China and Russia were on the "wrong side of history" by vetoing a UN Security Council resolution that would have imposed sanctions on Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's government, the US State Department said Monday, the dpa reported. The measure, designed
ArmInfo. 'Turkey and Turkish people should be strong enough to recognize Armenian genocide and to stop genocide of Kurdish population', Avetis Kalajyan, Plenipotentiary Co-chair of Martyr Nations International Alliance Supreme Council told media when presenting his book
ArmInfo. Nagorno-Karabakh Republic has proclaimed and is building its independence in full compliance with the international law and the legislation of the USSR whose legal successor is the Russian Federation, Foreign Minister of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Georgy Petrossyan said while commenting
Zooming through the dusty streets of the Sudanese capital driving a motorized rickshaw, illegal Eritrean immigrant Ahmed Abdu waves his hand at building sites lining the road. "The city is growing and growing," said Abdu, a former conscript soldier who
France celebrated Bastille Day on Monday under a cloud of controversy as Syrian President Bashar Assad joined dozens of leaders to watch the traditional military parade on the Champs Elysees. UN chief Ban Ki-moon was the guest of honor at
Hundreds of militants stormed a remote military outpost in Afghanistan and briefly entered the base in a ferocious attack that left nine US soldiers dead, officials said Monday. Dozens of insurgents were also killed in hours of fighting sparked after
Kurdish rebels in Iraq said three Germans abducted in Turkey last week were in good health but demanded that Ankara halt military assaults in the area where they were seized. "They are in good health," Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) spokesman
An indictment of Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for alleged Darfur war crimes could bury peace hopes for the ravaged region or push an international pariah into making goodwill gestures, analysts said on Monday. The naming of Bashir by the
US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama vowed Monday not to seek permanent US military bases in Iraq and reiterated his pledge to pull out the bulk of US forces by mid-2010. But he insisted on keeping "a residual force" in
Iran has arrested two prominent student activists, the latest in a string of detentions following the anniversary of student protests nine years ago, the press reported on Monday. Mohammad Hashemi and Bahareh Hedayat were arrested and sent to Evin Prison
The International Criminal Court's (ICC) top prosecutor Monday sought the arrest of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in Darfur. Bashir had "personally instructed" his forces to annihilate three ethnic groups in the western
Two Turkish soldiers were killed in a clash with separatist Kurdish rebels in the country's southeast near the border with Iraq, a security source said Monday. Fighting erupted late Sunday against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) on Mount Cudi in
A top prosecutor announced a long-awaited indictment on Monday against 86 individuals suspected of involvement in a coup plot against Turkey's Islamist-rooted government. The document is the first to emerge from a year-long investigation into an alleged ultra-nationalist network in
A senior Iranian official criticized Syria in remarks published Monday, warning that Damascus' close ties with Tehran could be damaged if it reached a full-fledged peace deal with Israel. "Deep changes will affect the nature of Iranian-Syrian relations if Damascus
Gulf countries, rich from record-high oil prices, announced deals here Monday worth $15 billion for the latest fuel-efficient aircraft and other passenger planes made by Boeing and Airbus. Deals involving the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia were revealed on
