LONDON, Oct 03, 2014 (AFP) - British Prime Minister David Cameron confirmed the "brutal murder" of aid worker Alan Henning by the Islamic State group Friday and vowed to bring his killers to justice.
Brutal killing of a young man dressed as Santa Claus in Tajikistan largely went unnoticed by western media. A group of some 30 people shouted "infidel" as they repeatedly stabbed the poor man to death.
According to some sources, Abdelhakim Belhadj, once the man on the CIA's most-wanted list, already took a group of several hundred Libyan rebels to Syria. It seems that Arab Spring managed to revive the old Che Guevara's idea of exporting revolutions.
US Secretary of State John Kerry bluntly warned Russia Sunday that it risked losing its seat among the prestigious Group of Eight nations, as well as economic turmoil, if it fails to pull its forces out of Crimea.
The release from prison of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and two members of the feminist punk group Pussy Riot drew worldwide attention to complaints about political prisoners in Russia. Although none of the three were convicted of political crimes, the taint of political vengeance hung strongly on all their cases.
News ID: 2987
Publish Date: 17 December 2013 - 12:38
Side issue to European parliamentary delegation's visit to Tehran
Tehran, YJC. This week a parliamentary group from the EU made a trip to Iran to discuss the Iranian nuclear case, Geneva agreement, and sanctions with Iranian authorities.
French nuclear power group Areva said on Tuesday it was part of a consortium retained for a major contract in Britain to handle radioactive metallic waste.
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said in an interview published on Monday that his Lebanese Shiite group was behind a blast that targeted Israeli troops on the border between the two countries last month.
Group of 20 finance chiefs are expected to discuss financial aid to Ukraine at their meeting later this week, as the country is believed to be teetering on the brink of fiscal collapse, Japan's Finance Minister Taro Aso said Tuesday.
Rivalry between jihadist groups fighting in Syria has sharply divided global militant ranks once loosely allied under Al-Qaeda, sparking infighting which experts say has hampered efforts to topple President Bashar al-Assad.
