hitter in the fifth inning. Even he wasn't going to pull the Yankees out of this hole in the next-to-last game of his 20-year big league career.

Spanish director Carlos Vermut has won this year's top award for his film "Magical Girl" and also claimed best director prize Saturday at Spain's San Sebastian Film Festival.

The tee shots were in play, and Phil Mickelson strode down the first fairway in the Ryder Cup like he has done so many times before. He was in full uniform. He wore golf shoes. And he inserted earphones to listen to the...

UNITED NATIONS - First there were three nations negotiating with Tehran over its nuclear program. Then six. And now, mostly one - the United States. Washington insists that the Iran-six power negotiations are alive and well.

The National Institutes of Health is preparing to care for an American doctor who was exposed to the Ebola virus while volunteering in Sierra Leone.

The Big 12 has cried foul on Kansas State coach Bill Snyder's game-day wardrobe.

Justin Rose swept that magical putter into the air before his ball even reached the hole, and he punched his right fist when it dropped for a birdie. Just like at Medinah, the final match in the Ryder Cup on Saturday gave...

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN A North Texas community college brought in counselors to comfort grieving students Saturday and cancelled athletic competitions after four women's softball players were killed...

>After failing to land high-profile criminal cases stemming from the 2008-09 financial crisis, U.S. authorities have focused on other types of criminal activity within the financial industry, including money laundering, tax evasion and sanctions violations.Sources told Reuters earlier this month that Commerzbank was nearing a settlement with U.

>By Mary MillikenLOS ANGELES, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Anthony Bourdain's television travelogue "Parts Unknown" goes to Iran to discover how people live behind the geopolitical smoke screen and to small-town Massachusetts to chronicle the heroin scourge.But even if the fourth season of his Emmy Award-winning CNN show fosters cultural...

INCHEON: Cao Yifei picked up two rifle gold medals as China extended its domination of the Asian Games shooting on Saturday, winning four of the six titles at the ranges.

NEW YORK, September 27, 2014 – (WAFA) – A geographically and socio-politically diverse group of leaders and heads of states convened Friday in the UN General Assembly to debate the unprecedented mix of challenges facing the Middle East.

RAF warplanes are preparing launch Britain's first air strikes on the militants in Iraq in support of the US-led coalition in the latest development in the complicated and bloody history between the three countries

Iran will attack Islamic State group jihadists inside Iraq if they advance near the border, ground forces commander General Ahmad Reza Pourdestana said in comments published on Saturday.

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Indian archers scripted history in the Asian Games today when the compound men’s team shot its way to a maiden gold medal by shocking favourites South Korea before squad member Abhishek Verma picked up the individual silver even as women added two bronze to the tally.

China dominated the weightlifting podium winning two golds at the Incheon Asian Games here Friday.