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| September 29, 2013 |
 US-bound Netanyahu aims to nix Iran 'charm offensive' Jerusalem (AFP) Sept 29, 2013 - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu headed for the United States on Sunday determined to use White House talks and a key UN speech to counter "sweet talk" by arch-foe Iran. Netanyahu has been dismissive in his response to a drive by Iran's new President Hassan Rouhani to mend fences with the international community that culminated in a historic 15-minute telephone conversation with US ... more |  |
 Japan PM open to talks - not concessions - with China New York, United States (AFP) Sept 28, 2013 - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday ruled out concessions on sovereignty in a tense territorial row with China, but appealed to Beijing for talks to work through their differences. Abe rejected a recent appeal from China which said it was ready for dialogue if Japan acknowledged that a set of islands - known as the Senkakus in Japanese and the Diaoyus in Chinese - were disputed. ... more |  |
 US troops won't get paid during shutdown: Pentagon Washington (AFP) Sept 27, 2013 - The US military's nearly 1.4 million troops will stay on the job in the case of a government shutdown but they will not get paid, the Pentagon said Friday. And if Congress fails to agree on a new budget measure by the close of the fiscal year on Monday, September 30, "roughly half" the Defense Department's nearly 800,000 strong civilian work force would be placed on unpaid leave, top officia ... more |  |
 Assad's future not up for discussion: Syria FM United Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 28, 2013 - Syria is "comfortable" with a UN Security Council resolution on destroying its chemical weapons and will not discuss the future of President Bashar al-Assad, the country's foreign minister said Saturday. Walid Muallem told reporters the resolution voted by the 15-nation council late Friday meant the opposition could be the target of UN sanctions. "I am comfortable with the resolution," ... more |  |
 Kenyan anti-tank rocket ended Westgate siege: soldiers Nairobi (AFP) Sept 27, 2013 - The final stand of Islamist fighters who laid siege to Kenya's Westgate mall ended when Kenyan soldiers fired an anti-tank shell that sparked a fierce fire, soldiers who fought in the battle told AFP. The gunmen, who were holed up in a strong room in a supermarket, were killed when soldiers fired two bazooka shells, two soldiers who were both at the battle's end told AFP separately. "In ... more |  |
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 Militants kill six in capital of Iraqi Kurdish region Arbil, Iraq (AFP) Sept 29, 2013 - Militants killed six people in the capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region Sunday in a rare attack on an area usually spared the violence plaguing other parts of the country. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's spokesman said the deadly attack may be linked to the bloody civil war in neighbouring Syria, where jihadists have battled Kurdish forces. Also on Sunday, a suicide bomber attacke ... more |  |
Lebanon troops in Hezbollah stronghold after clashes Baalbek, Lebanon (AFP) Sept 29, 2013 - Lebanese soldiers took over security checkpoints manned by Hezbollah in the party's eastern stronghold of Baalbek Sunday, a day after a Shiite-Sunni shootout killed four people, a Hezbollah source said. It was the second time this week that Hezbollah has handed control of its checkpoints to the army, after the military also deployed in the southern suburbs of Beirut. "We have handed over ... more |  |
Sharif: India-Pakistan arms race 'massive waste' United Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 28, 2013 - Pakistan and India have wasted "massive resources" on a nuclear arms race, Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said Friday, ahead of a landmark meeting with his Indian counterpart. Despite clashes in disputed Kashmir this week, Sharif and India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh are expected to hold a break-the-ice meeting Sunday on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, diplomats said. ... more |  |
After historic call, the hard work begins for Iran, US Paris (AFP) Sept 28, 2013 - With a simple telephone call, Barack Obama and Hasan Rouhani achieved an initial thaw in relations but the two presidents face an uphill task in convincing their entourages to follow suit, analysts say. The historic 15-minute call between the US president and his Iranian counterpart on Friday marked the first contact between leaders of the two nations in over three decades - since the 1979 ... more |  |
Iran president pledges nuclear plan, sincerity United Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 27, 2013 - President Hassan Rouhani said Friday that Iran would present a plan next month to resolve concerns over its nuclear program and vowed never to deviate from promises to the West. Iran's new president was closing a hectic week at the United Nations where his foreign minister held landmark talks with the United States. At a closing news conference, Rouhani said that Iran would present a pro ... more |  |
