An Israeli man was stabbed and critically wounded near a Tel Aviv train station on Monday (November 10) in a suspected Palestinian attack, police said. A spokesman for the Magen David Adom ambulance service said the man, aged about 20, was rushed to hospital. Police said they arrested a suspect, a Palestinian from the town ofNablus in the occupied West Bank, and that the assault was apparently politically motivated. The attack came five days after a Palestinian rammed his car into […]
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Obama urges China to be partner in ensuring world order
(Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday a successful China was in the interests of the United States and the world but Beijing had to be a partner in underwriting international order, and not undermine it. Speaking to growing concerns among U.S. and other companies about the Chinese business environment after arriving in Beijing, Obama also urged China to reject the use of cyber theft for commercial gain and create a more level playing field where policy is not […]
China’s Xi, Japan’s Abe hold landmark meeting after awkward handshake
(Reuters) – After an awkward handshake, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held formal talks on Monday for the first time since the two leaders took office, a breakthrough in efforts to improve ties between the Asian rivals. Television footage showed Abe waiting for Xi to greet him at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People, a departure from usual protocol in which the Chinese leader is on hand waiting for a […]
Court to give verdict in case of doomed South Korea ferry
(Reuters) – A South Korean court is set to rule on whether the captain of a ferry that capsized killing more than 300 people, most of them children on a school trip, should be put to death for culpable homicide in a case that triggered widespread grief and outrage. A three-judge panel in the southern city of Gwangju will hand down verdicts and sentencing on Tuesday in the trial of captain Lee Joon-seok, 68, as […]
At least 35 killed in Nigerian school assembly blast
(Reuters) – At least 35 people, most of them students, were killed when a bomb ripped through a school assembly in Nigeria’s northeastern town of Potiskum on Monday, a hospital official said. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack in Yobe State, a territory that has been hit by Sunni Muslim Boko Haram rebels during a five-year insurgency seen as the main security threat to Africa’s leading oil producer. Mariam Ibrahim, a teacher at […]
China’s Xi meets Japan’s Abe in bid to thaw frigid ties
The leaders of China and Japan conducted formal talks for the first time since the two took office, one of the highlights of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit in Beijing.
Airstrike injures ISIS leader
Islamic State militant leader was injured in a recently-held airstrike in the area where he is said to be conducting a meeting. There is still no confirmation from Pentagon.
Palestinians clash with Israeli troops again over holy site
(Reuters) – Palestinian protesters fought with Israeli security forces in East Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank on Friday, the latest clashes in a fortnight of violence over access to Jerusalem’s holiest site. At the Qalandia checkpoint separating Ramallah from Jerusalem, troops fired rubber bullets as several hundred protesters marched, some throwing rocks and petrol bombs. In East Jerusalem, police fired tear gas to disperse protesters hurling firecrackers and burning tires that sent up huge […]
Exclusive: U.S. eyes China partnership on Africa power – sources
(Reuters) – The United States is considering partnering with China on improving electricity in Africa and the proposal could be part of bilateral discussions when President Barack Obama visits Beijing next week, two sources involved told Reuters. The proposal could include $5-$7 billion of commitments to improve electricity generation and transmission in several African countries, one source involved in the initiative said. “Plans have been discussed and outline ideas drawn up but there are understandably nerves given the delicate […]
Ukraine accuses Russia of sending in tanks, escalating crisis
(Reuters) – Ukraine’s military accused Russia on Friday of sending a column of 32 tanks and truckloads of troops into the country’s east to support pro-Russian separatists fighting government forces. Thursday’s cross-border incursion, if confirmed, is a significant escalation of a conflict that has killed more than 4,000 people since the separatists rose up in mid-April and would call into question Russia’s commitment to a two-month-old ceasefire deal. The truce has looked particularly fragile this week, with […]
Peshmergas blunt, don’t break, Islamic State siege of Syria’s Kobani
(Reuters) – Iraqi Kurdish forces have blunted but not broken the siege of the Syrian border town of Kobani, a week after arriving to great fanfare with heavy weapons and fighters in a bid to save it from Islamic State. Kobani has become a test of the U.S.-led coalition’s ability to halt the advance of the Sunni Muslim insurgents. The town is one of few areas in Syria where it can co-ordinate air strikes with operations by […]
Exclusive: Scientists tell U.S. – find recipe for Ebola cure in survivors’ blood
(Reuters) – A group of scientists including three Nobel laureates in medicine has proposed that U.S. health officials chart a new path to developing Ebola drugs and vaccines by harnessing antibodies produced by survivors of the deadly outbreak. The proposal builds on the use of “convalescent serum,” or survivors’ blood, which has been given to at least four U.S. Ebola patients who then recovered from the virus. It is based on an approach called passive […]