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Egypt proposes Mideast free of destructive weapons United Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 28, 2013 - Egypt proposed Saturday for the Middle East, including Israel, to rid itself of all weapons of mass destruction after the UN Security Council ordered Syria to destroy its chemical arsenal. Addressing the UN General Assembly, Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy called on the five permanent members of the Security Council to show support for the idea of a Middle East free of nuclear, biological and c ... more |  |
 Afghan leader Karzai calls China 'anchor of stability' Beijing (AFP) Sept 27, 2013 - Afghan President Hamid Karzai hailed ties with China Friday, describing it as a stabilising force in the region and world during talks with the country's leaders. Karzai, who had attended an economic conference in the northern city of Xian, held talks in Beijing with China's President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang. The meeting came as China has boosted its diplomacy with Afghanistan ... more |  |
 Indian navy gets its first Hawk trainer jets Bangalore, India (UPI) Sep 27, 2013 - Indian aircraft maker Hindustan Aeronautics Limited has handed over the first homemade Hawk Mk-132 advanced trainer jet aircraft to the navy on Monday. The aircraft, made under license from BAE Systems aerospace division, was delivered during a ceremony at HAL's Bangalore plant, a statement by HAL said. "We built this aircraft on time, the first of the five aircraft to be deliver ... more |  |
Syria chemical cleanup the biggest ever staged United Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 29, 2013 - International chemical weapon troubleshooters will enter war-torn Syria on Tuesday to start one of the biggest and most dangerous disarmament operations ever staged. With more than 1,000 tonnes of sarin, mustard gas and other banned horror chemicals stocked across the country, the United Nations and the global chemical weapons watchdog have launched an urgent appeal for scarce experts to joi ... more |  |
Iran, atomic agency in 'very constructive' talks Vienna, Austria (AFP) Sept 27, 2013 - The UN atomic agency said on Friday it held "very constructive" talks with Iran, in the latest potentially positive sign since the more moderate Hassan Rouhani became president. Following a flurry of meetings at the UN General Assembly this week in New York, Herman Nackaerts, chief inspector of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said in Vienna that the two sides would come together agai ... more |  |
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Deal needed 'soon' on post-2014 force in Afghanistan: US Washington (AFP) Sept 27, 2013 - A top Pentagon official said Friday it would be a "tragedy" if Afghan and US negotiators failed to clinch a deal allowing US troops to stay in the country after 2014. Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter said he told leaders in Kabul during a visit earlier this month that President Barack Obama wanted to see a bilateral security agreement wrapped up as soon as possible to provide "certainty" ... more |  |
Five soldiers die in latest Philippines fighting Manila, Philippines (UPI) Sep 27, 2013 - Five soldiers were killed and 11 wounded on the 18th day of fighting with a faction of the rebel group Moro National Liberation Front in southern Philippines. Government troops also captured 45 rebels and rescued six hostages in the village of Sta. Catalina near Zamboanga City, the Philippine Star reported. The military said 69-year-old Misba Baladji, a female MNLF commander, led ... more |  |
Israel starts campaign to boost U.S. military aid Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Sep 27, 2013 - Israel's military chiefs are pushing for a bump in the $3.1 billion a year the Jewish state receives in U.S. military aid even though the 10-year agreement doesn't expire until 2017 and America is struggling with domestic economic issues. Among other things, the Israelis are citing a 2008 U.S. law that for the first time legally committed Washington to maintain the Jewish state's techno ... more |  |
 Iran unveils short-range reconnaissance drone Tehran (AFP) Sept 28, 2013 - Iran's army unveiled a highly mobile propellant-powered reconnaissance drone on Saturday, according to local media. The drone, named "Yasseer," can fly for eight hours with a range of 200 kilometres (124 miles) and reach an altitude of 4,500 meters (15,000 feet), the reports said. It resembles the American ScanEagle, an unmanned short-range aerial surveillance vehicle that Iran claimed t ... more |  |
Shoe thrown as Rouhani home after historic Obama call Tehran (AFP) Sept 29, 2013 - A shoe was thrown at Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's motorcade as he arrived home to a mixed reception after his historic call with US President Barack Obama. Iranian newspapers hailed the first contact with a US president in more than three decades as the ending of a long taboo. The Etemad newspaper carried a front-page photomontage of Rouhani and Obama side by side, with a banner he ... more | |
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